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With murder of David Kato, human rights activists’ greatest fear has come to pass.

“I think today’s anxiety about Mormonism can’t be compared to that of the past. The anti-Mormonism that was nearly universal during Smoot’s era is now a tradition maintained by a very small slice of the American population. The Republican primaries gave that small slice a megaphone: the artificial loudness of their voice makes people overestimate their number.”

A visit to a Jacksonville tea party meeting.

I was not so quick to respond to sensationalist headlines of bigotry and racism at McCain/Palin rallies… but I was wrong.

Quick! How do you know if you’re dealing with a conservative Mormon or a liberal Unitarian-Universalist?

Much of the hullabaloo surrounding Rick Santorum’s comment that President Obama is a “snob” for pushing college is missing the bigger picture: that Santorum is a cosmic conspiracy theorist, and higher education sits at the heart of the imagined conspiracy.

Adam Clayton Powell called it “cheap grace,” but we might call it “cheap atonement”: the effort by sinners to select which sins to acknowledge and repent. Pope Benedict ended his heavily protested visit to England…

According to Vatican representative Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, ending discrimination against gays, lesbians, and transgender persons would make those who oppose such human rights the real victims.

Surprises abound for the careful reader.

The American Dream, the American identity, and their broken promises.