Tag Archives: Mormons

Hundreds of straight Mormon allies marched yesterday in Salt Lake City’s gay pride parade. Before the drag queens in heels danced across Main Street, more than 300 members of the LDS Church left Utah Gay Pride Parade spectators in tears Sunday morning. One Mormon father turned to the crowd and thanked people for forgiving him. The group, Mormons Building Bridges, …

There are three different heavens. The good one is like the Nordstrom of heavens. The other two: Wal-Mart and Big Lots.

Because the talibangelicals would totally lose their shit if BOTH dudes on their ticket were Mormons, today Sen. Marco Rubio issued the above document showing that the first time he ate the flesh of Jesus was at the age of 13.

Dean Byrd, former president of the discredited anti-gay NARTH (National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality), has died at the age of 64. Byrd was the foremost proponent of the so-called reparative therapy among Mormons. In a post on the group’s website on his death, NARTH called him, “a true clinical pioneer paving the way for many others in …

THIS time he didn’t say “Satanic.”

As evidenced by this ad titled “Family,” the Romney campaign is working hard to normalize Mormon family life in the minds of evangelicals.

“Jesus is God eternal, but Mormons think Jesus is a created being, the spirit brother of Lucifer. Many of our nation’s problems are because of people-pleasing pastors. Unless Franklin Graham, Joel Osteen, Pat Robertson and others repent for disobeying Scripture and telling Christians its ‘ok’ to vote for Mormons, how can God bless America? Our sins are the ‘root’ issue …

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Go make some conversions. (Tipped by JMG reader Rick)

Last night Rachel Maddow and Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out delved into the donations made by a Romney foundation. I recently mentioned the anti-gay groups that get Romney money, but as Besen explains, at least one of those groups also advocates for “ex-gay” therapy.

“[Mormonism] is not a Christian faith. It is, as Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas says, a false religion. So it’s kind of a striking things and I know it concerns a number of spiritual leaders, and I count myself among them, is what this would mean for the spiritual health of the United States of America is …

If so, that would only give him cred with the Not-Romneys. According to ABC News, Romney gave millions to the Mormon Church right about then. Newly uncovered stock contributions made during Romney’s Bain days suggest there is another dimension to Romney’s support for the church — one that could involve millions more than has been previously disclosed. As part of …

Minnesota’s Mormons were read a letter at church services this weekend in which they were urged to take part in the coming ballot campaign against same-sex marriage. Via Q Salt Lake: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints read a letter to all Minnesota wards on Sunday, Jan. 15 reminding church-goers that “the family is the fundamental unit of …

“Many of my Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee members respect Mitt’s savvy business skills, but they are having a hard time wrapping their minds around him as a whole package. They can’t ignore that it was the former Massachusetts governor who championed health care reform that cost the state $4.3 billion and 18,000 jobs. Nor can they ignore …

A Mormon church in Utah is distributing a flyer which tells parents that cross-dressing Halloween costumes are not welcome at their party. It is unclear if the Crescent 16th Ward has a problem with cross-dressing costumes or simply wants to promote what it deems is appropriate dress at the event. But the flier angered one mother in Sandy. “It has …

World Net Daily continues their assault on Mormonism today by promoting a book that mocks Mitt Romney for his faith. “Mormonism teaches we pre-existed on God the Father’s planet as spirit children before we were planted in our mother’s wombs,” Erickson told WND. “And the reason why we’re here according to Mormonism, is so that we can work out our …

“I think part of the problem is we’re in this consumer mentality as a church where we have the idea that our job is to build as big of a church as we possible can. And if we get into that idea and fall into that trap, then we say then we can’t say anything that’s going to offend people, …