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22 February 2012
Church Statement on Violations of Proxy Baptism Policy
February 21, 2012
In response to questions about violations of the Church’s proxy baptism policy, the Church issued the following statement:
The Church keeps its word and is absolutely firm in its commitment to not accept the names of Holocaust victims for proxy baptism.
It takes a good deal of deception and manipulation to get an improper submission through the safeguards we have put in place.
While no system is foolproof in preventing the handful of individuals who are determined to falsify submissions we are committed to taking action against individual abusers by suspending the submitter’s access privileges. We will also consider whether other Church disciplinary action should be taken.
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/violations-of-proxy-baptism-policy
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Mormon Baptism Targets Anne Frank — Again
February 21, 2012
Huffington Post
Anne Frank, the Jewish girl whose diary and death in a Nazi concentration camp made her a symbol of the Holocaust, was allegedly baptized posthumously Saturday by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to whistleblower Helen Radkey, a former member of the church.
The ritual was conducted in a Mormon temple in the Dominican Republic, according to Radkey, a Salt Lake City researcher who investigates such incidents, which violate a 2010 pact between the Mormon Church and Jewish leaders.
Radkey said she discovered that Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank, who died at Bergen Belsen death camp in 1945 at age 15, was baptized by proxy on Saturday. Mormons have submitted versions of her name at least a dozen times for proxy rites and carried out the ritual at least nine times from 1989 to 1999, according to Radkey. But Radkey says this is the first time in more than a decade that Frank’s name has been discovered in a database that can be used both for genealogy and also to submit a deceased person’s name to be considered for proxy baptism — a separate process, according to a spokesman for the church. The database is only open to Mormons.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/mormons-posthumous-baptism-anne-frank_n_1292102.html
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Mormon Baptism Controversy Now Includes Catholic Witness To Holocaust
February 21, 2012
National Public Radio
He wasn’t Jewish and he wasn’t a victim of the Holocaust, but the discovery of Jan Karski’s name on Mormon proxy baptism records has angered those already upset about posthumous Mormon baptisms of prominent Jews and Holocaust victims.
Jan Karski was a Catholic whose mission for the Polish resistance during World War II included sneaking into the Warsaw ghetto, where he witnessed executions and naked bodies piled in the streets. Then he disguised himself as a Ukrainian guard and infiltrated a concentration camp.
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Mormonism: Family works to correct common misconceptions
February 22, 2012
Livingston Daily (Michigan)
With Mitt Romney running in the presidential primary and “The Book of Mormon,” a Broadway show mocking the church’s door-to-door missionaries, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in the midst of what some call a media frenzy.
“Whether it’s positive or negative, it creates conversation that invites questions to us — and then hopefully we can clarify,” said Carolyn Egan, who attends the Mormon church’s Howell ward, or congregation. “Then this leads to conversation about Christ.”
An advertising campaign launched by the Mormon church portrays those holding that religious conviction as “just people,” and that’s essentially who Mormons are, Carolyn Egan and her family members said.
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‘Mormon moment’ may be more curse than blessing for LDS Church
February 21, 2012
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
The so-called “Mormon moment” is a passing fad, with more downsides than benefits to the Utah-based faith, writes Ronan James Head, at bycommonconsent.com.
Still, Head, who teaches religion and philosophy at a private boys school in England, believes there are consistent assumptions to be drawn from all the recent exposure:
– “People tend not to mind Mormon quarterbacks or singers, but they don’t want one running the country.” It’s not about having a president you could drink with, Head writes, “it’s about fitting comfortably into the American landscape. … It is clear Mormons still do not.”
– “Evangelical Christians really, really despise Mormonism.”
– Liberal Americans see Mormonism “for what they really believe it is: a loony religion for loons.”
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/53558160-180/mormon-writes-moment-mormons.html.csp
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Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney
February 21, 2012
Casa Grande Dispatch (Arizona)
When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like “coming home.”
The Catholic-educated Packard, who grew up in “the middle of Mayan ruins,” appreciated the faith’s strong sense of family and conservative values. She also saw her own history in the Book of Mormon with stories of migrations, tragedies and triumphs of a people many Mormons believe are the ancestors of some present-day Latinos.
But two decades after her conversion while a college student at Mississippi State, the 43-year-old Packard finds herself on a new mission: defeating Mitt Romney and any Mormon politician who betrays what she sees as a basic Mormon principle of protecting immigrants.
