[socal_parrot]

The Mormon War and the persecution of Mormons in Missouri is well documented and a sad chapter in American History. The killing if 17 Mormons at the Haun's Hill Massacre is especially disturbing. Mormons in Utah also went to great lengths to protect their polygamist lifestyle, including armed attacks against the United States Army and a plan to burn Salt Lake City to the ground rather than surrender it to US Forces. If Mormons would take up arms against the US to protect their way of life, it is not a great leap to argue that they perpetrated the Mountain Meadows Massacre against settlers whom were perceived a threat.

[MineralMan]

Yes. Both those things happened. The LDS church of today is a far different body that it was back in the 1800s. There were lots of things going on in the 19th century that lots of people should be ashamed of. I can think of a whole bunch of them, and I'll bet you can, too.

This is the 21st century.