https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to warren jeffs en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/28/what-most-critics-missed-about-dustin-lance-blacks-under-banner-heaven At the Salt Lake City premiere of Under the Banner of Heaven , writer, director, and producer, Dustin Lance Black explained that the series sought to tell a broader story of Mormonism, including Mormon experiences foreign to most viewers. By… Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:00:47 EDT Cristina Rosetti 116dac6f-6fbc-4b75-8aff-bfa0a122a264 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/25/fxs-under-banner-heaven-adaptation-rejects-reductive-elements-krakauers-book-confirms I was a twenty-year-old missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington DC in 2003. My companion and I, temporarily serving in a rural community about an hour southeast of the nation’s capital, had been teaching… Mon, 25 Apr 2022 02:33:34 EDT Benjamin E. Park 14146002-5e82-435d-ad3e-8ba03a48fa3a https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/03/dont-be-tooken-kimmy-schmidts-cult For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race, class, and sexual violence—Tina Fey’s new Netflix comedy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, falls prey to a classic American media blunder: it portrays new religious movements as… Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:15:05 EDT Megan Goodwin 63890d06-aee0-4360-92f8-8033e0128cb3 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/07/what-19th-century-marriage-controversies-can-tell-us-about-fight-over-gay-marriage The Supreme Court declined to hear five same-sex marriage cases on Monday, thus opening the door to the expansion of marriage rights into 30 states. For supporters the decision represents an unequivocal victory for equality, while for critics, this “redefinition… Tue, 07 Oct 2014 05:00:53 EDT Eric C. Miller 4e316302-c9f2-4390-a2c4-8e001b7d9cde https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/24/lds-church-asserts-trademark-mormon Attempts to shut down new dating site. Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:52:32 EDT Holly Welker 4af04f04-9446-4d12-ad0d-b39d84367879 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/16/lds-church-us-government-swap-positions-polygamy Utah judge Clark Waddoups strikes down part of polygamy law in case of Sister Wives’ Kody Brown, ruling that although the state has the right to deny people more than one valid marriage license at a time, Utah’s anti-cohabitation laws violate the Browns’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion and elements of constitutional due process. Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:00:09 EST Holly Welker 0a3f3782-c32e-4cd8-8a4f-9b27f8c0af0b https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/20/why-weve-opened-our-doors-polygamy-usa There is a general misconception that men among the community look to plural marriage as a means to satisfy their lust and exploit and degrade women. It is this stereotype that we would like to dispel. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:58:46 EDT Claude Cawley fc37f9b3-b480-49af-a7aa-12ccee7c5c26 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/11/20/dark-sisters-opera-aims-humanize-sister-wives A conversation with composer Nico Muhly. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:03:15 EST Joanna Brooks f335b782-007c-4d28-9b52-e566206a655e https://religiondispatches.org/2011/08/18/moses-facebook-christian-pro-soccer-televangelist-breakfast-cereal-child-preachers A roundup of the week’s religion headlines. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:47:47 EDT Michael J. Altman 8da1de20-fe5d-4301-984e-7787ee8fb1c1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/08/09/polygamist-warren-jeffs-convicted-sexual-assault Case shows how statute of limitations should be lifted for sexual crimes against children. Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:08:30 EDT Anthea Butler 597e438b-b921-4064-b0be-ebf7faf84cfd https://religiondispatches.org/2011/05/02/40000-fundamentalists-cant-be-wrong-investigating-mormon-polygamy This is a world in which all the dials are turned up to 11—there’s more risk, more conflict, more drama. It’s a world where a few men have over 100 children apiece. One guy has over 250. Drab or dismal it’s not. Mon, 02 May 2011 01:49:34 EDT Sanjiv Bhattacharya f5c6bae6-bb5f-4813-a683-a00cc4c8565c https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/22/canadian-courts-consider-decriminalization-polygamy A small FLDS community in British Columbia puts its way of life on trial. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:38:26 EST Joanna Brooks 877d4a68-72b0-4a33-a1e8-be434096975e https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/06/did-we-drink-kool-aid-suicide-cult-disappearance Religion watchers across the country followed the story, just over a week ago, of the frantic search in California for a “prayer group” that authorities feared intended to commit suicide. Was the “cult” label responsible for the hyperbolic coverage? Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:35:02 EDT Julie Ingersoll 9e3d36c1-a67d-42d8-bd4c-9cf74acdafe7 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/28/tlc-premieres-polygamy-reality-show-sister-wives Shocking revelation—polygamists are as boring as the rest of us! Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:38:53 EDT Joanna Brooks 8ed42870-3cb1-4144-9ac1-4b0299d32980 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/08/03/conviction-flds-leader-warren-jeffs-overturned Self-styled “prophet” still faces other charges. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:01:58 EDT Joanna Brooks 8346000a-faca-462e-8369-23a5e6a6522a https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/02/proposition-8-mormonism-and-other-fight-alternative-marriage A new documentary delves into the Mormon involvement in the passage of California’s Proposition 8, but it misses a chance to see the big picture. It wasn’t just run-of-the-mill theological homophobia that galvanized the LDS church, but a fear that the spectre of Mormon polygamy would arise if LGBT people were allowed to marry. And what do some polygamists think? Gay marriage or plural marriage: it’s a question of civil rights. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:35:30 EDT Holly Welker f737a325-1754-48ed-a22c-0e4537c67779 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/09/film-follows-teen-exiles-polygamous-sect Many first learned of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints when the polygamous group came into the media spotlight following leader Warren Jeffs’ arrest (and eventual conviction) as an accomplice to rape. Pictures of young women in “prairie dresses” were splashed on TV and the media rushed to try to explain who these people actually were. Were they Mormons? Were they a cult? Sons of Perdition, a documentary that premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, follows the story of a group of teenage boys who have left the FLDS church, and tracks their struggles in exile from their homes and families. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:32:22 EDT Becky Garrison 04886287-ce37-47d0-a14e-6a0ec62553ff https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/24/loving-lonely-polygamist But still freaking out about polygamy… after all these years. Discuss. Mon, 24 May 2010 09:36:10 EDT Joanna Brooks 01bc168a-a0f5-466b-bfba-fcff2c577690 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/08/01/zionism-and-anti-zionism-ultra-orthodox-and-settler-movement-israel Israel’s Ultra Orthodox, or Haredim, do not share the theological assumptions of the settlers—but in recent years a purely pragmatic alliance has formed. What does this mean for Israel as a society? Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:19:50 EDT Shaul Magid fdc3b18c-2296-4ba5-b1cd-03f9171accd2 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/religion-round-whats-going-religion-around-world Pew studies the importance of religion in China, Methodists and Lutherans swing both ways, and what media coverage of the fundamentalist Mormons has omitted… Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:30:45 EDT Diane Winston 05dcf37a-900d-4704-83e6-2767c35a266c https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/culting-waco-fundamentalist-mormons When the media labels a religious group a “cult,” it fans the flames of intolerance and can endanger the group’s most vulnerable members. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:24:05 EDT Catherine Wessinger be593fba-4509-4ca8-99ef-e4d950d562bf https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/texas-court-rules-against-polygamist-raid The court found little hard evidence that minors were in physical danger or were victims of abuse. Critical media compare raid to Guantanamo Bay… Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:07:11 EDT Diane Winston 95a7a714-d72d-4569-8060-2a08376c46ea https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/03/oprah-talks-down-fundamentalist-mormon-girls Oprah’s skepticism toward FLDS girls about their devotion to unusual beliefs reminds one writer of the questions asked of Muslim women. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:30:49 EDT Fatemeh Fakhraie c5abac82-e522-41c9-a10e-069ca3d3e3a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/01/30/legalizing-polygamy-argument Fundamentalist Mormons are in the news again, in Canada, where two men are being tried for polygamy. But what if it were legal? Women might benefit. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:54:56 EST Fatemeh Fakhraie 077e08e9-ed3f-40e1-bf73-a4b9b8ffae9f