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Mitt, the Marriotts, and Porn

Is this about morality, or Mormon-baiting?
Joanna Brooks
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The Book of Mormon, Dark Skin, and Racist Theology

Do recent changes to the on-line edition of the Book of Mormon mean progress?
Joanna Brooks
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Mike Lee’s Father: Constitution Not Scripture

Utah’s New Senator and the Intellectual Decline of LDS Conservatism, Part II.
Joanna Brooks
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LDS Church Praised for “Good Sense and Sanity” on Immigration Policy

What if Mormons took the same approach to same-sex marriage?
Joanna Brooks
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Utah's New Senator And The Intellectual Decline Of LDS Conservatism

Mike Lee abandons his father’s legacy in favor of Skousen, and tosses reason and pragmatism out the window.
Joanna Brooks
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Mormon “Martin Luther” Causes Stir by Uploading LDS Church Handbook of Instructions to Internet

The Internet as the new Wittenberg Door.
Joanna Brooks
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LDS Church Declares Support for Utah Compact on Immigration Reform

Opposes separation of working families, radical anti-immigrant legislation.
Joanna Brooks
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Homosexual Thoughts and Feelings Not a Sin, Says New LDS Handbook

Handbook to be released November 13; advance copies leaked on Internet.
Joanna Brooks
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Mormons, LGBT People Respond to Packer’s Talk

What tone will govern LDS discourse on homosexuality?
Joanna Brooks
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TLC Premieres Polygamy Reality Show Sister Wives

Shocking revelation—polygamists are as boring as the rest of us!
Joanna Brooks
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