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Mormons sorry for posthumous baptism of Anne Frank
February 22, 2012
Jewish Chronicle
A week after Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel condemned the Mormon Church for adding his name to a list of those who could one day be eligible for posthumous baptism, members of the religion appear to have gone a step further and baptised Anne Frank.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has carried out the controversial practice of baptising non-members after their deaths for some 170 years. They do so in the belief it secures a place in heaven.
In 1995, after it emerged that Mormons had submitted the names of hundreds of thousands of Jewish Holocaust victims to the Church’s genealogical database for posthumous baptism, without regard to their religious origin, the Church agreed to stop the practice.
But cases continued to occur and it took a further 15 years for the Mormon Church to agree to better monitor the database.
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/63902/mormons-sorry-posthumous-baptism-anne-frank
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Anne Frank baptized posthumously in Mormon church
February 22, 2012
Digital Journal
Anne Frank, one of the most renowned Jewish victims of the Holocaust, has allegedly been baptized -again- in a Mormon temple. The proxy ritual, known as a ‘baptism for the dead’ reportedly happened in the Dominican Republic.
On Saturday, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was said to have performed the ceremony posthumously, according to whistle blower Helen Radkey.
Radkey, a Salt Lake city researcher and former member of the church, discovered that Anne Frank, who died in a concentration camp at 15, was baptized by proxy over the weekend.
The situation also stirred conflict between the two religions, as the Mormon church vowed to stop the posthumous baptisms. But the ritual has been carried out at least nine times in Frank’s case, over 10 years, from 1989 to 1999. Radkey said she made the discovery of the incident when Frank’s name appeared in a database for proxy baptism, which is usually only open to Mormons.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320012
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Mormons apologize for baptism of Wiesenthal kin
February 22, 2012
European Jewish Press
“We are outraged that such insensitive actions continue in the Mormon temples,” said the center’s Rabbi Abraham Cooper.
“We note that these rites were undertaken and confirmed in Mormon temples in Utah, Arizona, and Idaho. Further meetings with church leaders on this matter are useless.”
The Mormon church statement said the names “were not submitted for baptisms but simply entered into a genealogical database,” and that “our system would have rejected those names had they been submitted.”
“In a few instances, names have been submitted in violation of policy,” the church statement noted.
“Whether this is done by simple error or for other reasons, the church considers these submissions to be a serious breach of protocol.”
http://www.ejpress.org/article/56375
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NYPD surveillance; Anne Frank baptized (again); Shabbat buses; and more.
February 22, 2012
National Jewish Student Magazine
Here at New Voices, we recently shared a story about the controversy surrounding the recent posthumous baptism of the parents of Simon Weisenthal. The Mormon Church had issued an apology for its actions, there was an understandable amount of criticism (an agreement between the Church and the Jewish world a couple years ago was to put a stop to this sort of thing). Apparently, not everyone got the memo, as the Huffington Post reports Anne Frank has been baptized again- her ninth baptism at the hands of the Mormon Church, if anyone’s counting. A church whistleblower provided Huffington Post with all the allegations.
“Radkey said she discovered that Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank, who died at Bergen Belsen death camp in 1945 at age 15, was baptized by proxy on Saturday. Mormons have submitted versions of her name at least a dozen times for proxy rites and carried out the ritual at least nine times from 1989 to 1999, according to Radkey. But Radkey says this is the first time in more than a decade that Frank’s name has been discovered in a database that can be used both for genealogy and also to submit a deceased person’s name to be considered for proxy baptism — a separate process, according to a spokesman for the church. The database is only open to Mormons.
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Another proxy baptism of Anne Frank triggers strong Mormon condemnation
February 21, 2012
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
The LDS Church responded Tuesday to news that Anne Frank, one of the most renowned Jewish victims of the Holocaust, was recently baptized — again — in a Mormon temple. The proxy ritual, known as “baptism for the dead,” was performed in the Santo Domingo LDS temple in the Dominican Republic.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also learned that Jan Karski, a Roman Catholic who witnessed the emerging Holocaust in Poland and risked his life to bring that news to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, had been similarly baptized.
Karski biographer E. Thomas Wood “called on the Utah-based church to remove Karski’s name from its database of the baptized dead,” Wood said in a release.
In both cases, LDS spokesman Michael Purdy said, the submitters’ computer access to the church’s genealogical records has been suspended.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/53561480-180/church-lds-holocaust-proxy.html.csp
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LDS Church toughens stand against ‘improper’ proxy name submissions
February 21, 2012
KCSG (Utah)
The LDS Church is taking a tougher stand against the unauthorized submission of the names of Holocaust victims for proxy baptism.
