“Huntsman dismisses Mormon controversy as ‘ridiculous sideshow'”
Read an October 10, 2011 article from CBS News about Jon Huntsman’s response to Robert Jeffress’ controversial remark on Mormonism.
Faith: Mormonism
“GOP rivals: Romney’s Mormon faith off-limits in campaign”
Read an October 9, 2011 article from USA Today about the GOP presidential candidates’ responses to Robert Jeffress’ controversial remark on Mormonism.
“Perry on pastor’s Mormonism remark: ‘I don’t think’ it’s a cult”
Read an October 7, 2011 article from CNN about Rick Perry’s response to Robert Jeffress’ controversial remark on Mormonism.
“Prominent Pastor Calls Romney’s Church a Cult”
Read the New York Times’ account Friday of Jeffress’ introduction of Perry at the summit and the pastor’s comments afterward about Mormonism. Romney did not directly respond at the summit to Jeffress’ remarks, other than to say that religious differences shouldn’t divide Republicans and that civility is needed in political discourse.
“Romney’s Mormon Faith Likely a Factor in Primaries, Not in a General Election”
Read the Nov. 23, 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The poll finds that white evangelical Protestants — a key element of the GOP electoral base — are more inclined than the public as a whole to view Mormonism as a […]
“Mormons in America”
A survey of Mormons by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, released Jan. 12, 2012, provides a window into the views, attitudes and religious practices of Mormons.
Joe Eldridge
Joe Eldridge is university chaplain at American University in Washington, D.C. The University’s Kay Spiritual Life Center is an interfaith house of worship, and its chaplains have written that “we are Baha’i, Buddhist, Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Latter-day Saints, Muslim, various strands of Protestant and Unitarian,” representing some of the religious diversity of the school. His focus is […]
“Mormons on both sides in immigration controversy”
An April 30, 2010, Salt Lake Tribune article examines Mormons’ varying views on immigration reform.
“Immigration: Church Issues New Statement”
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 10, 2011, issued a statement saying that immigration reform was a job for the federal government and that the Mormon leadership “is concerned that any state legislation that only contains enforcement provisions is likely to fall short of the high moral standard of treating each other as […]