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Lists of Brodie award winners:
X-Mormon of the Year 2012: David Twede
X-Mormon of the Year 2011: Joanna Brooks
X-Mormon of the Year 2010: Monica Bielanko
X-Mormon of the Year 2009: Walter Kirn
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ANOTHER GAY MANIFESTO: MY PROBLEM WITH THE MORMON CHURCH
What Can I Say…I Am Still Gay! I have never been known to stay where I am not wanted. My present Bishop and Elder’s Quorum President do not like me because I am now openly Gay and they know it. They are both very Homophobic. L Therefore, I have been refused all my Temple blessings, the Priesthood, and participation in home teaching, or teaching Church lessons or having callings or doing other meaningful service or being able to participate in church activities or other special events in Read more [...]
Posted in Abuse, Advice, Affirmation, Boyd Packer, Depression, discrimination, Hate, Homosexuality, LGBT, Mormon Doctrine, Mormon Matters, NOM, Prophets, Religious Right, Suffering, Suicide, Tolerance
Those Uppity Gays
The whole Chick-fil-A controversy reminds me of a period of time in recent American history when a segment of our society that tried to assert what it believed to be its civil rights and dignity was brutally repressed, particularly in a certain section of the country. I refer, of course, to African-Americans which is certainly not what they were called back then. Recently, I loaned our copy of The Help to my young teenage son to watch. He told me later that he enjoyed the movie but was appalled Read more [...]
Posted in Gay Agenda, Hate, Homosexuality, LGBT, Religious Right
Would Romney dare choose a Female VP?
I assume Romney’s gonna win the GOP nomination. Currently, some of the other candidates are playing populist cards to try to paint Romney as a “vulture capitalist,” and the rest of the GOP is folding in on itself, wondering whatever happened to the party that supported laissez-faire capitalism. Meanwhile, evangelicals are coming to terms with what seems an inevitable nomination. As Texas pastor Robert Jeffress (who a few months ago called Mormonism a “cult”) has put it: It’s probably better to Read more [...]
Posted in Evangelicals, GOP, Religious Right, Romney
A noteworthy pair of serial answers to Dallin H. Oaks and Robert P. George
Alan Westermark @ Scrum Central: Oaks Rebutted, Chapter One: New Mexico photographer; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Two: New Jersey pavilion; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Three: Illinois and Wisconsin professors; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Four: Georgia and Michigan grad students; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Five: The Valiant Little Pastor; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Six: Catholic Charities of Boston; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Seven: BSA is not a religious organization; Oaks Rebutted, Chapter Eight: Summing Up. Rob Read more [...]
Posted in Family, Marriage, Religious Right
Elder Oaks and Dr. John C. Eastman
I was perusing the blogosphere reading about Elder Oaks’ talk at Chapman University, the talk where he said religious freedom is under attack by secularists and gays. (Roll eyes here.) The talk didn’t surprise me. But a photo on the Church News website of Elder Oaks walking next to a man named Dr. John C. Eastman did surprise me. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/60490/Protect-the-Constitution-Elder-Oaks-asks-religious-groups-to-unite.html Taking a page from Ezra Taft Benson’s playbook, Read more [...]
Posted in National Organization for Marriage, NOM, Politics, Religious Right
Respect versus Idolatry
When Republicans read the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives, they censored the embarrassing passages of the document, you know, the part about slavery and African American being 2/3s people in Article I, Section 2. I am glad that people are ashamed of slavery. On the downside, the efforts to depict the Constitution as perfect strike me as idolatrous. I admire the founding fathers because they were human beings with warts and flaws that achieved an extraordinary feat. Covering Read more [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Religious Right, Women
Sitting on a shelf gathering dust
Food storage is a good example of the divide between liberal and conservative schools of thought. Not all LDS believe in keeping a three months’ supply of food, of course. While it’s been discussed as recently as 2007, I think food storage was always a “soft” commandment. Like journaling and genealogy, some LDS keep a three month supply and some don’t. A person can be considered a faithful LDS and not have shelves full of canned goods and drinking water. It’s not part of the temple recommend Read more [...]
Posted in Mission, Mission Field, Money, Mormon Doctrine, Religious Right, Traditions
National Day of Prayer – bye bye!
My crazy uncle (who I really like) just send me one of his amazing emails. Here’s the email with some comments I couldn’t help but add included in blue: HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY for Andy Rooney (hilarious that they think Andy Rooney would write this!). I myself have been grumbling and wondering how a handful of people have been able to take our right to pray in public places away from us (I’m assuming they mean the recent court case that determined a National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional). So, Read more [...]
Posted in discrimination, Establishment Clause, Evangelicals, Law, Politics, Prayer, Religious Right, Rights, Supreme Court, Tolerance
Visited the stealth office of the NOM today
I was doing some Christmas shopping downtown and thought it might be amusing to swing by the office of the National Organization for Marriage — since it’s right there in the pedestrian-friendly shopping district of Princeton. According to an earlier post, it’s in the same building (20 Nassau Street) as the shop where we got our kids their back-to-school shoes this past fall, in suite 242. The weird thing is that there is no Suite 242, at least according to the office directory: That piqued Read more [...]
Posted in Appearances, Religious Right
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Obscure Rules Edition!
Here’s something I didn’t know: [ libert, egalit, trivialit ] also has an Overheard in SLC blog, with a special edition on the polygamist rally. This fascinating window on a different culture let to a detailed explanation of the rules of the polygamist pouf. Apparently, hairspray (lots of it) is A-OK, but perming and dying are right out. And if that sounds pretty random, note that Michael had some guests at his Inn who could check out of their room by 11:00, but they couldn’t actually leave the Read more [...]
Posted in Religious Right, Rights, Sunday in Outer Blogness
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