My MSP contributions thus far

I’ve been a contributor to Main Street Plaza for a few years now.  Recently, I’ve been posting a lot less frequently because my interests have developed in other directions than Mormonism.  This is probably because I’m 30 years old and left the Church half-my-life ago!

Looking back through my posts, I wanted to organize them thematically (some posts are more inspired than others, lol)… in case I want to turn to them for future reference.  Obviously, the themes overlap…

If anyone wants to revisit any topic, let’s do it!

Queer

• Three Gay Mormon Organizations Become Two  – Jan 2014
• End of Exodus International: what does it mean? – Jun 2013
• Pride parades this summer: Will MBB march again, and if so, will they allow signs that advocate equality? – May 2013
• The Social Psychology of Mormon Heteropatriarchy – Apr 2013
• Utah State Legislature drafting Nondiscrimination Bill – Feb 2013
• Bishop’s Guide to Same-sex Attraction posted, and then removed – Feb 2013
• Church files Amicus Brief against Marriage Equality – Feb 2013
• mormonsandgays.org — a Sign of Movement toward Dialogue? – Dec 2012
• Mormons in Pride Parades — Okay, I need to vent (Part 2) – Jul 2012
• Mormons in Pride Parades — Okay, I need to vent… – Jun 2012
• Obama supports Gay Marriage – May 2012
• Gay Mormonism in the news a lot recently  – Apr 2012
• 9th Circuit overturns Prop 8 — LDS response?  – Feb 2012
• Exodus ejects NARTH’s reparative therapy books from their bookstore – Jan 2012
• “Religious Exemption” in Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Law – Jan 2012
• Anti-bullying lesson: Schools should not “out” students to their parents! – Dec 2011
• What Causes Same-Sex Attraction? Catholic Newspaper: “The Devil” – Nov 2011
• Is North Star Sending a Bad Message? – Oct 2011
• Mitch Mayne and the Church’s PR machine – Sep 2011
• How Much Space Should we Leave for Homophobia? – Jun 2011
• Revisiting Dallin Oaks’ “Principles to Govern Possible Public Statement on Legislation Affecting Rights of Homosexuals” – Mar 2011
• Understanding the “Closet” in Present-day Mormonism – Feb 2011
• 2010 LGBT issues in the Church: optimism or pessimism? – Jan 2011
• DADT: the Mormon versus Military milieu – Dec 2010
• Mormonism, disability, same-gender attraction – Dec 2010
• What if Mormons ceased their anti-gay marriage political agenda?  – Dec 2010
• Gay suicide and Gay futurity – A short history – Nov 2010
• HRC and Mormons speaking past one another? – Oct 2010
• Prop 8 update: the question of child welfare – Sep 2010
• Prop 8 supporters argue for stay  – Aug 2010
• My experience at Sunstone – Aug 2010
• Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling: Evidence shows that a gender restriction on marriage is “nothing more than an artifact of a foregone notion that men and women fulfill different roles in civic life” – Aug 2010

Race

• LDS.org posts Historical Context for Ban on Black Ordination  – Dec 2013
• Mormonism: a “Native American” faith? – Mar 2012
• Why the Curse of Cain remains in the Mormon imaginary – Mar 2011
• Racialized Domestic Servitude and the Perfect Mormon Housewife – Jan 2011

Feminism

• What Hannah Arendt can teach us about Women’s Ordination in the Church – Aug 2013
• “Imagine a Church where your beloved grandmother is your stake president.”  – Apr 2013
• Valerie Hudson’s take on Taylor Petrey: A Misogynist in Sheep’s Clothing? – Aug 2012
• The Economic Role of Mothers  – Dec 2011
• Pornography vis-a-vis Female Ordination – Nov 2011
• New Book on LDS Women around the Globe  – Aug 2011
• Mormonism’s Chicken Patriarchy – Aug 2011
• Mormon Beards redux – Jul 2011
• Orientation, Selfishness and Female Ordination – Apr 2011
• Toward a Mormon Lesbian Theology – Apr 2011
• Faithful LDS women and m/m romance consumption – Jul 2010

Polygamy | FLDS

• Why not legalize polygamy, too? – Feb 2013
• The Continued LDS Campaign against “Mormons” – Aug 2011
• Is Warren Jeffs really that different from Joseph Smith?  – Jul 2011

Policy

•  Mormonism 101: FAQ – Mar 2012
• “The Rescue” – Feb 2012
•  The Church’s “Political Neutrality” – Sep 2011
• About those International Conversion Rates – Aug 2011
• Would the Holy Spirit be offended if He were trademarked? – Jul 2011
• Framing the story: The Church in an internet age – Nov 2010
• the elusiveness of the LDS Newsroom  – Oct 2010

2012 Election Cycle | Romney

• Would Romney Dare Choose a Female VP? – Jan 2012
• Mormons and Gay Marriage During This Election Cycle  – May 2012
• Would you vote for a Mormon for president? – Oct 2011
• Romney signs NOM pledge for anti-gay marriage Constitutional Amendment  – Aug 2011

Environment

•  Be Fruitful and Multiply…or how about Not? – May 2011

Scripture

• The Future of the King Follett Discourse – Dec 2010
• Matthew 22:23-33 – Sept 2010

Miscellany

• Orson Scott Card really wants you to watch Ender’s Game  – Jul 2013
• a couple articles I noted this week… – Sep 2012
• Mormons and the Beltway – May 2012
• What is Respectful Proselytizing?  – Jun 2011
• the Older Mormon  – Oct 2010