The Dallas Morning News printed a few letters to the editor raising concerns about the many recent news stories about Mitt Romney’s mormonism and its potential impact on his run for the presidential office. The letters note the imbalance in the media when focusing on Romney’s religion (or Senator Reid, for that matter) when members [...]
USA Today has a good article on Mitt Romney and the Church, saying there’s no need to fear a Mormon presidential candidate. The article suggests that Romney quickly make a public statement, in a large venue, to quell any fears that he would answer to Salt Lake City or that his Mormonism would affect his [...]
The Boston Herald has published an Associated Press article titled “Latter-day Saints: ”, with a brief Q&A on some of the beliefs of the Church. The article is mostly accurate, with a few minor discrepancies. For example, in describing the Word of Wisdom the author states that “cold drinks with caffeine” are prohibited, when such [...]
MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson contends that some Southern Republicans consider Mormonism a cult instead of a brand of Christianity. Mormons insist they are indeed Christians, worshipping the God of the Old and New Testaments. Michael Graham replied that it may not matter anyway: The last time I checked, evangelicals didn’t consider Judaism a form of Christianity [...]
On November 20, The Salt Lake Tribune posted an article titled “Many voters say they would never vote for Mormon president”. From the article: Some 43 percent of Americans wouldn’t even consider voting for a Mormon for president, according to a new poll that shows an increase from previous surveys in the number of voters [...]
For about a year now, I have been collecting and tracking news articles about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (AKA the Mormon Church). I use various online resources to find and track these articles. Over the last year, I have found some very interesting things. As you can imagine, there have been [...]