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Do Mormons really want recognition as a 'mainstream' religion?

To members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who view Mitt Romney's successful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a significant step toward acceptance of the church as a mainstream American religion, respected Harvard professor Noah Feldman has these words of caution: "Be careful what you wish for." In early 2008, Feldman, a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard, wrote a long essay in the New York Times titled "What Is it About Mormonism?" in which he speculated that "the soft bigotry of cultural discomfort may stand in the way of a candidate whose faith examplifies values of charity, self-discipline and community that we as Americans claim to hold dear."

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New Church Video Shows Side of Mary's Relationship with Jesus We Don't Always Think About

By LDS Living

Often when we think of Mary, we think of the young woman willing to trust in God entirely and the mother willing to protect her infant son at all costs.

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Young Men Lesson 36: Patriarchal Blessings

Manual 3; Supplement from "Special Experiences," by Ronald A. Rasband

LDS Meetinghouse in Twin Falls Vandalized with Message That Couldn't Be Further from the Truth

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An LDS meetinghouse in Twin Falls was recently vandalized. The Church building was spray painted with black and red paint that spelled the message "God is dead."

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"I’ve Never Seen This Sort of Disaster": Mormon Families Displaced by Harvey

In the 25 years Latter-day Saint Carlos Munoz has lived in Houston, he has never seen anything to compare with Hurricane Harvey.

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Men and Women of Faith Lecture - “Amy Brown Lyman's Mission in Europe”

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Unique LDS Temple Apartment Project Excites Mormons, City Officials in Philadelphia

The Mormon temple taking shape here is strikingly unique.

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Elder Renlund Dedicates Barbados for Missionary Work, Blesses the People—Living and Deceased

“The Lord directed the blessing that I pronounced on this country,” Elder Renlund said. “He will see that it is fulfilled as the people act in faith.”

ABC News Shares What It's Really Like to Be a Mormon Missionary

With the popularity of The Book of Mormon musical, many people are becoming interested in LDS missionaries and what their experience is really like.

Washington Post: How the Mormon church teaches priesthood holders to lead

This piece is part of a joint On Faith - On Leadership series exploring the Mormon experiences that have helped shaped Mitt Romney’s leadership style, with pieces contributed by promiment Mormon writers and academics. Every Sunday in chapels across the world, the Lord’s Supper is administered by teenage boys of the congregation, nervous or bored, in sometimes ill-fitting white shirts and poorly knotted ties in youthful imitation of their dark-suited fathers. They kneel before trays of bread and water, recite formal prayers and solemnly pass the communion to the congregation. Then they return to their families in the pews.