Entries from May 2009 ↓

Mormons targeted in debate over marriage – Boston Globe


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Mormons targeted in debate over marriage
Boston Globe, United States
With the battle moving east, some advocates are shouting that fact in the streets, calculating that on an issue that eventually comes down to comfort levels, more people harbor apprehensions about Mormons than about homosexuality. ...
The Mormons are coming! GetReligion
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The 1857 debate on 'The Mormon Problem' – Mormon Times


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The 1857 debate on 'The Mormon Problem'
Mormon Times, UT
It specifically addresses "what was then called 'The Mormon Problem.'" MacKinnon, using his paper titled "Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Mormon Problem: The 1857 Debate" gave the Mormon History Association Conference Annual Membership ...
Lincoln, Douglas, and 'the Mormon Problem' Beliefnet.com
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Beth Palmer on Mormon Times.com: Laughing instead of groaning at life – Deseret News


Beth Palmer on Mormon Times.com: Laughing instead of groaning at life
Deseret News, UT
By Beth Palmer As much as I enjoyed the Broadway version of "Mary Poppins" — and I really did enjoy it — I was very let down by the exclusion of one of my favorite numbers from the old Disney movie: "I Love to Laugh." I know it's goofy, ...

The Truth about Mormonism – Daily Kos


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The Truth about Mormonism
Daily Kos, CA
by azrefugee I was raised a Mormon, in the days when we were taught what Mormons actually believe, and before they started pretending to be more mainstream. They would love to pretend to be just another christian denomination, but this couldn't be ...
Brent Hunsaker - Glenn Beck, Mormons and Proposition 8 ABC 4
Question: Is Glenn Beck Mormon? Deseret News
“Prime beach reading with a modern-day religious twist.” BigNews.biz (press release)
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RE[2]: like the Mormons – OS News


RE[2]: like the Mormons
OS News
Ok, First, Mormons don't have a problem with "race mixing". Ask my Mormon neighbor who is married to a black woman. And don't be ridiculous by stating some quote from some Mormon church leader who said something about race mixing from 60 years ago (or ...

Books: Allred's long, strange journey to the NBA – Salt Lake Tribune


Books: Allred's long, strange journey to the NBA
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
Yet many will find the 28-year-old's book Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA a fascinating read. In the book, Allred recounts his complicated life. He's the grandson of murdered polygamist leader ...
Life's battles the highlight of 'Longshot' Deseret News
Utah Utes basketball: Lance Allred chronicles his amazing life in ... Deseret News
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On Butch's trail – Philadelphia Inquirer


On Butch's trail
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
St. George is the capital of Utah's Dixie, so named because Mormon church leaders dispatched pioneers such as Butch's father, Maximillian Parker, to settle and grow cotton there around the time of the Civil War. Downtown at the Washington County ...
One, Two, Three, Go! The Times
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Mormon lessons in self-reliance can help families survive – Mormon Times


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Mormon lessons in self-reliance can help families survive
Mormon Times, UT
"For many years the church has taught the principle of provident living and self-reliance," said Bruce Priday, president of the Lenexa Stake and Mormon church spokesman for the Kansas City area. "With growing unemployment, this is becoming increasingly ...

Mormon leaders visit Carson – Mormon Times


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Mormon leaders visit Carson
Mormon Times, UT
For thousands of Mormons in the Carson City-Reno area, May 15-17 was a special weekend. Two apostles to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and two men from the Quorum of the Seventy visited the area. The priesthood for the church consists ...

Walsh: Capitalist, Mormon, Dad — and under indictment – Salt Lake Tribune


Walsh: Capitalist, Mormon, Dad -- and under indictment
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
By Rebecca Walsh Koerber's hyper-economic, hyper-religious version of conservatism helped him cozy up to state politicians while, investigators say, he duped scores of investors. He is accused of running a $50 million Ponzi scheme, convincing his Utah ...
Former Casperite allegedly led $100 million con in Utah Casper Star-Tribune Online
Utah's Madoff under indictment Daily Kos
Utah County man indicted on fraud and tax evasion charges KSL-TV
Salt Lake Tribune
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