According to a statement that appeared Tuesday afternoon on the church’s Newsroom website, official church disciplinary action may be taken against the offending parties.
“It takes a good deal of deception and manipulation to get an improper submission through the safeguards we have put in place,” the statement reads. “While no system is foolproof in preventing the handful of individuals who are determined to falsify submissions, we are committed to taking action against individual abusers by suspending the submitter’s access privileges. We will also consider whether other church disciplinary actions should be taken.”
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LDS Church condemns recent proxy baptism of Anne Frank
February 21, 2012
Fox 13 News (Utah)
Rabbi Benny Zippel of the Chabad Lubavitch of Utah says he is not personally offended and that Anne Frank will still remain Jewish. Zippel says according to Jewish faith, Anne Frank could not possibly have been converted from from Judaism to Mormonism.
“If it’s posthumous it can’t be a conversion and if it’s a true conversion it can not possibly be posthumous,” says Zippel.
But Frank’s proxy baptism marks the third in less than two weeks. The parents of the late Simon Wiesenthal were posthumous baptized in early February. Outraged, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations, said “such actions make a mockery of the many meetings with the top leadership of the Mormon Church.”
Zippel, who has lived in Utah for nearly 20 years has his suspicions on how and why the proxy baptisms keep happening. He attributes the actions of the few who “like to stir the pot and like to make this a bigger deal that it is.” He says he does not see what the issue is.
“I’ve had some of them come over to me and ask me to release statements and write letters to the LDS Church leadership as to how offended I am and I protest it and I condemn it and this and that. And I just didn’t do any of that, simply because I don’t see what the issue is whatsoever,” said Zippel.
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Pastor : I’ll ‘hold my nose,’ vote for Mormon Romney
February 21, 2012
USA Today
“I’ll hold my nose and vote” for Mitt Romney, says Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress, who made headlines in October for calling the Mormon Church a cult.
Jeffress, head of a Texas megachurch, was playing “who’s a Christian?” — the hot talk show quiz for evangelicals on Tuesday — with MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell.
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Go Deport Yourself: Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Policy Is No Joke
February 21, 2012
Huffington Post
It’s troubling that Romney endorses trampling on constitutional and human rights for the sake of winning his party’s nomination. His stance on immigration shows a lack of compassion from a man whose Mormon ancestors were persecuted across America before settling in Utah, and whose own family crossed the Mexican border a few times themselves. He would be well advised to learn from Ronald Reagan (who granted amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants in 1986) or even George W. Bush (who supported a path to legalization for the undocumented).
Romney might consider that his immigration stance is at odds with his faith; The Mormon Church actively promotes compassion towards all immigrants. Most of all, Romney needs to realize that Americans don’t want a long, slow purge of the undocumented. What we want is sensible, comprehensive immigration reform.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raul-a-reyes/romney-immigration-deportation_b_1288974.html
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Posthumous Mormon Conversions are a Pretty Good Deal
February 22, 2012
Heeb Magazine
Jewdar is pleased to announce that the Jewish people no longer face any problems. That, at least, is the conclusion we draw from Elie Wiesel’s comments last week that Mitt Romney “morally…must respond” to news that some members of the Mormon Church did a posthumous baptism of Simon Wiesenthal. For those unaware, the Church of Latter Day Saints believes that one can be posthumously saved from eternal damnation; all they need is for a living Mormon to conduct a proxy baptism of the dead, whose soul will then be given the opportunity of remaining in hell or entering the Kingdom of Heaven (we presume most choose the latter). They’ve been doing this for years, but got into a bit of trouble years back when it turned out that they were baptizing Jews who’d died in the Holocaust. The Church had promised to stop baptizing deceased Jews, but a furor arose last week when it turned out that some Mormons, on their own initiative, had baptized Simon Wiesenthal. Which brings us to Elie Wiesel’s comments.
