Nix 'Mormon' talk in news! How can media handle major faith’s unreasonable plea?

(COMMENTARY) The venerable Mormon Tabernacle Choir has announced that it is now named “The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.” Reason: President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has declared that “the importance of the name” that God “revealed for His Church,” means believers and outsiders must drop “Mormon” and use that full nine-word name.

Analysis, Religion, Opinion, North AmericaRichard OstlingOctober 12, 2018Richard Ostling, Mormons, Joel Campbell, Brigham Young, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Russell Nelson, Joseph Smith, Mormon Tabernacle, LDS, AP, Associated Press Stylebook

Escaping the M-word: Trying to go back to the Latter-day Saint future

(COMMENTARY) In recent decades, LDS leaders have made several attempts – prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah, for example – to distance themselves from the M-word. Now, the church's president has made another appeal for journalists, and everyone else, to avoid "Mormon" when referring to members of his church. To be blunt, he said he's on a mission from God.

Analysis, Opinion, North AmericaTerry MattinglySeptember 4, 2018Primary Feature, Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, BYU, Brigham Young, Associated Press, Terry Mattingly, Winter Olympics

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