I just realized that I have a huge gap in my knowledge about Mormonism. After being born, the beginning of the Mormon life sequence seems to be — roughly, and by no means am I trying to be reductionist — education, marriage, parenthood. On the way to these, the Church…
The Straw Man That Broke The Deseret News’s Back
In 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…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Damage Control Edition!
This past week the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints learned an important lesson in how the Internet changes everything! Our story begins when President Boyd K. Packer chose to make some rather unfortunate remarks in General Conference. Many have pointed out that — given his…
Evergreen International
Dedicated to commenter Geoff J. over at Nine Moons. There is a HUGE difference between using SSA as a descriptive term and saying something judgmental like struggling with SSA. — Geoff J. Welcome to your church, Geoff, the church of Evergreen International: Is it just me or does Geoff’s church…
HRC and Mormons speaking past one another?
I could have posted this as a comment in the previous thread about the thousands of gay activists in SLC who are there because of Boyd Packer’s remarks. But what I want to say about the situation, I felt warrants a new post. Something I want to know is how…
4,500 protesters encircle Temple Square
Tons of photos and video here. CNN: Friday’s intriguing people: Eric Ethington AP report w/ photos at the link: Utah Gay Activists Protest Mormon Church Remarks Pride in Utah: 4500 Protest Against Boyd K Packer And LGBT Suicides Mormon Expression: Episode 87: The October 7th 2010 LDS Protest John Larsen…
Will this hateful rhetoric continue once Boyd K. Packer has passed on?
(Pat Bagley cartoon distributed under license to Main Street Plaza) Top LDS Apostle Boyd K. Packer: Mormons will always oppose Satan’s counterfeit marriages (transcript attached below) The age of homophobes is over. They are a throwback to a different age, when people were ignorant of the realities of sexual identity….
Happy Birthday, Deutschland!
On a sunny winter day of 1985 or 86, I was waiting in the entrance of the Nuremberg train station when an elderly gentlemen with an Austrian accent addressed me: “When I see how beautifully Nuremberg has been rebuild, I feel encouraged that one day our Germany will be united…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: (too much) heart and brains edition!
The juiciest news this week was TLC’s new reality show “Sister Wives” portraying the lives of ordinary polygamists in Utah! As usual, the members of the CoJCoL-dS are concerned about how this affects their image. Some are also concerned about the sex aspect, but fortunately the polygamist ladies reassure us…