Religion

According to online video, fans can be heard yelling a profane phrase directed at Mormons as the teams were leaving the court following the basketball team’s 96-95 loss to BYU on Saturday night.

The groups behind the suit represent millions of Americans and range from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists.

The constitutionality of released-time religious education was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952. But it wasn’t about Utah or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

To outsiders, Utah can seem a mysterious place. But the rise of reality TV like the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and others have given people a peek inside.

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine.

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it was tranquil the Tuesday after at the Nativity in the Glen — even though people still had to beat the crowds.

One in 10 Utah voters is Hispanic or Latino. Sticking with the state’s reputation,”Latinos in Utah may be more Republican than Latinos nationally,” said one political scientist.

Retzlaff, a junior college transfer, has earned a hero’s embrace by rabbis and others in Provo while also becoming a favorite of the large fan base that lovingly calls him the “BYJew.”

There’s a cultural stigma in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that older, unmarried men are misfits or something’s wrong with them. A new mission change could signal to other members that single men belong.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says a new sleeveless version of the temple garment is especially for people in hot and humid areas. Researcher and religious historian Jana Riess doesn’t think that’s the whole story.

As both presidential campaigns have stepped up efforts to win over religious voters in Arizona and Nevada, Dallin H. Oaks encouraged congregants at the faith’s twice-annual general conference to steer clear of contention and be peacemakers in their communities one month out from the Nov. 5 election.

A worldwide building boom of big, bright Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples is meeting pushback in a place not known for moderation. In Las Vegas, homeowners just a 30-minute drive from glittery resorts say they were trampled when officials approved a temple larger than the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.