Targeting BYU Students for Census Participation

June 6, 2000

To:
Brigham Young University
Daily Universe

Editor,

As an alumni to BYU, I was disappointed to see the level of cooperation and encouragement geared toward BYU students participating fully in Census 2000.

Yes, the Census is a Constitutionally mandated provision -- or at least a certain element of the census is -- the head count.

But along with the U.S. becoming a more socialist state over the past two centuries, especially in the past several decades, so has the census become more and more a tool for socialist state building, providing statistical information to increase government allocation of funds that fall far outside the limited role that government was designed to play according to the Constitution.

There is essentially one legitimate question in the census: "How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment or mobile home on April 1, 2000?" and the reporting of the names of those individuals so as to not duplicate entries.

Those are the only questions I answered.

All other questions fall outside of the original intent and are a product of the socialist state that we are becoming. Socialism is Satan's kingdom now being established on earth (and embraced, even by many elect LDS).

Having had leaders such as Moroni and Ezra Taft Benson in our legacy to powerfully teach us true unchanging principles along these lines, there should be no question among BYU students particularly and Latter-day Saints generally on this matter.

Sincerely,

Sterling D. Allan
165 W. 400 N. 3-1
Manti, UT 84642
435-835-1625

see also my earlier editorial on the census

For documentation of BYU/LDS's promotion of Census participation see
(1) KBYU Video: Students encouraged to participate in census
(2) BYU NewsNet: Census officials team up with university, church leadership