Mountain Meadows Massacre – Main Street Plaza

“If I see Harry Reid in the temple, I’m going to hit him.”

March 31, 2010May 17, 2011 Chino Blanco121

Hey, Mormons: Wilco Tango Foxtrot? (Comments are now closed at the original post, so please comment below) Serious kudos to The Millennial Star and John Fowles for taking on this topic in this M* guest post: Harry Reid fireside canceled because of politics IMHO, it’s a pitch-perfect response to this outrageous situation, and ought to […]

Book Club Discussion of “Under the Banner”

October 1, 2009January 15, 2011 aerin6412

My book club recently read Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer. Despite my interest in all things mormon, I did not recommend this book to my group. I had read it before, and found it frightening. The Lafferty murders were especially heinous (to my mind) and disturbing on many levels. Other book club […]

Let the Healing Begin

October 15, 2007June 21, 2011 JulieAnn4

I saw a movie yesterday. No, it wasn’t September Dawn. It was a little indie film by film maker Brian Patrick called Burying the Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. I wasn’t prepared for the emotion it evoked in me. I wasn’t prepared for the rage. I wasn’t prepared for the deep sympathy I […]

Inheriting the Burden of Evil

September 13, 2007October 1, 2011 Hellmut9

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Mountain Meadow Massacre, the semi-official LDS spokesperson on the issue Richard Turley has published an editorial in the Spectrum, which advises the Saints how to relate to “the worst event in Utah history.