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Democratic presidential nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks in front of about 4,000 people in Salt Lake City, Utah. Some members of the crowd are progressive members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Why A Growing Number Of Young LDS Church Members Can't Square Their Faith With Trump's GOP

Nate Hegyi

It鈥檚 a Monday night in Salt Lake City and thousands of people are gathering to hear Democratic presidential nominee Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of...

States in green have laws on the books banning conversion therapy for minors. The others do not, which the exception of North Carolina, which has a partial ban.

LDS Church Pushes Back Against Outlawing 'Conversion Therapy' For Minors

Nate Hegyi

On the heels of Colorado becoming the 18th state to ban 鈥渃onversion therapy鈥� earlier this year, Utah鈥檚 debating the widely discredited practice meant to...

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Colorado Boy Scouts Reorganize Prior To Mormon Church Split

Associated Press

Two Colorado Boy Scouts of America councils are merging before a split with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The Denver Post reports the鈥�

One Man's Story Of Redefining Family In Latter-day Saint Country

Daysha Eaton

The recent news that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would now allow children of LGBTQ people to be blessed and baptised came right on...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday that it will no longer consider people in same-sex marriages to be apostates. Here, a pride flag flies in front of the Historic Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City as part of a 2015 protest of the church's LGBT policies.

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In Major Shift, LDS Church Rolls Back Controversial Policies Toward LGBT Members

Laurel Wamsley

"We want to reduce the hate and contention so common today," said LDS President Dallin Oaks. Church doctrine will consider same-sex marriage "a serious transgression" but not apostasy.

Mormon Officials Push For Session To Debate Pot, But Lawmakers Say It鈥檚 Unlikely

Erik Neumann

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came out in cautious support of medical marijuana last month but now says the legislature should decide...

What's Behind The LDS Church's Opposition To Medical Marijuana?

Erik Neumann

Representatives from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are becoming more active in their opposition to a medical marijuana initiative in...