NEWS RELEASE
July 9, 2008
Contact: Anne Wilde
Community Relations, Principle Voices
Email: Principlevoices@comcast.net
“FUNDAMENTALIST MORMON” IS THE CORRECT TERM CONTRARY TO LDS CHURCH CLAIMS
The Principle Voices Coalition has learned that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has sent a letter to media outlets asking that the term “fundamentalist Mormon” not be used. In [...]
By Ben Winslow
Deseret News
Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 2:57 p.m. MDT
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A coalition of polygamous groups is taking issue with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ objections to the term “fundamentalist Mormon.”In a statement issued Wednesday, the group Principle Voices said it strenuously [...]
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The Salt Lake Tribune
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Polygamy-practicing fundamentalists with religious roots in early Mormon theology are rankled by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ campaign to direct the way news organizations define those sects.
“We strenuously object to any efforts to deprive us and others of the freedom to name and describe ourselves by terms of our own choosing,” the Principle Voices Coalition said in a statement issued Wednesday.
“Fundamentalist Mormons have been referred to by that name since the 1930s, often by the church itself. We are proud of our Mormon heritage.”
Fundamentalists revere the same prophets as the mainstream Mormon church, including founder Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, both of whom practiced polygamy. They also share the mainline church’s use of the Book of Mormon as a primary text, along with the Doctrine & Covenants, in which plural marriage remains part of scriptural teachings.
On June 24, a Mormon church attorney sent a letter to newspaper, magazine and broadcast media outlets asking that the term “fundamentalist Mormon” be dropped from news reports.
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