Modern LDS Church
The modern LDS Church's published public-policy framework prioritizes religious liberty, marriage and family, humane immigration enforcement (the 2010 Utah Compact emphasizing family-unity and proportionality), education, and refugee resettlement. Abbott aligns with the LDS framework on religious-liberty / church-state legislation (SB 10/11/763) and on traditional marriage / sexuality framework. He runs hard against the Utah Compact strand on Operation Lone Star, SB 4, and the ending of in-state tuition for Dreamers. Hinojosa aligns with the Utah Compact on immigration but runs against LDS on abortion and on the LGBTQ-student-clubs strand. Both candidates align on some LDS commitments and clash on others; Abbott picks up religious-liberty credit, Hinojosa picks up immigration-and-refugee credit. Close to a wash.
Sources
- Texas Tribune, 'Ten Commandments in Texas schools: SB 10 explained,' May 24, 2025. (full list)
- CBS News, 'Texas immigration law SB 4, making illegal entry a state crime, signed by Greg Abbott,' Dec. 2023. (full list)
- Gina Hinojosa for Texas Governor, official campaign priorities page, accessed May 2026. (full list)
- Utah Compact (2010): five-principle framework on immigration including humane enforcement and federal-not-state jurisdiction. (full list)
- Modern LDS (Mormon) Church public-policy positions: religious liberty, marriage and family, immigration (Utah Compact), education, refugees. (full list)