Joanna Brooks has a worthy piece on Mormon Prop 8 involvement currently up on the front page of Religion Dispatches. This next bit is just me filling in a (minor) gap in the reporting: “A primary source of Mormon messaging during the Proposition 8 campaign was the anonymously-authored ‘Six Consequences…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Awards and More!
We have got some really great nominations so far for the Brodies!! In order to help give you some ideas, here are some of the categories that have been suggested: Best humor piece Funniest person or site Longest discussion about obscure philosophical concepts Randomest threadjack Best historical post Best response…
RE: The Sinister Entity Behind the Christian Facade of Mormonism?
So, this article in OpEdNews popped up in my Google News alerts today: The Sinister Entity Behind the Christian Facade of Mormonism. It’s by a guy named Douglas A. Wallace, who appears to be an embittered ex-Mormon who actually had a rather prominent position at some point in the past…
Collecting Nominations for the “Spawn of Brodie” Awards!!
The Mormon Alumni Association announces the “Spawn of Brodie” awards!! They’re like Oscars or Emmys for X-Mormon online excellence! Obviously, the idea is based on the Bloggernacle’s Niblets awards, which we’re participating in (see, for example, Sunday in Outer Blogness in the write-in category). However, in comments around the Bloggernacle,…
The Day I Sang about the Latter-Day Glory with the C of C and with the Polygamists
Wherever people talk about Mormonism, you always hear about the fundamentalist Mormons: the polygamists. On the LDS-interest Internet there’s tons of discussion of modern-day polygamy usually in a hand-wringing what should be done about them kind of way. Naturally, I was glad when I finally got the opportunity to meet…
Vote for the 2009 William Law X-Mormon of the Year!!!
While taking in nominations, I was surprised by how accomplished and undersung X-Mormons are. Fortunately the Mormon Alumni Association is here to remedy the situation with a brand-new yearly award for the X-Mormon who has made the biggest impact!!! And we will make every effort to send the winner a…
Vote for us in the Niblets!!
As you know, tomorrow we’ll begin voting for the Mormon Alumni Association’s William Law X-Mormon of the Year Award. But don’t let that distract you from voting in the Niblets. A number of people from our community have been nominated, and there’s no reason a dark horse shouldn’t win. 😀…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Navigating Relationships Edition!
Is it just my pattern-seeking brain, or does the conversation in blogspace tend to converge around different themes? There was something in the air this past week that inspired the Bloggernacle and Outer Blogness to contemplate how to deal with relationship problems caused by differences. Naturally the focus was on…
Church Involvement in Prop. 8
Anyone else catch this post today on towleroad.com? A document from the Church of Latter Day Saints to the Proposition 8 campaign was revealed at the trial today, and contained this instructive: Mormon With respect to Prop. 8 campaign, key talking points will come from campaign, but cautious, strategic, not…
Announcing the William Law X-Mormon of the Year Award!!
You may have seen that Times and Seasons elected Harry Reid “Mormon of the Year” for 2009. Then — not to be outdone — BCC created the Boggs-Doniphan “Gentile of the Year” Award, and awarded it to Stephen Colbert. Well, it’s time for Main Street Plaza to get into the…