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Brendan O'Connor · 09/26/15 01:15PM
Mormon leaders have issued a rare public statement to the church’s 15 million members, advising that the confluence Sunday of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon (a “blood moon”) should not be taken as a sign of the apocalypse: “Avoid being caught up in extreme efforts to anticipate catastrophic events.”
Mormon Church: Joseph Smith Had 40 Wives, Including 14-Year-Old
Aleksander Chan · 11/11/14 01:45PMThe Gay Mormon Who's Happily Married to a Woman Was on VH1 Last Night
Rich Juzwiak · 05/29/13 08:30AMRemember Josh Weed, the Mormon blogger who came out last year as a gay man who's been happily married to a woman for 10 years? He and his wife Lolly told more of their story last night on VH1's I'm Married to A... last night. Josh and Lolly's love bears endless dissection for the questions it raises (specifically those that meet at the uncomfortable intersection of sexuality and agency).
Rethink Everything You Thought You Knew: Mormon Church Softens Its Stance on Homosexuality
Robert Kessler · 12/06/12 06:29PMQuaint Texas Church Tells People to Vote for the 'Mormon, Not the Muslim'—You Should Stop By and Pray Sometime!
Alyssa Bereznak · 10/21/12 05:19PMRomney Doesn't Want the Public to Know How Much Money He Gives the Mormon Church
Louis Peitzman · 08/23/12 10:23PMBlack Ladies of America: Will You Let These Mormons Sit at Your Lunch Counter?
John Cook · 07/17/12 10:26AMJeanette Bennett, the Utah Valley Magazine editor who attracted some attention recently for appending the headline "Women of Color" to a photo of her all-white staff, has penned a thoughtful and heartfelt response to her critics on her personal blog, Jeanette Gazette. The upshot: As a Mormon, she knows what it's like to be black, and all she was doing is asking black and latino ladies if she can be a woman of color, too. Oh, Jeanette.
Disillusioned Mormons Sign 'Declaration of Independence From Mormonism'
Louis Peitzman · 07/01/12 11:33AMI'm a Gay Mormon Who's Been Happily Married for 10 Years
josh weed · 06/08/12 05:30PMYesterday, blogger and family therapist Josh Weed published a 6,000-word post on his personal site that he'd co-written with his wife of 10 years. In the post, Weed came out publicly for the first time. Still, he explained, he is a "devout and believing Mormon" who has been "very happily married to a woman" for a decade, and he and his wife plan to remain together. Here is a condensed and edited excerpt from his post. Weed will also be joining us in the discussion to answer your questions.
'It Gets Better' for Gay Mormons, Too
Louis Peitzman · 04/07/12 01:42PM
Brigham Young University has been called one of the least LGBT-friendly campuses in the U.S.: according to the "It Gets Better" video produced by Brigham Young University students, 74 percent of LGBT students at BYU have considered suicide, and 24 percent have attempted suicide. The video was made by campus group Understanding Same-Gender Attraction (USGA), which is not officially recognized by the Mormon university.
Bid on Burnt Toast With Image of Mitt Romney and Satan Shaking Hands
Louis Peitzman · 03/18/12 10:55AM
This is one of those things where you have to really squint to see it — except even squinting is no guarantee. A tipster sent in this eBay listing for "IMAGE OF MITT ROMNEY AND SATAN SHAKING HANDS ON PIECE OF TOAST." An intriguing find, to be sure, but whatever image the toast advertises is subtle, to say the least. It mostly just looks like a piece of toast. And with an $88.40 shipping fee, it's an expensive piece of toast.
Florida Pastor Urges Romney to Denounce "Racist" Religion
Louis Peitzman · 03/11/12 10:18AMMormon Church to Members: Quit Baptizing Dead Jews
Louis Peitzman · 03/03/12 10:36AM
Researcher and ex-Mormon Helen Radkey raised some eyebrows when she reported that a Mormon temple in Idaho had baptized deceased Jewish reporter Daniel Pearl. But it doesn't stop there. Radkey also discovered posthumous baptisms of Anne Frank and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal's family. Needless to say, the Jewish community isn't thrilled, and the Mormon higher-ups have been forced to take action. (Read: they sent out a letter.)
Proxy Baptism of the Day: Daniel Pearl
Caity Weaver · 03/01/12 09:33PMMormon-Spotting Is the New Jew-Spotting
Maureen O'Connor · 02/23/12 11:38AMWebsite Converts the Souls of Deceased Mormons Into Gay Souls of Deceased Mormons
Leah Beckmann · 02/22/12 04:12PMA handful of Mormons, the Mormon they call Romney specifically, have been in hot water for supposedly performing "proxy Baptisms" on Jews who died in the Holocaust. But with the advent of a new website, aptly named "All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay," you can perform your own proxy conversion and turn a deceased Mormon into a gay one.
Why Do Mormons, Including Mitt Romney's Wife, Love Pinterest?
Adrian Chen · 02/21/12 06:10PMEarlier today, Mitt Romney's official Twitter account linked to his wife Ann's profile on the social network everyone is talking about, Pinterest. Ann Romney is now the most famous Mormon on Pinterest—but far from the first. Pinterest is so popular with Mormons it's practically the Utah of social networks. Why? Let's investigate.
What Is Mary Romney Dressed Up as in This Picture?
Maureen O'Connor · 02/21/12 10:43AMAs the Romney clan scrambles to clean up its social media presence, Buzzfeed reporter and Mormon whisperer McKay Coppins highlights the "Mormon mommy blog" of Mary Romney, daughter-in-law of Mitt and wife of Craig. Mary made her blog private when Coppins came asking questions, which is really too bad, because now we don't the context of this 2007 Halloween photo. Apparently Craig is "dressed as his dad," but what the hell is Mary?
Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism
John Cook · 01/27/12 12:02PMGawker's substantial Mormon readership has come through for us: Two readers have sent us confirmation that Edward Davies, Mitt Romney's militantly atheist father-in-law, was indeed posthumously converted to Mormonism by his family, despite the fact that when he was alive he regarded all religions as "hogwash." UPDATE: Romney's brother-in-law responds below.