Mormons - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/mormons/?source=rss&aim=mormons en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT The making of Glenn Beck By Alexander Zaitchik Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/index.html?source=rss His roots, from the alleged suicide of his mom to Top 40 radio to the birth of the morning zoo. Part 1 of 3 Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck's life By Alexander Zaitchik Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/beck_skousen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/beck_skousen/index.html?source=rss Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him Finale wrap-up: "Big Love" By Laura Miller Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/03/23/big_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/03/23/big_love/index.html?source=rss America's favorite polygamist drama ends its third season with a cosmic revelation, startling violence and an ultra-creepy kiss. Will trade: One black Democrat for one Mormon Republican By Mike Madden Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/26/dc_votes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/26/dc_votes/index.html?source=rss Even if Congress gives D.C. a vote in the House, don't expect federal lawmakers to stop meddling in the city's business. California to probe Mormon pro-Prop. 8 donations By Alex Koppelman Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/25/prop_eight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/25/prop_eight/index.html?source=rss Advocacy group claims the church failed to fully report funds it spent on campaign against same-sex marriage. New Yorkers protest Mormon campaign against gay marriage By Gabriel Winant Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/13/marriage_mormon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/13/marriage_mormon/index.html?source=rss A surprisingly large crowd gathered outside Manhattan's Mormon Temple to protest church members' activity in support of California's gay-marriage ban. Proposition 8 made me quit the Mormon church By Jodi Mardesich Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/13/mormons_prop_8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/13/mormons_prop_8/index.html?source=rss I have been a Mormon my whole life. But after the church's campaign of hatred to ban gay marriage, I finally renounced my membership. I'm a gay married Mormon in the closet By Cary Tennis Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/28/gay_mormon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/28/gay_mormon/index.html?source=rss My wife and I thought we could make it work but we're desperately unhappy. Mitt Romney's Mormon detour By Mike Madden Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/03/funeral/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/03/funeral/index.html?source=rss Romney, whose religion may have hurt his chances at the Republican nomination, discreetly mourns his church's president and "prophet" at a Utah funeral as his own campaign's vital signs ebb. Romney and Huckabee's religious intolerance By Joe Conason Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/07/religion_presidency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/07/religion_presidency/index.html?source=rss Nonbelievers have long been more tolerant of believers in office than the other way around. "I do not define my candidacy by my religion" Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/12/06/romney_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/12/06/romney_speech/index.html?source=rss Mitt Romney delivers a speech designed to reassure voters about his Mormonism. Read it here. This is not Romney's Kennedy moment By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/06/romney_ohehir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/06/romney_ohehir/index.html?source=rss Mitt Romney is caught between Mormonism and a hard place -- the fundamentalist Christian base of the modern GOP. And it's partly his own fault. Warren Jeffs found guilty By Page Rockwell Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/25/jeffs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/25/jeffs/index.html?source=rss The Mormon sect leader is convicted of rape as an accomplice, for his role in the non-consensual marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin. I Like to Watch By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/03/11/weddings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2007/03/11/weddings/index.html?source=rss What's more American than cocker spaniels, doomed marriages and David E. Kelley? Plus: "Battlestar's" dark turn. Latter-day sinners? By Laura Miller Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/07/26/mormons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/07/26/mormons/index.html?source=rss Three new books -- including Jon Krakauer's latest -- take a look at some dark moments in the history of Mormonism and the violent effects of sexually rooted religious hysteria. The Church of Latter-day constraints By Ian R. Williams Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/03/18/smart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/03/18/smart/index.html?source=rss A former Mormon says that the sheltered environment of Elizabeth Smart's religion might explain why she didn't run from her captors. Censorship and the massive Mormon marketing scheme By Allen Barra Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/barra/2002/02/27/utah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/barra/2002/02/27/utah/index.html?source=rss The gutless Denver Post criticized columnist Woody Paige and deleted his story after he bashed Mormons and Utah. But hating everybody is his shtick! Faith in America By Amy Standen Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/11/20/religion_intro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/11/20/religion_intro/index.html?source=rss What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? Mormon marriage manual a bestseller By Jack Boulware Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/08/03/mormon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/08/03/mormon/index.html?source=rss A sex book for Latter-day Saints is flying off the shelves. My favorite author, my worst interview By Donna Minkowitz Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/02/03/card/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/02/03/card/index.html?source=rss I worshipped militaristic Mormon science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card -- until we met. Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/11/money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/11/money/index.html?source=rss You think the media's money fixation is new? Plus: Remembering George C. Scott; what does Salon have against organized religion?