by Daniel Burke | Feb 1, 2012 | News
(RNS) Marvin Perkins says God led him to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — but friends advised otherwise. “Mormons, they’re prejudiced against blacks,” Perkins recalls being told. Until 1978, the LDS church banned men of...
by Matt Canham | Jan 10, 2012 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) When Switzerland passed new employment rules that ban foreign religious groups from sending unpaid missionaries, 13 Mormon members of Congress pleaded with the Swiss ambassador for an exception. The Swiss ambassador sent a respectful, yet perfunctory,...
by Daniel Burke | Jan 5, 2012 | News
(RNS) The good news for Mitt Romney: he won the Iowa caucuses. The bad news for Romney: evangelicals remain reluctant to support him. Romney bested former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday’s (Jan. 3) first-in-the-nation voting. But...
by Lauren Markoe | Nov 9, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than four in 10 American voters say they are uncomfortable with the idea of a Mormon in the White House, a reflection of the steep challenge facing Mitt Romney in the GOP primary. According to a survey released Tuesday (Nov. 8) by the Public...