Prop 8 Archive

  • Now is the Time

    Posted on December 6, 2012 | 23 Comments
    And I hope that all of you who have suffered, if you need to sit it out, that you can begin to find solace from afar, if that's what you need.

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  • Whole Lotta Hate

    Posted on August 8, 2012 | 15 Comments
    There’s an awful lot of “hate” being thrown around on-line and in the media these days.   Mormons and evangelicals hate gays.   Chick-fil-A (the business and apparently, every employee of the company, by definition), hates gays.   A deranged gunman hated Sikhs.   Fred […]

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  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Redemption from Pride

    Posted on August 6, 2012 | 15 Comments
    I kept toward the back, filled with the peace that comes from doing the right thing. I carried a sign that read, "Sorry We're Late" and took in the positive response from the spectators.

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  • 38 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The Real Threat to Religious Liberty

    Posted on August 1, 2012 | 9 Comments
    The problem with McBride's "Threats to Chick-fil-A are a Threat to Religious Liberty" article in Meridian Magazine is that she doesn't seem to understand what religious liberty is or why it's important.

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  • Moral Issues

    Posted on October 13, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Today on our local NPR affiliate, a local Stake Presidency member was interviewed about the roll-out of the "I'm a Mormon" PR campaign in our metro area.

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  • Favorites: Heroic Aspirations, Gay Marriage, and the Mormon Church

    Posted on October 9, 2011 | 8 Comments
    This is a guest post I wrote nearly a year ago. . . DHO is still running around arguing that the proper practice of our religion requires us to work to prevent marginalized groups from exercising their basic civil rights. . .

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  • Playing Valentine

    Posted on February 14, 2011 | 213 Comments
    Legend has it that one of the roots of Valentine’s Day stem from a third century ban on marriage passed by Roman emperor Claudius II who thought married men made poor soldiers. A priest named Valentine continued the marriage tradition by marrying couples in secret, […]

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