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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 30, 2016

Marriage Equality Coming To Taiwan In Spite of Religious Objectors?; Anti-Gay Ruling Sought By Indonesian Islamists Threatens Women & Poor Couples; LDS Church Launches New ‘Mormon and Gay’ Site; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

October 30 marked the 30th anniversary of the Vatican’s “Letter to the Bishops on…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 25, 2016

Mexican 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

By Peter Montgomery

Mexico: Anti-marriage marches stir clash between church officials and proponents of secular state A…

Archive, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderAugust 12, 2016

Why Build a Mormon Complex in Philly?

By David Krueger

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in the midst of a massive…

Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Neil J. Young, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesAugust 8, 2016

Trump’s Mormon Problem

By Neil J. Young

Will Mormons vote for Donald Trump this November? With all the attention given to whether…

(A)theologies, Archive, Religious Liberty, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJune 28, 2016

#SorryNotSorry: What U.S. Christian Denominations Teach About Homosexuality

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

The massacre of 49 individuals in an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12 has ignited…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJune 5, 2016

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Scott Lively, an American who has promoted anti-gay policies around the world, recently argued that,…

Archive, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJune 1, 2016

The Secret Life of Mormons: As Told by Prodigal Daughter, Novelist Judith Freeman

By Joanna Brooks

“Who do you think you are—to want to be a writer?” These are the words…

(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesMarch 25, 2016

Why Utah Felt the Bern: Mormonism’s Forgotten Progressive Past

By Benjamin E. Park

This week, Utah and Idaho delivered Bernie’s largest margin of victories in the Democratic primaries…

Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Neil J. Young, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesMarch 23, 2016

Mormon Rejection of Trump Embarrassing for Evangelicals?

By Neil J. Young

Mormons don’t like Donald Trump. That now seems abundantly clear after yesterday’s results in Utah…

(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Haroon Moghul, Politics/Law, RD BlogMarch 22, 2016

Mormon Rejection of Trump Provides Insight into Muslim Extremism

By Haroon Moghul

McKay Coppins has a neat article on Buzzfeed about why so many Utahn (and Idahoan) Mormons…