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NEWS ABOUT: Mormonism

Mormonism stories: 32 news summaries

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Mormons Back Salt Lake
Gay Rights Law

Church says it won't drop opposition to gay marriage

Nov 11, 09 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The Mormon church has come out in support of gay rights legislation for the first time in its history, backing a pair of Salt Lake City ordinances passed yesterday by the city council protecting gays from discrimination in housing and employment. "The church supports these ordinances because they are... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Salt Lake City • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

ANALYSIS

 Glenn Beck's Mormonism 
 Is the Apocalyptic Kind 

Ties to radical mid-century LDS thought could sully Romney 2012

Oct 8, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the media has been understandably wary of tying Glenn Beck’s Mormonism to his jeremiad against President Obama and the enemies of freedom, Adam Reilly writes. And yet, Beck is a clear inheritor of a particular strain of mid-century Mormon political ideology that espoused virulent anti-communism and the... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Communism • Glenn Beck • US Constitution • Obama administration • Joseph Smith

(Newser) - Gay and straight protesters covered each other in kisses today outside Salt Lake City’s Mormon Temple, USA Today reports. The rally—inspired by a gay couple who were handcuffed and cited Friday for smooching on church property—was organized to condemn the Mormon ban on "offensive, indecent, obscene,... More »

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protests • Salt Lake City • kissing • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • gay

(Newser) - More than 1000 mourners yesterday honored two American Mormons who were tortured and murdered in retaliation for helping Mexican authorities nab drug gangsters, reports Reuters. Gunmen broke into Benjamin LeBaron's home in northern Mexico earlier this week, tortured him in front of his family and shot him dead along with... More »

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torture • Mexico • murder • Mormon • Mormonism • drug cartels • Benjamin LeBaron

Mormons Urge Church to Soften Gay-Marriage Stance

Group of dissenters launch campaign urging church to stop its political advocacy

Jun 23, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Mormons is campaigning to get the church to cease its aggressive activism against gay marriage, the Salt Lake Tribune reports, with the so-called Committee for Reconciliation calling for church leaders to soften their uncompromising stance on the issue. They say the church’s attitude has helped take... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Proposition 8

Utah Drinkers Get in Touch With Bartenders

New law knocks down barriers, hands-off policy in restaurants

May 13, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Under a new law that went into effect yesterday, restaurants that sell alcohol no longer need to separate patrons from the people serving them drinks, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. “Not having these barriers is going to save us a lot of time, especially with out-of-state visitors who... More »

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alcohol • legislation • restaurant • Salt Lake City • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • liquor • bar

 Mormon Hunks 
 Have Church 
 Up in Arms 

Maker of Mormon calendar excommunicated

Apr 28, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An entrepreneur who says his aim was to improve the image of Mormons has been excommunicated by the church for publishing a calendar with photos of shirtless members of the faith. The “Men on a Mission” calendar doesn’t “tear down the beliefs of the church at all,... More »

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calendars • religion • excommunication • photograph • Mormon • missionaries • Mormonism • Chad Hardy

 Polygamists 
 Push to 
 Legalize 
 Marriages 

Some 40,000 live in polygamous families in Utah

Mar 23, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - As many as 40,000 people live in polygamous families in Utah and parents are stepping up efforts to make plural marriages legal, reports the BBC. The lobbying organization Principle Voices is pressing for state law changes. Authorities rarely crack down on polygamous families unless they're linked to child brides... More »

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marriage • religion • polygamy • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • forced marriage


 Big Love 
 Temple Scene 
 Riles Mormons 

HBO apologizes for upcoming episode highlighting sacred LDS ceremony

Mar 11, 09 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - HBO will air an episode of the polygamy drama Big Love depicting a sacred Mormon ceremony despite strong objections from the church, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The network apologized to Mormons likely to be offended, while the series' creators defended the temple scene, saying it's depicted with reverence, and... More »

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HBO • polygamy • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Big Love

Utah Activists Test Mormon Support for Gay Rights

Will Mormon Church stand by claim that it only objects to marriage?

