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    • Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>
      Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
    • Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
      Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
    • This World Refugee Day, Rising White Nationalism Meets the Largest Refugee Population in History — Which is No Coincidence
      This World Refugee Day, Rising White Nationalism Meets the Largest Refugee Population in History — Which is No Coincidence
  • Politics/Law
    • Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>
      Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
    • Citing Jewish Law, Florida Synagogue Challenges Abortion Ban — But Here’s the Problem With ‘Religious Requirement’ Arguments
      Citing Jewish Law, Florida Synagogue Challenges Abortion Ban — But Here’s the Problem With ‘Religious Requirement’ Arguments
    • Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of <em>Carson v. Makin</em> SCOTUS Ruling
      Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of Carson v. Makin SCOTUS Ruling
  • The End of Roe
    • Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>
      Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
    • Citing Jewish Law, Florida Synagogue Challenges Abortion Ban — But Here’s the Problem With ‘Religious Requirement’ Arguments
      Citing Jewish Law, Florida Synagogue Challenges Abortion Ban — But Here’s the Problem With ‘Religious Requirement’ Arguments
    • Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of <em>Carson v. Makin</em> SCOTUS Ruling
      Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of Carson v. Makin SCOTUS Ruling
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>
      Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
    • Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of <em>Carson v. Makin</em> SCOTUS Ruling
      Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of Carson v. Makin SCOTUS Ruling
    • Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
      Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No
      With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No
    • Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet
      Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet
    • Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
      Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
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Holly Welker

Holly Welker is the editor of Baring Witness: 36 Mormon Women Talk Candidly about Love, Sex, and Marriage. Her poetry and prose have appeared in publications ranging from Seventeen to Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought to Bitch to the New York Times.

(A)theologies, Guest Bloggers**April 29, 2014

Ordaining Mormon Women Would End Joyful Diversity

By Holly Welker

Ahh, I see. Okay.

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(A)theologiesApril 24, 2014

LDS Church Asserts Trademark of “Mormon”

By Holly Welker

Attempts to shut down new dating site. 

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RD BlogApril 18, 2014

Mormons’ Puzzling Indifference to Easter

By Holly Welker

And why Mormonism is a very American religion.

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Guest Bloggers, RD BlogApril 14, 2014

Will Internet Kill Mormonism Too? Or Just Missionaries?

By Holly Welker

It’s good to get up and walk around.

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StoriesApril 7, 2014

LDS Church Says Hugs and Heart-felt Conversations ‘Divisive’

By Holly Welker

Fear of women’s equality.

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Guest Bloggers, RD BlogApril 2, 2014

When Satire is Redundant

By Holly Welker

You and your silly notions of equality.

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Guest Bloggers**, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 31, 2014

Louis CK Asks on SNL: “How Could We Not Have a [Divine] Mother?”

By Holly Welker

Mormons have one…they just can’t worship her. 

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StoriesMarch 24, 2014

The Mormon Version of Infallibility

By Holly Welker

Because “it’s wrong to criticize leaders of the church, even if the criticism is true.”

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StoriesMarch 20, 2014

LDS Fraud Case Ruled An “Abuse” of the Court

By Holly Welker

Can you litigate the truth of religious claims?

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RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 18, 2014

LDS Church “Non-Negotiable” on Women’s Ordination

By Holly Welker

Because, that’s why. 

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