What Most Critics Missed About Dustin Lance Black’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’
At the Salt Lake City premiere of Under the Banner of Heaven, writer, director, and…
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FX’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Adaptation Rejects Reductive Elements of Krakauer’s Book, But Confirms That ‘Mormonism Breeds Dangerous Men’
I was a twenty-year-old missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in…
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The Quiet Passing of Fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Lynn A. Thompson Suggests Polygamy Recognition Remains a Distant Hope
Lynn A. Thompson, President of the Priesthood of the Apostolic United Brethren, the largest Mormon…
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Same-Sex Marriage May Lead to Polygamy, But So What?
Peter Sprigg, a Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council, recently published a predictable slippery-slope…
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Polygamy, Genius, and the Origin of Religion
Best-selling psychologist David P. Barash has religion all figured out: God the Father is simply the ultimate alpha male.
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Who’s Scared of Polygamy? A Restrained Case for the “Slippery Slope” Argument
Many rejoiced after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-same marriage nationally in late June. Others…
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Don’t Be Tooken In by Kimmy Schmidt‘s Cult
For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race,…
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Revealing Joseph Smith’s (Well-Known) Polygamy Doesn’t Address the LDS Church’s Bigger Problem
News that the LDS Church has now publicly acknowledged founder Joseph Smith’s polygamous marriage to…
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What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court declined to hear five same-sex marriage cases on Monday, thus opening the…
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Attempts to shut down new dating site.
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