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{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, Mar. 10-16
Mormon Life says: Happy St. Patrick's Day! Check out which stories made up the best of LDS Living for the week of March 10 through March 16, 2012.
We all love a good story. And what better way to find out the best of the best than seeing what people found most interesting? For the week of March 10 to 16, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top online...
'Excommunicated' by GOP, Bob Bennett says Romney, religion, economy make 2012 election unique
Sharing his "experiences of a practical politician, forcibly retired," former Sen. Robert Bennett told an interfaith conference of Mormons and Protestants in Washington, D.C., that the 2012 election is proving to be one unlike any in his lifetime, and Gov. Mitt Romney's religion is a key part of...
Mormon-Baiting Pastor's New Fame Should Help Him Sell Books
Mormon Life says: Really, Pastor Jeffress? Is that what this is all about?
When Pastor Robert Jeffress of Dallas’ First Baptist Church stormed into the Values Voter Summit on October 7 and announced to a scrum of reporters that Mormonism was a “cult” and that voting for...
Senator Lieberman talks religious freedom at BYU
Mormon Life says: You can click on the forwarding link to watch his speech.
Current United States senator, and former vice-presidential nominee, Joseph Lieberman delivered a speech today emphasizing the importance of religious liberty to an audience at Brigham Young...
How much can Romney talk about his faith?
When a supporter in Council Bluffs, Iowa, nudged Mitt Romney to defend his Mormon faith last week, the Republican frontrunner said he wasn’t planning to. Shouldn’t he be pushing back, she wanted to know, against those who, like his rival Rick Perry’s supporter the Rev. Robert Jeffress, call the...
Black Mormons weigh Romney-Obama match-up
Mormon Life says: Another aspect of the LDS element to the upcoming presidential race . . .
"Bull. One simple word. I'd put the other word behind it, but we don't talk that way." That's how Don Harwell responded when asked if he felt compelled to support President Obama -- a fellow...
Will Mitt Romney's 'Mormon moment' help his campaign?
Mormon Life says: I don't know if I agree that it helps Romney, but the author poses and interesting theory.
Perhaps Robert Jeffress did Mitt Romney a favor.When the Dallas pastor called Mr. Romney’s faith – Mormonism – a “cult” at a recent convention of Christian conservatives, he brought into the open a...
The Left's Mormon problem
Mormon Life says: According to Gallup, 27 percent of Democrats would not vote for a Mormon, compared with 18 percent of Republicans.
Who is afraid of Mormonism? Virtually all of the commentary regarding it and the election has focused on the fact that a not-insubstantial part of the Christian evangelical right is hostile towards...
Columnist contrasts Elder Russell M. Nelson and Rev. Robert Jeffress
Mormon Life says: ...and Rev. Jeffress is found to be lacking.
The Rev. Robert Jeffress of Dallas is taking some national heat for his comments last weekend about presidential candidate Mitt Romney and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, referring...
The shameful bias against Mormons
Mormon Life says: Best quote from the article: "Instead of wondering what’s up with Mormons, Americans should be asking: Whoa, what do they know that we don’t?"
Rather than worrying whether Mormons worship the right God in the right way, Republicans should insist that only Mormons run for president.Only half-joking.Anyone watching the Republican debates,...
Romney and the ‘Mormon Question’
Mormon Life says: This graphic shows the U.S. divided into types of communities. See who is more or less willing to vote for a Mormon.
In December of 2007, presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave what many called “the Mormon speech.” The 20-minute address by the former Massachusetts governor aimed at answering questions about his...
Washington Post: How do Mormons answer ‘not Christian’ claims?
Mormon Life says: The author, Michael Otterson, is head of public affairs for the Church.
I had been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for just a few days when I encountered my first experience of anti-Mormon prejudice.I was fresh out of a baptismal font where I...
Perry refuses Romney’s request to ‘repudiate’ pastor’s anti-Mormon comments
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign rejected a call Tuesday from Mitt Romney to “repudiate” the remarks of a pastor who described Romney’s Mormon faith as a “cult.”The former Massachusetts governor made the demand during a news conference Tuesday afternoon in New Hampshire, where New Jersey Gov....
CNN: Who says Mormons aren't Christians?
Mormon Life says: The author, Dean Obeidallah, is an award-winning comedian who happened to be in SLC during this whole "not Christian" ordeal. He has a lot of good things to say about the Church.
The Rev. Robert Jeffress, a leading evangelical minister, claimed last Friday that Mormons are not Christians. Jeffress went on to declare that Mormonism is "a cult," meaning it's not a "real"...
Anti-Mormonism: 'the prejudice of our age'
Mormon Life says: Polls show that prejudice against voting for black, female, Catholic, Jewish and Hispanic candidates has declined significantly during the past half-century, prejudice against voting for a Mormon candidate remains high.
Referring to anti-Mormonism as "the prejudice of our age," columnist William Saletan of Slate.com uses an impressive collection of research data to make his point that "the prejudices you need to...
