It would be incorrect to state that “most” Christians do not view Mormonism as a Christian religion. A 2007 survey by the Pew Research Center reported that a majority of Catholics (52%) say that Mormons are Christian; 29% say they are not. Among all Protestants, more say Mormonism is a Christian religion than say it is not by a 49%-to-34% margin. This includes 62% of white mainline Protestants who say Mormons are Christians.

But a significant majority in each grouping still thinks we’re “very different.” I prefer “peculiar” but I can live with that.

The great point about completely impersonal ceremonies, whose form is the same for everyone, whether these are religious or entirely civil, is that they remind us that the problems and difficulties of marriage are universal. They come from being human. They can’t be dodged just by being our wonderful selves, even all dusted with unicorn sparkle.

[via Junior Ganymede]

When [Justice] Ginsburg was a law professor at Columbia University in New York, she recalled, she got frequent calls from her son’s school because he was misbehaving.

“One day, I was particularly wary, and I said, ‘This child has two parents. I suggest you alternate calls,’ ” Ginsburg said. After that, the school called less often. “They were much more concerned about taking a man away from his job than a mother away from hers,” Ginsburg said.

Not much can be added about the Visalia Ward tragedy. Jeff Lindsay has an update on the troubled background of the shooter and Bishop Sannar’s heroism.

A new Gallup Poll of 275,000 adults this morning finds that while the Democrat’s overall approval ratings have dropped across all faiths — even those Americans without any — Muslims continue to approve of him the most. And you’ll never guess which faith based in Utah thinks the least of the 44th president’s job.

Seventy-eight percent of Muslims (down from 86% after Obama’s inauguration) now approve of the president’s 19-month job performance, while less than one-in-four Mormons (24%) do (down from 43%).

Now intermittent blogging may or may not proceed with his help.