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The U.S. religious landscape is shifting, and no one may be more thankful than GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney. The spread of Latter-day Saints across the nation has paved the way for a Romney run.
When candidates flaunt their religion or manipulate it as a political tool, Americans are angered. When candidates share their religious beliefs as a way of telling us who they are, Americans are grateful.
In general terms, secrecy can suggest bad motives or suppressed scandal, but we must simultaneously recognize that there are times and places where respectful silence is still appropriate.
As I listened, I heard dozens of straight and gay Mormons vividly reflect their pain and optimism, their confidence and uncertainty, about their faith.
The question would be easy if the word "cult" had a serious and well-justified definition. But it doesn't.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints has come under fire once again for its practice of baptisms for the dead. It seems that a member of t...
Until the malevolent nonsense masquerading as historical theology about race is exposed to public view, the Church may prove unable to purify itself entirely of the stain of prior racism.
Maybe this moment presents a chance for each of us to examine how we vote -- to be sure we exercise the privilege of choosing and speaking and writing with our own voices, loyal to our own concepts of freedom.
The Mormons may feel they are performing an act of generosity by offering Jews a chance to change their minds.
If you thought we went down this "attack Mormons" road four years ago, and it's a non-issue because voters and the media are more enlightened now, guess again.
On Tuesday, over 56 percent of voters in the New Hampshire Republican primary election cast a vote for a Mormon.
While Mormons have ascended into Congress and top state positions, the uneasiness many Americans feel about them is magnified when it comes to the nation's highest office.
Curiosity will intensify as Romney continues his march towards the nomination, but the question is whether increased media attention will advance understanding or indulge the sensationalism that has followed Mormonism for 180 years.
The fact that two thirds of mainline Protestants and Catholics believe Mormonism is a Christian religion is unfortunate. The Mormon faith is not the same as the Christian faith.
The older I get the more I realize that what really matters at any age is relationships. I like to think of them as being horizontally to the human and vertically to the divine.
I have watched with mild amusement as the debate surrounding the beliefs of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman have gained steam. Aren't the Mormons weird fanatics? Should we trust people with such strange beliefs with high office?
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