(Willard) Mitt Romney—2012 Republican presidential candidate, a lifelong Mormon who boasts of having one wife, defines marriage as between “one man and one woman.”
Miles Romney, a great-great-grandfather of Mitt Romney, is in the process of being “sealed” to a 14th spouse.
Mitt Romney has publicly stated he follows the faith of his fathers—but he distances himself [...]

RICK WARREN: Well, the key sticking point for evangelicals and actually for many is the issue of the Trinity,” the evangelical pastor explained. “Orthodox Christians, Catholic Christians, Protestant Christians, evangelical Christians and Pentecostal Christians all believe in the Trinity; that’s the historic doctrine of the church, that God is three-in-one. Not three gods; one God [...]

Not since Justin Bieber’s biopic, “Never Say Never” has an autobiography been so premature. But first-term Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t letting lack of material keep him from writing a full-length, in-depth look back at his life: all 41 short years of it.
Rubio’s main accomplishment so far has been being born at the right time with [...]

Mormons think of baptisms for the dead as a service to others, almost like adding family members’ names to a guest list.

- Forrest Wickman in article for Slate Magazine titled, “Can I Get on the Mormon “Do Not Baptize” List?” and subtitled, “How to avoid being baptized after you’re dead.”

In May 1995, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and a consortium of major Jewish groups signed a good faith agreement over the issue of posthumous baptisms of Jewish Holocaust victims by the LDS Church. The LDS Church willingly promised to curb the proxy baptisms of deceased Jews—especially Jewish Holocaust victims. Prior [...]

Last year, before Tiger Woods’ sex scandals became frontpage news, members of the Mormon Church took it upon themselves to perform their secret posthumous rites for Woods’ paternal line. They baptized various late family members into the Mormon Church and sealed Woods’ father in eternal marriage to his first wife despite her claims he abused and the fact that she may be very much alive.

Celestial Polygamy: Good news for the folks on “Big Love.” The mainline Mormon Church is posthumously “sealing” ex-communicated polygamous fundamentalists with their various wives.

Including John Wayne Gacy, Arthur Gary Bishop, Timothy McVeigh and others.

A Temple System Out of Control Or Unofficial Thumbs Up for Polygamy?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicates any church member who practices polygamy. The Church has publicly disowned Mormon fundamentalists, representing the sects of Mormonism which embrace early Mormon teachings that made polygamy a central part of the [...]