Everybody is talking about two angry outbursts that hit the news the other day! The first was from Tyler Glenn of the Neon Trees. His debut solo single was a passionate reaction to the CoJCoL-dS — which has ultimately rejected him as a gay man. (Here’s a recent Mormon Stories…
Category: Sunday in Outer Blogness
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Everything’s coming up Jeremy edition!
By now, you’ve probably heard what happened to Jeremy Runnells last week. In a nutshell, he arrived at his disciplinary council with a list of questions and learned that in church court, the defense has no right to cross-examine!! So he presented his court with his letter of resignation from…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Blaming the victim edition!
The CoCJoL-dS has made another splash in the press — this time with the news that when students report having been sexually assaulted, the victims get sent to the honor code office themselves, to see what infractions they were committing themselves to have gotten into this situation!! Wow! This is…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: talking back edition!
It’s the week after General Conference — traditionally the week to chew on all the interesting nuggets that people have teased out of the mass of pablum! Weirdly, though, it seemed like not much happened. Maybe they’re doing a better job of vetting the talks…? Probably the highlight was the…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Bad advice edition!
LDS General Conference is upon us again, and with it a reiteration of one of the worst pieces of life advice that the CoJCoL-dS loves to give its unmarried members: Brethren, may I remind you, if there were a perfect woman, do you really think she would be that interested…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Women’s session edition!
I was going to call this the “Easter Edition,” but then I read about a study that claims that Mormons don’t care about Easter, and — if I can still be considered Mormon — I can provide an additional data point in favor of Mormons not caring about Easter. Sure,…
Monday in Outer Blogness: Time travel edition!
Well, it’s been a week since my last SiOB — although this one (like last week’s) was supposed to be on Sunday. I could just switch this thing to Monday, but then it would start slipping to Tuesday, etc., and I don’t want to go down that slippery slope. This…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Inoculation edition!!
Well, they’ve finally done it! The CoJCoL-dS has decided to have a General Authority stand up in a public meeting and tell people to read the infamous essays!! (Are they getting desperate?) (If you’re not familiar with the essays, please see this earlier roundup with discussion of how the CoJCoL-dS…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Quiet for now edition!
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…
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…