What They're Saying About "Us"
'Book of Mormon' musical is "sure to offend and succeed"
Mormon Life says: This is the Broadway musical being created by the guys that do 'South Park'.
Hilarious, audacious -- and guaranteed to offend just about everybody. That's how theater insiders are describing "The Book of Mormon," the much-anticipated new Broadway musical from "South Park"...
What Motivated BYU to Go Independent? The BCS or the LDS Church?
Why should Brigham Young University go independent in football? BYU football with Bronco Mendenhall at the helm has rekindled the fire left smoldering with the retirement of LaVell Edwards. Mendenhall in his first five years has won 19 more games than Edwards had in his first five years at BYU,...
Mountain Meadows affidavit Hofmann forgery?
Mormon bomber Mark Hofmann’s calling card has popped up again, signaling that the forger’s handiwork may be more widespread than previously believed. But this time, instead of bogus documents surrounding the origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an embarrassing affidavit on...
New York Times: Mormon Media Empire Goes More Digital
The Deseret News has been around since the days when Brigham Young led the Mormons to Salt Lake City, and the fastest way to spread news was on a machine called the telegraph. Now Utah’s oldest continuously published daily is trying to embrace a 21st-century media model. Emphasizing just how...
China a prize in LDS's eyes
There is no hint of a Mormon presence in the high-rise where the Beijing LDS branches meet. Visitors must pass through a lobby featuring several boutiques, including a liquor store, find their way to the elevator, take it to the fourth floor and then stroll down a long hallway. No familiar logo...
As BYU ponders, critics show their true feelings
If BYU is so concerned about its public image and mission to deliver positive messages, why has the past week brought so much criticism to the school? If increased exposure is at the top of the list of BYU's priorities in considering going independent in football, is it worth the name-calling the...
Gallup Poll: Muslims Give Obama Highest Job Approval; Mormons, Lowest
Muslim Americans continue to give President Barack Obama the highest job approval rating of any major religious group in the U.S., while Mormons give the president the lowest ratings. The differences in Obama's approval ratings across the religious groups included in this analysis have held...
CNN: Some evangelicals on defensive over partnering with Glenn Beck, a Mormon
Mormon Life says: Will the "are Mormons Christian" debate ever go away?
A handful of prominent evangelical activists are defending their decision to attend television host Glenn Beck's conservative rally in Washington this weekend after some Christians complained that...
ACLU expresses concerns about possible sale of Manti street to Mormon Church
Mormon Life says: The street in question is one protesters use during the Manti pageant--so seemingly, the loss of that prime protesting space is what is in question.
City leaders here are considering the sale of part of a street near a Mormon temple — a public thoroughfare that has become a popular place for religious demonstrations, particularly during the...
LDS Church sued for baptism for the dead injury
A Las Vegas man is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for medical expenses after he injured his back in 2007 performing baptisms for the dead. In a civil suit filed in 3rd District Court on Wednesday, Daniel Dastrup claims he suffered a severe herniated disk in his lumbar spine...
Critics on increased size of Phoenix temple plans
Mormon Life says: Getting support from the community for the Phoenix temple has been a long, hard road...looks like there are still a few critics.
The redesigned Phoenix Temple has expanded in size because it went from a two-story building under the original plan to a one-story building with a basement, church officials said. Last week, the...
Church Ad campaign gets mixed reviews
The LDS Church's new advertising campaign has drawn mixed reviews in television and newspaper reports across the country. The LDS Church recently launched an advertising campaign in nine U.S. markets, including Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; St. Louis; Baton Rouge, La.; Colorado Springs, Colo.;...
Mormonism’s ‘9/11 mosque moment’ came in 1903
Before a proposed mosque in Manhattan focused the nation’s attention on “terroristic” tendencies of everyday Muslims, Mormons faced the same scrutiny. The Mormon “9/11 Mosque” moment happened more than 100 years earlier. In 1903, the Utah Legislature elected LDS Apostle Reed Smoot as U.S....
New York Times: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Mt. Rushmore in 1962
Mormon Life says: The article talks about how this was a time where much of the US was "in sync — in a way perhaps never before or since — with the buttoned-down world of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
AT 3:30 in the morning on July 23, 1962, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir gathered at the airport here for a flight to a military base in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Preparations for a now nearly...
Church unveils Phoenix temple redesign
Mormon Life says: Redesign is in response to neighborhood concerns over height, color, and traffic.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday unveiled a redesign of its Phoenix temple featuring a lower and wider building than the original plan. Last year, the church had...
