Brigham Young
Can the LDS talk honestly about polygamy? A new book could help.
By Emily W. Jensen — July 29, 2021
(RNS) — The unknowns about eternal polygamy are ‘answered with speculation and myths, creating undue fear and angst,’ says the author of a new book.
No more live endowment sessions in Mormon temples
By Jana Riess — March 16, 2021
Something important is lost when we erase history in the name of efficiency and a franchised, on-brand temple experience.
No, Brigham Young did not say that single men over the age of 25 are a menace to society
By Jana Riess — May 16, 2018
Mormons have often repeated the Brigham Young statement that a single man over the age of 25 is a menace to society. The problem is that Young never said it.
When Mormons first went to Harvard …
By Jana Riess — December 19, 2016
Brigham Young sent Mormon men and women to the nation's finest universities in order to preserve the religion's separation from the U.S., but they wound up helping it assimilate.
Salt Lake’s first lesbian mayor weds amid resignations from LDS church
By Kimberly Winston — August 17, 2016
(RNS) Mayor Jackie Biskupski wed her partner, Betty Iverson, as Quit Mormon held "mass resignation" rally in nearby park.
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