The discussion of religious freedom is alive and well. Senator Lieberman addressed the topic of religious freedom to students at Brigham Young University, which is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Inadvertently called by friends of other faiths, the “Mormon Church”). He mentioned the current debates and discussions that are going [...]
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Inadvertently called by friends of other faiths, the “Mormon Church”) in New Zealand organized a book drive for children in Fiji. These members were a part of the Mormon Helping Hands, a program that unifies Church members and others in getting together to provide relief [...]
Here’s an article from the Washington Post on the LDS Church in Nigeria. The article was accompanied by this short video: This is not an official site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For Mormon news and information about The Church in Nigeria visit the official newsroom of The Church of Jesus [...]
Nationally syndicated radio host and best-selling author Michael Medved wrote up an opinion piece yesterday on USAToday’s website titled “Hollywood’s terrorists: Mormon, not Muslim”. Medved took to task those involved with the upcoming film September Dawn, a portrayal (albeit jaded and misrepresented one) of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Claiming they don’t have an axe to [...]
The Age, a newspaper based in Victoria, Australia, failed to do its homework in a recent article about the HBO series Big Love. The article’s author, Peter Mattessi, describes the polygamist family depicted in the series as devout Mormons, despite the disclaimers that appeared before many episodes that the Mormon Church banned polygamy in 1890. [...]
Kudos to U.S. News and World Report for acknowledging that the cover of a recent issue may have implied a connection between the LDS Church and polygamist/fundamentalist groups. Apparently the story itself was clear about the distinction, but the cover may have been unintentionally misleading: While the article makes a distinction between that polygamous sect [...]
This just in, from Mary Richards of KSL: It’s not a belief that’s endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and yet some people believe that if Mitt Romney is elected president, he’s destined to do a great thing. There’s growing talk Mitt Romney could be the one to fulfill a so-called [...]
A recent article in the Editor & Publisher appears to have made a glaring misrepresentation about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but the error was subsequently remedied. The Editor & Publisher is a monthly journal covering the newspaper business. It featured an article dated May 25 that carried the title “Deseret Reporter [...]
A recent article in TIME Magazine by Nancy Gibbs (entitled “The Religion Test” in the print magazine and “Romney’s Mormon Question” on the Web site) examines whether a political candidate’s religious beliefs are appropriate criteria to consider in a political contest. While the article focuses mostly on Mitt Romney’s bid for the presidency, it discusses [...]
First there was the bigoted comment from Al Sharpton. Now convicted-criminal-turned-minister Bill Keller spews bigotry about Mitt Romney and the LDS Church: Those who follow the false teachings of this cult, believe in the false jesus of the Mormon cult and reject faith in the one true Jesus of the Bible, will die and spend [...]