Nov 11, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - In leading the fight against gay marriage in California, the Mormon Church liked to say that it wasn’t antigay and had no problem with gay legal rights—just marriage. Gay rights activists in Utah have decided to test that claim, reports the New York Times, and gay Utah legislators... More »

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Church Asks Mormons to Oppose Calif. Gay Unions

'Do all you can' to pass ballot measure that would outlaw same-sex marriage

Jun 24, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Mormon church is pushing its members to vote for a California ballot measure that would ban gay marriage, the Deseret News reports. As "marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God," leaders exhort Mormons to “do all you can” to ensure November passage... More »

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California • gay marriage • constitutional amendment • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • referendum

Sect Parents Slam 'Vague' Custody Plans

Decry persecution, say Texas offering no clear way to reclaim kids

May 20, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hearings for the biggest child custody case in American history began yesterday and members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints weren't happy with proceedings, the AP reports. Parents of the more than 460 children in state custody complained that the court's recommendations were too generalized and... More »

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Texas • polygamy • custody • Mormonism • child custody • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

Texas Raid Rocks Other Polygamists

Similar communities in Utah, Ariz., fear they might be next on list

May 8, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The raid on the Texas compound of a polygamist sect has similar communities worried, reports the New York Times. Groups of polygamists belonging to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints live along the Utah-Arizona border and many fear that the crackdown on their Texas brethren means they... More »

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analysis

 Sect Style: Flamboyant Modesty

Women's uber-modest fashion clearly sets polygamists apart

Apr 27, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The women’s clothes from the Texas polygamist compound call to mind both Little House on the Prairie and prison garb. Yet there’s something elaborate, or even flamboyant, in the carefully crafted styles that set these women so distinctly at odds with modern culture, writes Robin Givhan in the ... More »

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fashion • polygamy • fundamentalism • Mormon • Mormonism • style • child custody • Yearning for Zion ranch

13-Year-Old Moms Among Girls From Polygamist Ranch

Custody hearing told girls believed having babies was their duty

Apr 18, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moms as young as 13 are among the 416 children removed from the Texas ranch of a polygamous sect, a child protection officer told a hearing yesterday. The state, making its case to keep the children away from the ranch, testified that a pregnant 14-year-old and a number of pregnant... More »

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Texas • child abuse • Mormonism • teen pregnancy • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Polygamist Hearing
Has Chaotic First Day

State plans to relocate sect's 416 children

Apr 17, 08 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers for the state of Texas told a chaotic, objection-filled hearing today they would press for psychiatric evaluations and genetic testing of all members of a polygamist sect, the New York Times reports. On the first day of a custody hearing to determine the fate of the sect's 416 children,... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Texas Officials Justify Splitting Sect Families

Child-welfare authorities cite need to break 'code of silence'

Apr 15, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas family-services officials today defended their decision to separate the mothers and children removed from a polygamous Mormon sect last week as the only way to get at the truth about alleged child abuse, the Houston Chronicle reports. Fifty-seven of the 139 mothers were forced to leave the group of... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • fundamentalism • Mormonism • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 'Sex Bed' for Girls
 Found in
 Polygamist Temple 

Temple used for sex with underage brides, tipster tells cops

Apr 10, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of a polygamous cult had sex with underage girls inside the group's temple immediately after "spiritual weddings," according to court documents. Investigators found the bed, described by a tipster, in the temple of the Texas ranch. Men had sex with "brides" as young as 13, reports... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Sex Abuse
 'Rampant' at
 Polygamist
 Ranch 

Pubescent girls forced to 'marry' older men,  say investigators

Apr 9, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young girls at a polygamous compound were readied for "spiritual marriages" to much older men as soon as they hit puberty, the AP reports. Papers submitted to a Texas court detail a "pattern of abuse" at the ranch, where young boys were forced to marry underage girls and... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 534 Taken From
 Polygamist Ranch 

Cops arrest one for interfering with evacuation

Apr 7, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas officials have removed 534 people and arrested one in an ongoing raid of a polygamist ranch near Eldorado, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports. But the man they collared is only charged with obstructing the 4-day raid, not committing the rape that sparked it. Meanwhile, at a nearby historical fort,... More »

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Texas • marriage • religion • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • fundamentalism • Mormonism • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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