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Fight Club was the beginning, now it’s moved out of the basement, it’s called Project Mayhem. — T. Durden There is a concern that public affairs, or the urge to be attractive, goes too far toward assimilation. You strain out anything that would be unusual. And for many Mormons its the distinctive, far-out beliefs that […]
Continue ReadingAs we recently discussed, Deseret News was lamenting confusion in media news coverage about Mormons and polygamy — while simultaneously helping it along by providing additional confusing misinformation on the subject. I give them irony bonus points for this statement: And despite confusion in some media coverage, there is no relation between The Church of […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it, there is an editorial in the Deseret News about the criticism LDS Inc. is receiving over Boyd Packer’s homophobic talk during General Conference. The editorial is both dishonest and weakly argued. Let’s start with the half-truths: This focused attention on the LDS Church is deeply ironic given the church’s shared […]
Continue ReadingUpdate: Jeremy over at Good As You has now filed his report on this news: Out and proud NOMmers eat away your rights, save room for ‘Deseret’ Rather than reading my random thoughts below, I’d suggest clicking over and reading Jeremy’s post. For an LDS perspective, I’d suggest checking out this insider’s view of the […]
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