‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Episode 3 Recap: What is Genuine?
Spoiler: this recap covers the investigative developments found throughout the three episodes of Murder…
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‘Murder Among the Mormons,’ Latest True Crime Doc From Netflix, Highlights Issues of Faith, Skepticism, and Authenticity
Note on spoilers, etc: This essay covers the broad outlines of the Mark Hofmann forgery…
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‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Has a ‘Real Religion’ Problem
Religion is a frequent guest star on Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise—who could forget Kyle…
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LDS Church Disavows “Mormon”-ism
I doubt that Latter-day Saints are any more likely in 2018 to renounce a practice ingrained over lifetimes than they were in 1982.
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Jeff Flake’s (Mormon-Influenced) Anti-Trump Speeches: Prophetic or Performance?
Mr. President, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our…
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Meet the New (Straight White American Male) Mormon President
On Tuesday, Russell M. Nelson, a 93-year-old retired heart surgeon, was announced as the seventeenth…
Read MoreMormon Leader Affirms Doctrine on Marriage; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Global Religious Right: ADF Expands Again Alliance Defending Freedom, the US-based religious right legal group,…
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What’s Behind a Conservative Mormon’s Call For “Religious Freedom” Advocates to “Stand Down” on LGBT Rights
It’s not every day that a self-proclaimed conservative who spent more than a decade leading…
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In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?
“Unless gay priests decide that it’s time for their Stonewall moment, Church leaders–some of them closeted, sometimes self-loathing, homosexually-oriented men themselves–will continue to utter the slander that affects not just ordained gay men and seminarians, but every LGBTQ person in the Church.”
Read MoreMexican Marriage Marches Show Struggle Between Church and Secular State; Pro-LGBT Mormon Group Grows After ‘Apostate’ Declaration; Botswana Gives Anti-Gay US Pastor the Boot; Global LGBT Recap
Mexico: Anti-marriage marches stir clash between church officials and proponents of secular state A…
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