The Michigan church shooting sits within a long history of hatred against Latter-day Saints in America

Last week’s attack on worshippers at an LDS Church exposes, once more, the lingering animosity Latter-day Saints receive from both sides of the political spectrum.

(Nick Hagen | The New York Times) The burned Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meetinghouse after an attack on Sunday in Grand Blanc Township, Mich., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.