Lies of the local newspaper

We would like to voice our frustration over the ignorance and bias of our local newspapers. On Tuesday May 18th the Arizona Republic printed a story about the affects of the new illegal immigration law on the LDS church. First of all it frustrates us that this newspaper has chosen to use the church to push their agenda. This newspaper is very one sided and has chosen to try to sway members of the LDS church to their way of thinking by implying that missionary work will be negatively affected by this new law. I would like to inform the Arizona Republic that there is already a federal law that prohibits illegal immigration and this law has yet to affect negatively missionary work. The article talks about how a gentleman that was interested in the church and considering baptism decided against joining the church and refused to see the missionaries when he found out that the author of the 1070 law was a member of the LDS church. All we have to say to this gentleman, the Arizona Republic, and others who have chosen to turn from the church because of this law is that if your faith can be shaken by one man then you truly do not understand the gospel. First of all the Lord has informed his people to follow the law of the land and second the church is true, has always been, and always will be no matter what its members do or don't do.