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The Mountain Meadows Massacre By Richard E. Turley Jr. Managing Director, Family and Church History Department Print E-mail Richard E. Turley Jr., “The Mountain Meadows Massacre,” Ensign, Sep 2007 This September marks the 150th anniversary of a terrible episode in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On September 11, 1857, some 50 to 60 local militiamen in southern Utah, aided by American Indian allies, massacred about 120 emigrants who were traveling by wagon to California. The horrific crime, which spared only 17 children age six and under, occurred in a highland valley called the Mountain...

Jim Kramer is interviewed by Chris Matthews on a hypothetical run between Romney and Hillary. Kramer helps Matthews understand the stark difference between the two candidates and gives what amounts to a hearty endorsement. View here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoBKgmnVkrc&mode=user&search=

With friends like this… There is only one Church I am aware of that holds as doctrine that the Constitution is not only inspired, but sacred in nature. There is only one Church that I am aware of that as a point of doctrine commits its members to defending that sacred document and all who fall under its protection with their lives. There is only one Church that I am aware of whose members have been categorically and energetically pursued with rage and who have been denied or who have had attempts at denying their place in the halls of...