Mormons

The Salt Lake Tribune has a fascinating article about the divisions in the Mormon church as a result of their vigorous fight to pass California's Prop 8, which would end gay marriage in the state. The church and its members have already spent millions of dollars in support of the initiative, and it has become a common subject of sermons during their services. (via andrew sullivan) (1) #
10/24/2008

Latter-day Saints revere the Bible. They study it and believe it to be the word of God. However, they do not believe the Bible, as it is currently available, is without error. -LDS.org, an official Mormon website
The New York Times quotes the above, suggesting that the questioner who asked about Bible literalism in the YouTube/CNN Republican debate was targeting Mitt Romney. I never knew about this aspect of the LDS church until now. (via andrew sullivan) (4) #
12/1/2007

Xtreme Mormons. The funny thing is that if you toned down the parodic tone and dialogue, it could probably be fairly successful as LDS cinema. (0) #
8/2/2007

I've lived in three states with sitting Mormon governors (Utah, Massachusetts, Nevada) and now I might live in two states with governors who are convicted while on the job (John Rowland in Connecticut, and maybe Jim Gibbons in Nevada). Of course, the two are not related. (2) #
2/15/2007

Here's a cheesy cartoon supposedly put out by anti-Mormon Christians explaining the core beliefs of the LDS church. Somewhat exaggerated, methinks. Still, I like how they insist on using the term "the Mormon Jesus." (thx, gropo) (17) #
7/20/2006

A short interview about Big Love with a journalist who has written quite a bit on polygamy. The part that caught my eye was her claim that the show misrepresents mainstream Utah Mormons by portraying them as anti-polygamy:

Nearly every Mormon in Utah is either related to a polygamist, has hired a polygamist, has them for neighbors or is a polygamist wanna-be. The polygamists are defended and left alone, for the most part.
Even in SLC suburbia? (0) #
6/2/2006

Will religious discrimination within the Republican party hurt one of their own? Mitt Romney, governor of Massachusetts, is a strong, relatively moderate candidate for president in 2008, but Evangelicals aren't likely to tolerate his Mormon religion. Can he pull a Kennedy? (4) #
4/27/2006

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