Support the Free Press | Facts matter. Truth matters. Journalism matters
Salt Lake City Weekly has been Utah's source of independent news and in-depth journalism since 1984. Donate today to ensure the legacy continues.
Keith Burns
Find Stories by Keith Burns
Browse by:
Recent Articles
- News, Opinion February 26, 2025
-
-
U.S. academia and the NCAA should call Jeffrey R. Holland's bluff on LGBTQ discrimination at BYU.
Opinion
- In light of faculty crackdowns at LDS church-owned Brigham Young University, some Latter-day Saints are wondering how the institution will navigate tension between progressive-minded academia and conservative spins on religious belief.
- News, Opinion November 27, 2024
-
-
"Temporary commandments:" Top Latter-day Saint leader Dallin Oaks coins new phrase for Mormonism.
Opinion
- During The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' semi-annual General Conference in October, the faith's second-highest ranking leader, Dallin Oaks, introduced an intriguing new framework to members worldwide.
- News, Opinion September 11, 2024
-
-
LDS church repeats the mistakes of its Black priesthood and temple ban with its restrictions on women and LGBTQ+ members
Opinion
- In 1852, Brigham Young—second prophet/president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—implemented a ban on people of African descent holding the priesthood and accessing temple rituals, both of which are required for entrance into the highest degree of heaven in LDS theology.
- News, Opinion May 8, 2024
-
-
More emphasis on Heavenly Mother would challenge the power of Latter-day Saint patriarchy.
Opinion
- Although The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always structured its hierarchy on male authority, its theology and practice concerning women is rather intricate and complex.
- News, Opinion April 3, 2024
-
-
Making sense of the LDS church's mixed messaging for LGBTQ Mormons
Opinion
- Despite assertions of immutability and consistency, the positions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint on sexuality and gender have proven fragile and changeable across time.
- News, Opinion January 31, 2024
-
-
New Latter-day Saint Apostle Patrick Kearon is a welcome sign for progressive members
Opinion
- The British-born Kearon joins a small but increasing number of quorum members not born in the U.S.
- News, Opinion November 29, 2023
-
-
Latter-day Saint gerontocracy on display as Jeffrey R. Holland replaces the late M. Russell Ballard as acting president of church's 12 apostles.
Opinion
- On Nov. 12, the acting president of the Latter-day Saint church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, M. Russell Ballard, passed away at the age of 95.
- News, Opinion October 18, 2023
-
-
Latter-day Saint apostle Dallin Oaks reaffirms the church's anti-LGBTQ stances as 'irrevocable doctrine'
Opinion
- And at the recent October session of the LDS church's General Conference, Oaks reaffirmed the same fundamentalist positions on sexuality and gender that he has been articulating for decades.
- News, Opinion September 27, 2023
-
-
LDS Church's condemnation of Tim Ballard represents reckoning with right-wing extremism
Opinion
- Several decades later, LDS conservatism would only deepen with the rise of the civil rights, counterculture and sexual-liberation movements, which leaders characterized as hedonistic, satanic and destructive.
- News, Opinion July 5, 2023
-
-
Mormon leaders, like the twice-married Nelson and Oaks, can't have it both ways on polygamy
Second Wives' Club
- I recently watched the Netflix series Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, a chillingly informative documentary covering the rise and fall of Fundamentalist Latter-day Saint (FLDS) prophet Warren Jeffs.
Trending
U.S. academia and the NCAA should call Jeffrey R. Holland's bluff on LGBTQ discrimination at BYU.
Opinion
February 26, 2025
