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Mary Barker

Mary Barker is a professor of political science at Syracuse University’s campus in Madrid, Spain as well as at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. 

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Religion Dispatches

Mormon Leaks: Boring Meetings with Interesting Implications

The leaked Mormon videos show a serious regression in the denomination’s theology.
Mary Barker
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Religion Dispatches

Mormon Church Policy on Children of Same-Sex Couples Violates its Own Principles

When we were kids growing up in the Mormon Church, my brother’s best friend Tony, who wasn’t Mormon, used to like to come along with us. When my brother turned eight, he and the others prepared for…
Mary Barker
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Religion Dispatches

The Mistaken Assumption Behind Employers’ “Right” to Not Cover Contraception

Pronoun issues in the birth control debate.
Mary Barker
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