Now let’s say, first of all, that Jewdar couldn’t care less about posthumous baptism. In fact, we’ll go even further and say that as far as we’re concerned, any Mormon who wants to posthumously baptize us is free to do so. If, as we presume, the LDS are wrong, our soul will be untouched, and if they are right, then we get to go to heaven, which sounds like a pretty good deal on our part. But we strongly object to the notion that Mitt Romney needs to say anything on the subject. Romney is a Mormon; some other Mormons did something which some people think is wrong. At what point does a member of a particular religious community-even a prominent member-need to respond to every misdeed on the part of another member of that group? Joe Lieberman, for example, is the nation’s most prominent Sabbath-observing Jewish politician; I don’t recall anybody expecting that he needs to answer for the misdeeds of haredim in Beit Shemesh (and can’t help but feel that if he were called upon to do so, Elie Wiesel would be among those decrying it).
http://heebmagazine.com/posthumous-mormon-conversions-are-a-pretty-good-deal/33275
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The look of love: Newlywed Elizabeth Smart shows off her husband – and a sparkling diamond ring – on her Hawaiian honeymoon
February 22, 2012
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Elizabeth Smart and her new husband Matthew Gilmour were spotted for the first time since their quickly-planned Saturday wedding in a Mormon temple in Hawaii.
Even on her honeymoon, Elizabeth dressed in keeping with the guidelines of her Mormon upbringing by wearing a below-the-knee dress on the quick jaunt to the store.
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Romney and the ‘Mormon mommy blog’
February 21, 2012
Politico
Romney’s team appears to be aware of the power of the Mormon mommy blogosphere, whose values are mirrored in his campaign’s online presence.
Before the campaign officially kicked off last spring, Kendrick said she got a phone call from some strategists in Romney’s orbit, requesting a meeting with her and her sister, Stephanie Nielson, another LDS lifestyle blogger with a large, national audience.
“They kind of interviewed us,” Kendrick recalled. “How many blog hits do we get? What’s our political persuasion? What’s the subject and tone of our blog? If Mitt were to run again, would we be interested in maybe having Ann come to our house and show that she can change diapers?”
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/02/romney-and-the-mormon-mommy-blog-115055.html
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Mitt Romney Wants To Follow You On Twitter
February 21, 2012
BuzzFeed
Romney’s skill at projecting a Christmas-card perfection, and his difficulty in breaking out of it, are qualities rooted in the religious culture that has shaped so much of the family’s character. Mormon mothers like Mary Romney, for instance, have grown famous for the quality of their “mommy blogs,” which stand out among a sea of similar sites for their design, attention to detail, and glowing portrayal of family life.
“A lot of times, the criticism that comes to Mormon blogs is that they are too unrealistic,” said Courtney Kendrick, a Mormon mommy blog pioneer. “I think what we’re thinking is that our whole dogma is called the Plan of Happiness, and our blogs kind of reflect that drive and appeal to happiness.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/mitt-romney-wants-to-follow-you-on-twitter
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Social Media, Now Safe for Mormons
February 22, 2012
Tripped Media
It should come as no shock that Pinterest has become a bookmark in the Mormon’s browser. The new social networking site, which allows users to ‘pin’ articles and images that they deem interesting, has exploded in recent weeks within the Mormon community. Why? Lets look at the facts…
First, the number one rule with ‘pin etiquette’ is… wait for it… ‘be nice.’ clearly a jab at Reddit’s first rule being ‘we tolerate pedophiles,’ Pinterest has geared itself towards audiences who prefer to shy away from things that might sport such terms as; edgy, urban, and rustic. Namely, Mormons.
This Cool-Whip on Wonder bread sandwich of a social media platform has drawn such fans as Ann Romney, who drew thousands of followers (I think thats what they’re called) after her husband tweeted about her presence. According to the NY Daily News, Ann has ‘pinned about her family, favorite books, recipes, patriotism and — naturally — Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Her pins include a love letter from her husband and a recipe for her daughter-in-law’s butternut squash soup.’
http://www.trippedmedia.com/2012/02/social-media-now-safe-for-mormons/
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Mormonism in the 2012 presidential election
February 22, 2012
Minnesota Public Radio
What’s the significance of Mormonism in the upcoming election? What are some of the common misconceptions of Mormonism?
Kerri Miller will be talking with Krista Tippett, host of On Being . Joanna Brooks will also join the conversation. She covers Mormonism, faith, and politics for ReligionDispatches.org and is an award-winning scholar of religion and American culture.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/22/daily-circuit-romney-mormonism/
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The Other Mormon Candidate
February 21, 2012
Slate
He has a politician’s quick smile and looks like he was born to wear a suit. He has a beautiful wife and picture-perfect children. His ancestor’s name is plastered on buildings all over his family’s hometown. He went to Brigham Young University. He has executive experience in both the private and public sectors. He’s a Mormon, and he’s running for president.
But his name is not Mitt Romney. It is Yeah Samaké. He’s the reformist mayor of Ouéléssébougou, a city of some 35,000 residents in the southwest corner of Mali. His anti-corruption policies have made that city a model of civil engagement, and this April Samaké expects to be elected president. If that happens, Yeah Samaké will be the first Mormon head of state in the world.
