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Religion Dispatches

Gays to Ex-Gay Movement: “Lift My Luggage”

To expose the scientific quackery of an ex-gay group, a new campaign will honor its former leader caught using the rentboy.com website.
Candace Chellew-Hodge
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Comics will Ruin Your Mind

The new “multiculturalism” panic.
Hussein Rashid
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The New “Values Voters” Mantra

Government and God.
Sarah Posner
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Freak Show at Supreme Court

Phelpses tell supporters of their First Amendment rights to go to hell.
Lauri Lebo
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How Should Mormons Respond to Leader's Anti-Gay Comments?

“Don’t Let This Talk Silence You”: A conversation with Mormons for Marriage’s Laura Compton.
Joanna Brooks
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How A Cat Saved My Life

And why Christian “love” won’t stop gay suicides.
Candace Chellew-Hodge
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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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Will the Pope be Served...

… in our lifetime?
Mary Hunt
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White Rockers in Search of Soul Salvation

Some of John Mellencamp’s latest offering was recorded in a black church in Georgia, where he got baptized to boot. What does it mean when a place like First African comes to serve as a stand-in for authenticity? What’s the myth behind the music?
Paul Harvey
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Talking Back to a Mormon Elder: Religion versus Reality

I have some experience with Boyd K. Packer. I attended a BYU devotional in the early ’90s where he spoke at length about how homosexuality was “unnatural.” I was disturbed by Elder Packer’s ignorance on this issue twenty years ago—and I was disturbed by his ignorance on the same topic on Sunday morning.
Brent D. Beal
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