“Communism destroys man’s God-given free agency. No member of this Church can be true to his faith, nor can any American be loyal to his trust, while lending aid, encouragement, or sympathy to any of these false philosophies; for if he does, they will prove snares to his feet.”

LDS President David O. McKay, General Priesthood Session (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 April 1966), 2.