Jackie Biskupski hopes new LDS direction on gay couples will be short-lived
The LDS Church’s move to label gay marriage as apostasy came the same week Salt Lake City appeared to have elected its first openly gay mayor. Jackie Biskupski holds a 1,450-vote lead over Mayor Ralph...
View ArticleProtesters rally against Mormon policy regarding children of same-sex couples
Dennis Potter, a professor and former Mormon, stood with dozens of people outside Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City to protest the LDS Church’s new policy regarding gay couples and their...
View ArticleWife of Mormon mission president dies in West Africa
Ruth Raelene Hill, wife of Mormon mission President Norman C. Hill of the Ghana Accra West Mission, died Sunday due to complications from a medical procedure. She was 64. Known for her pragmatic...
View ArticleMissionaries head back to West Africa after Ebola outbreak
Missionaries from The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints will return to Liberia now that the West African country has been declared free of Ebola. KUTV-TV reports that Elder David Bednar of...
View ArticleCommentary: Why I'm leaving the Mormon church
I just did something I thought I would never do. I resigned my membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and asked that my name be removed from the records. Even at the height of...
View ArticleMormons' biggest fear about new gay policy: Children paying for parents' sins
No part of the new LDS policy on same-sex couples has generated more controversy — and criticism — than its prohibition against Mormon rituals for their children. Stories flooding social media tell of...
View ArticleSame-sex guidelines come from Mormons' feeling as 'a people apart'
Gay marriage is now the law of the land and, increasingly, a line in the sand conservative churches say they will not cross. The latest is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Last week,...
View ArticleNew Mormon edict on gays is a 'policy,' experts note, and LDS policies 'come...
LDS Church guidelines that exclude gay couples and their children from some Mormon rituals may be official, but these new rules are not necessarily divinely endorsed — and could easily change. That’s...
View ArticlePetition asks Mormon Tabernacle Choir guests to cancel appearances over...
About 1,300 people Wednesday night had signed a petition asking Mormon Tabernacle Choir guest performers to cancel their upcoming appearances in protest of a new policy by the LDS Church to restrict...
View ArticleMormon LGBT policy change triggers widespread backlash
New LDS Church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from Mormons of all political backgrounds. Mormon scholar Patrick Mason said the symbolism of...
View ArticleArchitect looked to Mormon history to raise temple from Provo Tabernacle ashes
Provo • The devastating fire of December 2010 left this Utah County community wondering whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ iconic Provo Tabernacle could be saved. But where...
View ArticleTop Mormon leaders tweak gay rules, but fears remain for the children
In a nod to the complexities of modern families, LDS Church leaders Friday tweaked a new policy focused on same-sex couples and their children. Mormons in same-sex relationships still should expect...
View ArticleFrom French flags at Mormon square to vigil planned at Capitol -- Utahns...
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Utahns are showing their support for the City of Light and its people — from a vigil to flags to signs. On Sunday, French organizations plan to hold a...
View ArticleHundreds rally against new Mormon policy; many file forms to quit the faith...
More than 1,000 inactive and active Mormons — along with their backers — rallied in City Creek Park on Saturday to protest the LDS Church’s recent policy decisions involving same-sex couples and their...
View ArticleDevout Mormons wonder anew: Can we really support gay marriage and still get...
Faithful Mormons who support gay marriage have been assured repeatedly by top leaders that they aren’t in danger of losing their temple privileges — even though the LDS Church takes the opposite view...
View ArticleU. library obtains documents signed by Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and other...
Visitors to the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library now will be able to see — and hold in their hands — historic papers signed by Mormon founder Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum Smith,...
View ArticleCommentary: Twice rejected, Mormon family faces painful decision about...
Paul Sautter-Walker knows what it’s like to turn away from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has walked that path before. Two decades ago, he left because he felt the Utah-based...
View ArticleTribune town hall will explore how LDS policy change has played out in ward pews
Is it a hurtful policy or an act of kindness toward children in nontraditional families? Is it worthy of debate or should it be quietly accepted because it came from on high? In The Church of Jesus...
View ArticleNew Mormon policy on gay couples 'analogous' to its polygamy stance? Yes and no
At one time, Mormonism practiced and preached polygamy. Then it discontinued and disavowed it, dubbing members apostates if they promoted and participated in it. Now, the Utah-based faith is taking...
View ArticleMormon church backs religious liberty after Trump comments
Responding to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, the LDS Church published a 19th-century statement by Mormon founder Joseph Smith,...
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