(RNS) — Kiersten White had a happy, protected childhood. Growing up in Highland, Utah, the award-winning novelist attended a high school that was 96% Mormon. She descended from pioneers who crossed the plains in the 1800s to live out their…[Continue Reading...]
Former CIA agent Tim Ballard's membership of the Mormon church is in doubt after a records search showed he does not appear on the institution's database, fueling suggestions he has been excommunicated, DailyMail.com has learned. Ballard, whose story was turned…[Continue Reading...]
In General Conference talks this weekend, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stressed the importance of heterosexual marriage to become "exalted" for eternity. The message used the powerful leverage of church teachings about the afterlife to…[Continue Reading...]
(RNS) — More than 1-in-5 Latter-day Saint college students (22%) say they are something other than heterosexual, according to a new survey from FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression). Political scientist Ryan Burge discussed the findings in his…[Continue Reading...]
Tim Ballard, the former Homeland Security special agent who inspired the surprise box office hit Sound of Freedom, has fallen out of favor with a prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to online media…[Continue Reading...]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has removed articles promoting Tim Ballard and the nonprofit he founded, Operation Underground Railroad (OUR). The removals occurred on the same day of the Church releasing a statement…[Continue Reading...]
A church spokesperson tells VICE News that Ballard “betrayed his friendship” with a powerful leader, who “never authorized his name, or the name of the Church, to be used for Tim’s personal or financial interests.” Documents obtained by VICE News…[Continue Reading...]
David Archuleta has come a long way since his American Idol days. It's taken a while for the singer to embrace his sexuality as a member of the LGBTQ community but, sometimes, things are worth the wait. But look at…[Continue Reading...]
For the majority of my early life, Mormonism was my whole identity. I attended church for three hours every Sunday. I studied Mormon materials daily with friends, and I even participated in youth activities at my church throughout the week.…[Continue Reading...]
Jodi Hildebrandt — the business partner of mommy YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke who was arrested alongside her and accused of child abuse — once spilled details about a therapy patient to the Mormon Church, according to Utah state documents. Hildebrandt…[Continue Reading...]
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