Vote for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2010!!!

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1. Can we get a ruling on Roy Halladay? It looks like we’ve left out a very obvious candidate:

   Too bad no one thought to include Roy Halladay, who had a perfect game, a no-hitter in the playoffs, and a Cy Young in 2010. One of the best pitching seasons of all time.

   Sports Illustrated: “Having been raised Mormon … [Brandy and Roy Halladay] are now nonpracticing …”

   D’oh.

2. Wow, cool!!

   I was able to add him. Of course, the voting has already begun, so he gets a slight disadvantage, but you have until Feb 11 @22:00 GMT to vote, so it should be OK. 🙂

3. Is it too late to add him to the graphic?

4. Some great candidates. My favorite: Eliza Dushku, because I love what she’s doing in Africa. (I’ve never seen her film/TV work.)

   My second choice would be Terry Tempest Williams, whose writing is like a good jolt of caffeine to the brain.

   Honorable Mention to Bruce Bastian, for several reasons.

5. What an awesome field!!!!

6. Chanson – I’ll gladly add Roy to the graphic. Before I do, I’d like to get some input regarding another high-profile x-mo whose non-inclusion (I’m being told) is a glaring omission: Reed Cowan. I can see their point, b/c even though we interviewed Reed two times back in 2009, at the end of the day, the fact remains that 8: The Mormon Proposition has a 2010 release date. Anyway, just throwing that out there in case anyone would like to second an RC nomination here in comments before I update our graphic.

   Regardless, if we’re going to add Roy, I would prefer to add one more candidate as well so as to get the number to an even twenty, which is a much better number to work with for things like press releases and the like (e.g., “2010’s twenty most talked-about tenuously-Mormon superstars”).

7. Fine with me — sounds like a good idea!

   It looks like I should have done a “last call for nominations” post before the voting (like I did for the Brodies). But, since I didn’t, I don’t think it’s a problem to add the last-minute nominations after the voting has begun.

8. I think you should stop adding people. When we have already voted it seems a little unfair.

9. OK, but I do like Chino’s “even 20” idea for the sake of the headlines. So I added Reed, but now we really, really close the nominations. And next year I’ll make a point to post a “last call for nominations” before posting the poll. 🙂

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11. Faith is an ex mormon !?
    That explains a lot …

12. When does voting close?

13. Monica Bielanko who?

14. Monica Bielanko who’s currently in the lead. If you’re unfamiliar with Monica’s x-mo credentials, this is as good a place to start as any.

15. When does voting close?

    Feb 11 @22:00 GMT

16. When did Elna resign???

17. Carl — As far as I know, she hasn’t. But disbelief and/or renouncing the CoJCoL-dS aren’t requirements for this award. It’s explained in the post, just below the poll.

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19. We never got around to talking about what prizes the winner will take home, but how about a couple of tickets to see God’s favorite musical? And considering the size of the field, a few modest cash prizes for the runners-up?

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21. Maybe I’m getting the party started a little early, but here are a few examples why Monica Bielanko deserves all the good stuff that’ll soon be coming her way:

    

    She’s the gal bringin’ the baby in the front papoose (and a whole lotta attitude).

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23. Hello,
    I wanted to see if I could share our ministry on your website…

    http://www.upfc.org

    Thanks,

    Russ East