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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Pride Edition!

chanson, June 7, 2009January 15, 2011

This photo (from Aussielicious, hat tip MoHoHawaii) is too funny! I love the look on the companion’s face as he helps usher in a new era of Mormon-homo understanding. So it’s pride week — the 40th anniversary of Stonewall — with events all over! I posted my own photos of…

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Summum Goin’ On

Robert, February 26, 2009October 20, 2010

Pleasant Grove City has won a battle in the legal war with Summum, Utah’s local pyramid/wine/sex cult. From what I’ve read, it appears that the matter is far from over, though, as this particular battle was narrowed in its scope to its free speech component. In essence, the Supremes have…

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Latter-Day Protest? Proposition 8 and Sports

Chino Blanco, December 31, 2008October 10, 2011

By Dave Zirin x-posted from Edge of Sports with permission. As supporters of Gay Marriage have discovered, it’s never easy to be on the Mormon Church’s enemies list. The Church of Latter-Day Saints backed the anti-Gay Marriage Proposition 8 in California with out-of-state funds, and gave the right a heartbreaking…

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Now wait a minute…

chanson, December 4, 2008October 20, 2010

From the Salt Lake Tribune: Sen. Chris Buttars wants Utah’s Legislature to declare its opposition to the “war on Christmas.” The West Jordan Republican is sponsoring a resolution encouraging retailers to embrace Christmas in their promotions rather than the generic “holidays.” “It would encourage the use of ‘Merry Christmas,’” Buttars…

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Peaceful Protest and Civil Dialog

chanson, November 15, 2008January 15, 2011

Today is the day for (U.S.) nationwide demonstrations for equality (see Join the Impact). A number of our friends here in Outer Blogness have been covering the protests live, such as John R. at the Irvine protest, and many others I gathered up last Sunday in Outer Blogness. Chino has…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: broken promises Edition!

chanson, November 9, 2008November 9, 2011

Yep, I promised I’d stop talking about the election once it was over. But — doggonit — the good people of Outer Blogness had posted a whole lot of follow-up commentary this past week, and I’m here to round it up for you. First, some favorite quotes: On Obama getting…

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  1. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 31, 2026

    Wow!! I guess it's not surprising...

  2. Donna Banta on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 31, 2026

    I imagine the alternating schedule gave many an excuse to skip church on the weeks they didn't need to teach…

  3. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 31, 2026

    Yes, exactly. I sincerely think that they'd rather have people fade away from church activity than encourage members to talk…

  4. Monya Baker on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 31, 2026

    Inspired leakage! One rationale is that having the same schedule every week will cut confusion for irregular attendees. But can't…

  5. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 30, 2026

    Yes! Donna and I watched every video in the church's instructions about this (linked above), and their instructions on the…

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