Finally, a Mormon documentary for the rest of us. Hailed by the creator of the I am an Ex Mormon video series as “my favorite video about Mormonism I have ever seen.” Part 1: Mitt Romney Part 2: Mormons Part 3: Exmormons Part 4: Prophets Part 5: Park Part 6: Pundits After I get done ...
“Hi, I’m Brandon. I’m a Mormon.” So begins Mr. Brightside’s somewhat perfunctory Mormon.org profile: Brandon Flowers is the frontman of the rock band The Killers. In 2010, he also released a solo album entitled Flamingo. In late 2001, Brandon Flowers responded to an ad that Dave Keuning had placed in a local paper and they ...
One viewer’s reaction to an “I’m a Mormon”/Mormon.org video*: Folks be gettin’ annoyed by LDS-sponsored YouTube ads. Mormon YouTube ads engage with social media to advertise their religion, an online version of the door-to-door campaigns conducted by the Jehovah’s witnesses. The only difference is that you can no longer shut the door if you don’t ...
Look what landed in my inbox today: Urgent Alert: Help Stop Maricopa Community College Misguided Transgender Policy If you belong to a church, community or political group that has an email list you can also help by obtaining permission to have this alert sent to these lists.[1] ...
The Boston Globe: The Mormon image campaign And here’s my dozen reasons why: (Memo to the Mormon leadership: Diverse teams cause people not to revert to stereotyping.) Plus one for a baker’s dozen. Local Mormons weigh in: I’m a Mormon and I am here in New York and I really wish the church would pick ...
Box Turtle Bulletin: “I Am An Ex-Mormon” AmericaBlog: Ex-Mormons Sharing Truth about Mormon Faith BabyCenter: “..and I’m an ex-Mormon” Seething Mom: I defend the Mormons no more One Utah: Some Powerful Words I guess we’ll find out soon enough. In the meantime, here’s the latest rebel transmission from ice planet Hoth. And the text of ...
Before you take the poll, be sure to watch this video: From YouTuber Humanleague002: This video shows State Senator Russell Pearce endorsing JT Ready (Arizona’s most famous White Supremacist) in 2006 for Mesa City Council. The footage has never been seen by the public until now. The footage and the Mormon Document and picture was ...
I am a ‘born in the covenant’ fourth generation pioneer heritage Mormon, with polygamists on both sides of the family tree. I held every important priesthood leadership calling as a youth, was on the Logan High School Seminary Council, served an honorable and successful (above average baptisms and a six-month assignment as Branch President) mission ...
Disturbing video of a Mormon mother and LDS Stake Primary President abusing her adopted son: Families are forever? Let’s hope not all of them are. Why are so many Mormons so angry and abusive? h/t ldsgems Views: 10508 ...
Peter Danzig did not set out to be a Mormon activist. The gentle musician spent his life serving the church he loved. He went on a mission, married in the temple, composed pieces for Mormon pageants, and taught hymns to children. He and his wife, Mary, also a returned missionary, were raising their three daughters ...
Having grown up in the Caribbean I remember hearing the wonderful stories about the temple. I was excited when I went to the temple for the first time to “take out my endowments.” This is where it all started. As I attended the temple over the following years, more things began to stand out for ...
Initially, Mary Danzig thought it was all a big misunderstanding. But soon, her own devotion to the church came into question. She, too, felt unwelcome in the orchestra. Her parents wrote letters to church authorities, begging for an audience or at least some understanding. They were unsuccessful. “I felt like my world had come crashing ...
David Harmer: “We received numerous reports of malfunctioning voting machines.” But he doesn’t have a single example. And election officials have received no complaints. This is Harmer’s third congressional election. He lost in Utah in the 1990s and again last year to Democrat John Garamendi in neighboring Congressional District CA-10. Now he’s losing to incumbent ...
KUTV interviews Sister Dottie S. Dixon: Former LDS Homosexual Says Church Shouldn’t Ask For Change (who writes these headlines?) How much longer before mainstream Utah news orgs adopt the same frame as the rest of the country, namely: LGBT folks often grapple with their received religion for good reason (i.e., it’s time to give up ...
Here’s the video report from KUTV 2News (tip o’ the hat to Faith-Promoting Rumor for the heads up): Excerpts from KUTV’s report: “I am a LDS mother, a wife and I struggle from same sex attraction,” said Misty, whose name has been changed to protect her kids. … Evergreen International, a group whose mission is ...