Seriously, if you want to know what Mormons are like, this little human-interest story sums it up a lot better than Kolob jokes and tales of the church’s corporate earnings:
A two-minute primer on Mormon culture
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Temples to Conformity
Donna’s recent post about a new temple nestled amidst casinos left me thinking about Russell M. Nelson’s temple-building spree. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, some 350 temples are planned, operational, or under development as of April’s General Conference, with roughly half announced since Nelson became president of the Church…
Because They Couldn’t Very Well Say “Sorry We Insisted You Waste All that Time and Money”
As pretty much everyone already knows, today the Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ruled that the private sponsors of Proposition 8 in California didn’t have the legal right to step in and appeal the ruling by a federal court that Prop 8 was unconstitutional when…
Child Protective Services Are Exposing FLDS Children to Chaos
The Dallas Morning News reports that CPS is unable to properly house a mother with her new born baby: “This woman has been removed from the birthing center with a brand new baby boy and is now sitting in the offices of CPS because they don’t have anywhere else to…
Cute.