What They're Saying About "Us"
Residents petition against proposed LDS meetinghouse in Boston
More than 60 people are petitioning Brookline’s Zoning Board of Appeals to reject the design for a new meetinghouse proposed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In an open letter to the board obtained by the Globe, the residents said they do not dispute that the Mormons have the...
No madness here: BYU cracks Final Four — for academics
Mormon Life says: This is a nice consolation, but I am still hoping for the team to be successful in the actual March Madness games.
Looking for an upset in your March Madness bracket? How about 14th-seeded Ohio toppling powerhouse Georgetown? Or lowly Vermont taking down a top-ranked Syracuse squad? What about a BYU run to the...
Bill Maher tries to call Mitt Romney a racist because of his Mormon faith
Mormon Life says: This whole exchange is just silly (and stupid.) And yet, it was still put out there on national television.
On Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, during a discussion of Mitt Romney’s recent altercation with rapper Sky Blu on an airplane, host Maher seemed to suggest that Romney might have been...
Visa issues force some missionaries to leave Mongolia
Due to recent changes in Mongolia's visa laws, some Mormon missionaries from the United States who were called to that Asian country and 10 others already serving there have been reassigned, at least temporarily. Effective next week, the LDS Church still will have 26 full-time foreign...
BYU is 'most popular school' U.S. News says
As long as he can remember, Dalton Griner knew he would come to BYU. "Ever since I was little, BYU was it for me," the 18-year-old Sandy native said. So when his long-shot application to Princeton was accepted, he was flattered and excited — but not swayed. Students like Griner and Cody Pettit...
Are LDS missionaries throwing off Idaho college stats?
Mormon Life says: We do take a long time (on average) to finish college.
State officials are promising to remedy low college completion statistics in Idaho, but the statistics may not be completely accurate due to a large population of Church of Jesus Christ of...
LDS college recruitment debate could lead to discrimination
Recruitment letters sent to Mormon students have stoked debate and become a hot topic for conversation around town recently. Much of the discussion has centered on Northwest College’s use of public funding to target a select group of religious students. It’s healthy to have those conversations...
College targets LDS high school students, debate ensues
Mormon Life says: Was poor judgment used or has the issue been blown out of proportion?
A recruitment letter sent by Northwest College President Paul Prestwich to students who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has sparked controversy on campus. It also has...
Mormons and Catholics join forces
Mormon Life says: This journalist speculates on why a Catholic cardinal would want to cozy up to Mormons.
* Comment is free * Cif belief Mormons and Catholics join forces A US cardinal has been talking up Mormon-Catholic relations. It's conservatism, rather than theology, that brings...
BYU fans respond (or don’t) to religious taunts from San Diego State
Before Wednesday night's matchup between BYU and San Diego State in Provo, Utah, several BYU students had tried to call on fellow classmates to dress like missionaries while in attendance, according to a story written by the Deseret News' Jeff Call, via the Mormon Times. The plan was a...
Boston Globe: Concerns linger over planned Mormon chapel
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hopes to begin building a new house of worship in Brookline as soon as this summer to ease the strain of growing membership at the area’s Mormon meetinghouses. But some neighbors say the chapel, designed for two congregations, would overwhelm the...
Catholic Cardinal to BYU: LDS, Catholics must defend religious freedom
The growing assault on religious freedom in the United States must be met by the combined defenses of both Catholics and Latter-day Saints, Cardinal Francis George told a packed Marriott Center on the BYU campus Tuesday morning. "In recent years, Catholics and members of The Church of Jesus...
LDS Church, 4 others report growth
Only five of America's 25 largest religious denominations reported growth in the past year and that included the Roman Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eight of the 25 top denominations reported membership decreases in the past year, while the remaining 13...
NY Times: Paying tribute to Mormon Church’s Ohio roots
Tim Powell remembers when the “Utah Mormons” first came to town with their plans in the early 1990s. They wanted to recreate a historic village that would explain the role this city played as the Mormon Church’s headquarters in the 1830s and celebrate the fact that the faith’s first temple is...
Why do they hate us? The responses
I asked for it. My column last week was met with an overwhelming response from active Latter-day Saints, objective religious observers and fervent anti-Mormons. It made its way onto several message boards and blogs, sparking discussions that ran the gamut from the insightful and constructive to...
