News reports came out recently about a Gallup poll that showed that Mormons are the religious group with the lowest approval of President Barack Obama.   In a Salt Lake Tribune article on the po...

A few years ago I had the opportunity to be in a boat in the New York harbor. As the boat passed the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, I thought back on the many people whose first glimpse of the Un...

Recently, I heard a news report that a vandal had burned an obscene word into the lawn of Taylor Oldroyd, chair of the Utah County Republican Party.  This kind of despicable act should have no pl...

As Utah County Democrats we believe in the importance of religious faith and the protection of religious liberty for all as guaranteed by the Constitution. We seek to work together with people of al...

Suddenly the ground shudders, buildings rock, and concrete and steel come raining down on innocent people. That is what the people in Haiti have been experiencing over the past couple of weeks. We'...

Boyd Petersen This article first appeared on Patheos on September 1, 2009. When I was growing up in Utah, Calvin Rampton and Scott Matheson were our Governors, Frank Moss was one of our Senators, and ...

LDS Newsroom, October 16, 2009 LDS Church affirms it is not aligned with any particular political ideology or movement; its moral values may be expressed in a number of parties and ideologies. Views ...

"It is not uncommon for members of the Church to ask how I can be a Mormon and a Democrat. Some say my party affiliation puts me in the minority of our Church members. But my answer is that if y...

Historic event filled with examples of hope, unity, graciousness, they say Deseret News, January 22, 2009 Scott Taylor After participating in two days of U.S. presidential inauguration ceremonies, ...

On May 3, 1998, the Salt Lake Tribune reported the following interview with Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Jensen,...