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5 reasons Donald Trump has a Mormon problem
By Jana Riess — March 18, 2016
Start with his misogyny, profanity and his antipathy toward immigrants. And there are still more reasons why he trails in Utah polls.
Does a new study show a link between teen suicide and Mormon populations? (COMMENTARY)
By Jana Riess — March 14, 2016
(RNS) A new study looks at teen suicide rates in Mormon-heavy states. Does it prove there's a problem? Not so fast.
No gays in heaven? Avoiding new Mormon folk doctrine
By Jana Riess — February 5, 2016
Elder Nash’s devotional this week opens the door to a new Mormon folk doctrine that gay people will have to become heterosexual to reach heaven. Guest blogger EmJen explores the implications.
Bar association looks into discrimination complaint at BYU law school
By Mark A. Kellner — January 26, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A dissident group has complained about the school’s practice of expelling students who leave the LDS faith or live in same-sex relationships.
In a Mormon faith transition? Here’s help
By Jana Riess — December 18, 2015
A new book argues Mormon faith transitions are healthy and necessary crucibles in our journey toward spiritual maturity. "We can grow unbounded," says Thomas Wirthlin McConkie. "Isn’t that the message of Mormonism in the end?"
Hundreds rally against new Mormon policy; many file forms to quit the faith
By Rich Kane — November 15, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- Protesters rallied against the LDS church's recent policy decisions involving same-sex couples and their children, and in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Mormons.
Leaving Mormon church over ‘cruel’ policy on gays’ kids (COMMENTARY)
By Kate Kendell — November 10, 2015
(RNS) It is impossible for me to be a part of a religion that would attack its own members and punish them by denying their children involvement in the church.
Top Mormon leaders encourage members to help refugees
By Matt Canham — October 30, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- The LDS letter, to be read from the pulpit Sunday, takes a wider view of refugees, though it comes amid Syria’s deepening civil war.
The Mormon church’s missed opportunity to engage race, international diversity (COMMENTARY)
By Jana Riess — October 5, 2015
(RNS) In filling the spots for three apostles, Mormonism had the chance “to demonstrate that this is a global church that happened to begin in America, and not an American church.” It didn't.
Naming of 3 new Mormon apostles raises questions about race, international diversity
By Jana Riess — October 5, 2015
Mormons need to think carefully when there is such a growing discrepancy between the beautiful racial and international diversity that characterizes our religion around the planet and the much narrower range that is evidenced among our most visible leaders.
Conversion therapies don’t work, experts say, so why do gay Mormons still seek them out?
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — September 28, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – By not providing an alternative, the LDS church unwittingly created a vacuum and conversion-aimed retreats have filled it.
Ex-Ordain Women leader Kate Kelly joins Planned Parenthood of Utah
By Annie Knox — September 18, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- Planned Parenthood is fighting to maintain its federally funded programs in Utah.
Group prods fellow Mormons to get behind family-friendly immigration reform
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — September 3, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- How can Mormons hear their faith’s messages of love “and still talk about undocumented members as if they don’t exist or their families should be separated?” one organizer asks.
Mormon church sticking with Boy Scouts
By David Noyce — August 26, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – After the Scouts voted to accept openly gay leaders last month, the LDS Church said it "considering creating its own international program for boys, separate from the Boy Scouts of America."
Most Utah Mormons want their church out of Boy Scouts, poll shows
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — August 18, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY A Mormon exodus could devastate the Scouts, given that, as recently as 2013, more than a third (37 percent) of the troops were LDS-sponsored, accounting for 18 percent of the BSA’s 2.4 million total membership.