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Religion and the fight for Michigan
February 21, 2012
MSNBC
>> what about mitt romney .
>> i like him.
>> is he a christian?
>> he’s a mormon. most christians would not recognize mormonism as part of the christian faith .
>> so he’s not christian. i e-mail saying most christians would not recognize mormonism .
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc-tv/46468761/#46468761
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Ex-Jew-Counter Against Politicizing Religion
February 21, 2012
Tablet Magazine
As members of a minority faith, many Jews no doubt agree with Malek’s sentiment; and last week in Tablet Magazine, Yair Rosenberg persuasively argued that many anti-Mormon tropes and conspiracy theories have plenty in common with anti-Semitic ones.
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/91837/ex-jew-counter-against-politicizing-religion/
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Letter: To learn more about Mormons, read Krakauer book
February 22, 2012
TC Palm (Florida)
For a “real” description of the Mormon-Latter-day Saints faith, read “Under the Banner of Heaven,” by Jon Krakauer (“Into Thin Air,” “Into the Wild”). Krakauer’s objective investigative research and reporting has earned him an American Academy of Arts and Letters award in literature. Krakauer’s book says out loud those things that all LDS know but won’t discuss, even with each other.
Krakauer’s book isn’t my only source of LDS experience. We lived for three years in southern Utah, where my niece (with an IQ of 70 due to premature birth and subsequent brain bleeding), was manipulated by a Mormon bishop, married off to an emotionally damaged LDS man (without her parents’ knowledge or consent) and was dead by age 33.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/feb/22/letter-to-learn-more-about-mormons-read-krakauer/
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Mormons’ love of family applies to Mormons only
February 22, 2012
Island Packet (South Carolina)
I have to reply to a recent letter in which the writer states that he admires the Mormons for their love of family, country and God.
My son married into a Mormon family. He had to tell us, his parents, that we could not attend his marriage ceremony in the Mormon Temple in Portland, Ore., because we were not Mormon. My husband and I had never missed a game or concert or any event in which he had ever participated. We had even driven two hours in a snowstorm to hear him perform two songs in a coffee shop when he was in college.
He was married the weekend after Sept. 11, 2001. We drove from Ohio to Oregon to attend the wedding, but we stood outside the temple during the actual ceremony.
I find it impossible to reconcile our exclusion from our son’s wedding ceremony with a religion that professes such an overwhelming love of family.
http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/02/22/1972514/mormons-love-of-family-applies.html
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Understanding the Real Mitt Romney: Scott Helman, co-author of a new biography of the former Massachusetts governor discuss the candidate’s changing positions, Mormonism, and generosity
February 21, 2012
Chicago Tribune (Illinois)
How significant is the Mormon faith in Romney’s life?
I think it’s hugely significant. I think it’s a part of who he is, I think it informs his values and his worldview. It has been his social life and it has given him his cultural guideposts.
Does he see it as a liability?
He’s not terribly open to talking about it. There are a lot of good stories for him to tell that come out of his Mormon faith and his role in the Mormon faith, but he seems very reluctant to go there.
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Arizona House votes to allow Bible class
February 21, 2012
Yuma Sun (Arizona)
Before approving the bill, lawmakers specifically rejected a proposal by Rep. Ed Ableser, D-Tempe, to add the Book of Mormon and two other texts of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the materials permitted.
“I have a young girl and at some point she will be enrolling in schools across Arizona,” Ableser said. “And I hope someday she’ll be able to take classes, not only on the Bible and the importance of the Bible in Western culture but also about three other texts I greatly respect and honor.”
Aside from the Book of Mormon, that includes the Doctrine and Covenants as well as the Pearl of Great Price.
Ableser said the LDS Church and founder Joseph Smith both had an effect in American culture and history. “Many children have a right to learn about that as well, and receive (academic) credit.”
http://www.yumasun.com/news/schools-76913-teach-texts.html
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The Catholic Blueprint (Or Lack Thereof)
February 22, 2012
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Now, doing so would probably be a losing battle. The Mormons themselves seem to be losing their grip, with fewer boys going on missions and the prescribed timeline being disrupted. But the Mormons have advantages (an insular entertainment culture, 1.3 states they dominate, and so on). But it’s no less crazy than asking kids to wait for sex until they’re 30.
http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/burtlikko/2012/02/22/the-catholic-blueprint-or-lack-thereof/
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