Via Chino Blanco, the newest Field poll: During the past two months, voter opposition has increased toward Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment on the November ballot which would ban same-sex marriages. At present just 38% of likely voters are backing the initiative, while 55% are intending to vote No….
In the July 2012 edition of the Ensign, there is an article by Elder Dallen H Oaks. http://www.lds.org/liahona/2012/07/the-importance-of-priesthood-blessings?lang=eng&query=blessings+comfort In the article, he talks about the different kinds of priesthood blessings. For this post, I would like to focus on Blessings of Comfort or Counsel. The article describes them this way:…
As expected, thoughts on Romney’s speech are all over the blogosphere: On the Bloggernacle: Times & Seasons provides a list of articles and Nine Moons some commentary. Andrew’s Miracle Drug is skeptical about Romney’s exclusion of skeptics while A Bird’s Eye View sees the speech as pluralistic. My favorites are…
“Please church, tell me what to do so I don’t have to make decisions for myself and so that your sheep will like my policies and re-elect me.”
If you’ve ever wondered what theocracy looks like in practice, Part 2: