Guest Voices: Mormon


Posted at 12:14 PM ET, 12/14/2012

Mormon women wearing pants love the Gospel
By Catherine Jeppsen
A supporter of a planned pants-in says organizers love the church they want to reform.

By Catherine Jeppsen  |  12:14 PM ET, 12/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormon feminists; Mormon women; gender equality; LDS Church; LDS church; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormons; LDS; Mormon church; Catherine Jeppsen; Wear Pants To Church Day

Posted at 01:24 PM ET, 12/12/2012

Mormonsandgays.org: Almost impossible to explain this site
By David Mason
Mormon says it’s progress, but it doesn’t fix discord between the church and gays it has alienated.

By David Mason  |  01:24 PM ET, 12/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormonsandgays.org; Mormons; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormon; LDS church; LDS Church; mormonsandgays.org; David Mason

Posted at 11:04 AM ET, 11/29/2012

Pro-Putin youths: Mormons, go home
By David Mason
A Mormon reflects on Russian President Vladmir Putin’s young supporters’ protest of the church.

By David Mason  |  11:04 AM ET, 11/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormons go home; David Mason; Russia; Young Guard; LDS Church; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Vladimir Putin; United Russia; Russian president; anti-Mormon policy; Mormons; Christianity; Anna Chapman; Mormon Moment; spy-exchange; geo-religio-political; Russian government

Posted at 05:08 PM ET, 11/13/2012

Mitt, Mormons, and the religious test that wasn’t
By Charles C. Haynes
Romney’s candidacy moved the U.S. closer to the First Amendment promise of full religious freedom, says senior scholar at the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center.

By Charles C. Haynes  |  05:08 PM ET, 11/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormon Church; Mitt Romney; LDS Church; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormon Moment; Charles C. Haynes

Posted at 05:19 PM ET, 11/08/2012

What lies ahead for the Mormons?
By Michael Otterson
Historians may look back on 2012 as the beginning of the real emergence of American Mormons, says church spokesman Michael Otterson.

By Michael Otterson  |  05:19 PM ET, 11/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney; Mormon; Michael Otterson; presidential election; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; LDS Church; Mormon Moment; awakening; faith; religion

Posted at 05:42 PM ET, 11/07/2012

Election results reveal God is winning
By Kathryn Skaggs
A Mormon woman says the election has brought her faith out of obscurity and established it as a mainstream Christian religion.

By Kathryn Skaggs  |  05:42 PM ET, 11/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney; LDS Church; Mormon; Mormonism; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 2012 election; 2012 campaign; religion; faith; Mormon Moment

Posted at 03:42 PM ET, 11/07/2012

‘Mormon Moment’ RIP
By David Mason
For the past several months, I’ve hardly been able to leave my house without encountering some new and disparaging theory about what I am.

By David Mason  |  03:42 PM ET, 11/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  LDS Church; David Mason; Rhodes College; Mormons; Mormon Church; Mormonism; religion; faith and politics; election 2012; campaign 2012

Posted at 04:25 PM ET, 10/08/2012

LDS Church change in missionary age may promote equality between Mormon men and women
By Catherine Jeppsen
Men and women will serve together as peers and will return home at around the same age.

By Catherine Jeppsen  |  04:25 PM ET, 10/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormon missionaries; missionary age change; Catherin Jeppsen

Posted at 04:04 PM ET, 04/02/2012

Mormon temples are places apart
By Michael Otterson
There is difference between something being “secret” and something being “sacred.”

By Michael Otterson  |  04:04 PM ET, 04/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mormon, Latter-day Saints

Posted at 03:29 PM ET, 03/19/2012

Mitt Romney mirrors his Mormon church
By Neal Chandler
Will Romney’s adaptive survival instinct, the same one that has helped his LDS church thrive, ever assuage GOP voters yearning for a pure candidate?

By Neal Chandler  |  03:29 PM ET, 03/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mormon, mitt romney, latter-day saints, religion politics