Seems pretty quiet on the Mormon front this week. Ordain Women? Still pressing on. Worthiness interviews (where middle-aged men ask teens about sex behind closed doors) are still a problem. Kirby is preparing for his inevitable excommunication. Legalizing medical marijuana has some unintended consequences. And J. Max wrote an article…
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C. L. Hanson is the friendly Swiss-French-American ExMormon atheist mom living in Switzerland! Follow me on mastadon at @chanson@social.linux.pizza or see "letters from a broad" for further adventures!!
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Court of Love edition!
Perhaps you’ve heard — the CoJCoL-dS has decided to hold a court of love for Jeremy Runnels!! They had ironically scheduled it for Valentine’s Day, but it has been postponed. The fact that they might excommunicate Jeremy Runnels surprises me quite a bit. I’ve always believed that they excommunicate people…
Polygyny and Democracy
In my reading for the latest Sunday in Outer Blogness, I came across an interesting article about the differences between gay marriage and polygamy. It’s interesting because of the stuff the author gets right: Here’s the problem with it: when a high-status man takes two wives (and one man taking…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Gold standard edition!
First of all, please take the time to congratulate the winners of the Brodie Awards 2015 — and collect your prize if you won! 😀 (Of course now that it’s too late, I’ve just learned about some other books that might have been nominated…) Second of all, you have perhaps…
Sorry about the down time!
The good news is that Main Street Plaza is up and running on the new server! The current look-and-feel is temporary. I still have all of the old user-interface files, but I’ve been dragging them along from one server to the next since this blog started in 2007. I figured…
Congratulations Brodie Award Winners 2015!!!
The votes are in, and here’s the list of talented people and impressive works that won the coveted Brodie Awards this year!! Year-Long Awards for overall quality: Best New Blog 2015: Zelph on the Shelf Best New Podcast 2015: Naked Mormonism Podcast Best Discussion Forum 2015: r/exmormon Best Humor Blog/Site/Channel/Podcast…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Reacting to tragedy edition!!
Before we begin this week’s round-up, I’d like to remind everyone that you have only until this Friday to cast your votes in the Brodie Awards — and some of those races are really close!! I have one more announcement: I’m working on upgrading the server, so you may see…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Brodies time edition!!!
It’s the most wonderful time of the Main Street Plaza year! Yes, Brodies time!! You guys may have noticed that the William Law X-Mormon of the year award went to surprise dark-horse candidate John Dehlin! 😀 (On a personal note, when I congratulated JD on his win on a closed…
Time to vote for the 2015 Brodie Awards!!!
The polls will remain open until Friday, February 5, 2016. Year-Long Awards for overall quality: Best New Blog: Brodies 2015: Best New Blog Mormon Cluster-Facts Mormon Hurt Zelph on the Shelf Indie Mormon Best New Podcast: Brodies 2015: Best New Podcast Debrief Society Podcast Naked Mormonism Podcast Project Zion Podcast…
Congratulations 2015 X-Mormon of the Year: John Dehlin!!!
You may know him as the host of the Mormon Stories Podcast. Perhaps you’ve heard of his studies on why Mormons question and on the quality of life for LGBT+ Mormons. Or maybe you’ve participated in one of his communities or have just seen him in his many media appearances…