The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posts a Web page on its beliefs and doctrines.

Read a Feb. 19, 2008, Boston Globe story about colleges adding classes about Mormonism, in part in response to Mitt Romney’s presidential run.

Read the forum “Is Mormonism Christian?,” which features essays in the October 2008 edition of First Things that take different views on the question. The first essay is by Bruce Porter, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; the other is by Gerald R. McDermott, religion professor at […]

FairMormon, a nonprofit organization founded by defenders of the faith, holds a conference each year featuring presentations by top experts in Mormonism and focused on a range of issues facing the LDS.

Joseph Nicolosi is founder and former president of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, based in Encino, Calif. His books include, as co-author with wife Linda Ames Nicolosi, A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality (Intervarsity Press, 2002).

Mark Yarhouse is a psychology professor at Regent University, an evangelical Christian school in Virginia Beach, Va., where he is the director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity. He has written widely about same-sex attraction and church counseling, including “ex-gay” ministries, and about transgender identity. He is currently involved in a study of pastors […]

MassResistance (formerly Article 8 Alliance and Parents’ Rights Coalition) opposes same-sex marriage and is concerned about teaching about and promotion of homosexuality in public schools. The organization is based in Waltham, Mass.

Judith A. Reisman is president of the Institute for Media Education, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is critical of Alfred Kinsey’s research on sexuality, including its influence on school sex education.

Monica Rodriguez is president and CEO of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, based in New York City.