U. chief exhorts students to push religious freedom

University of Utah President Michael Young put the secular rivalry between his school and Brigham Young University aside on Tuesday, asking LDS students to help create an environment that promotes religious freedom for all nations.

Speaking during a devotional assembly at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, the former chair of the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom said he believes Latter-day Saints "have the privilege and the opportunity to create a world in which the gospel can prevail. We have the opportunity to create an environment where people can choose whom they will serve," in a religious sense, he said.

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