From the first years of its existence, the Mormon Church sparked violent opposition from other Americans. This violence claimed many lives, including Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's, and eventually ...

See shifts in LDS attitudes toward abortion, Christian nationalism, climate change, partisan politics and more.

Views about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints itself, he repeatedly emphasized, have nothing to do with his ...

Those in opposition said they were not properly notified ... For comparison, the Apr. 9 planning commission meeting on the LDS temple sent 288 notices to residents. Members of the LDS Church ...