What was Mr. Danzig’s crime?
He expressed his free speech right by writing a letter to the editor in The Salt Lake Tribune protesting the church’s firing of BYU adjunct professor Jeffrey Nielsen. Mr. Nielson was fired from BYU because he published a column in SLC Tribune saying that the LDS Church was in the wrong to oppose gay marriage and also wrong to enlist other Mormons to call for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Two years have gone by since Danzig’s letter appeared in the June 14, 2006, issue of the SLC Tribune. “I was troubled that my church requested I violate my own conscience to write in support of an amendment I feel is contrary to the constitution and to the gospel of Christ,” Danzig told the SLC Tribune. He was a lifetime church member in good standing. He is also an accomplished musician who performed with LDS Orchestra at Temple Square. He played viola, and his wife, Mary played violin. Anyone who has lived in the West long enough knows that membership in the Mormon Church goes
