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Post-Civil War enmity between Southerners and Mormons now erased, mostly
A Mormon missionary in the South in 1879 wrote that, "A person traveling among the Southern people realizes that though they have been whipped by the North, yet there is a feeling of enmity existing in their bosoms, which only needs a little breeze to inflame their passions to deeds of carnage and...
Emma Lou Thayne's 'Mormon Moment'
Mormon Life says: A look back on Church history and our other "Mormon Moment."
Current talk in the media sometimes calls this "The Mormon Moment." A hit musical on Broadway, "The Book of Mormon," has won multiple Tony awards. Posters in busses and on billboards nationwide show...
Is LDS polygamy history relevant to 2012 campaign?
A Washington Post editorial writer believes the history of conflict between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the United States of America over the issue of polygamy is relevant more than 100 years later because of the presidential possibilities of Mitt Romney. "If he wins the...
For Mormons, polygamy remains a PR stumbling block
Polygamy still clings to the LDS Church’s image — even though the Utah-based faith abandoned the practice more than a century ago. It was the No. 1 negative quality cited by 28 percent of respondents in a national Salt Lake Tribune poll who were “uncomfortable” with voting for a Mormon for U.S....
Poll: Most still unsure about Mormons and polygamy
Mormon Life says: The latest in a seemingly endless string of polls about what Mormons believe . . .
Most Americans aren’t sure whether Mormons still practice polygamy and that confusion could affect their view of LDS presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, according to anew survey by...
Suggestion to reporters: Replace polygamy coverage with something deeper
It doesn’t come as a surprise to me that the most prominent story in North American this week with the word “Mormon” in it is about polygamy.According to the Vancouver Sun, members of the FLDS Church are asking the court in Vancouver to have polygamy decriminalized in Canada because criminal...
