Has anyone been watching the History Channel lately? If you have, you have probably noticed a marked increase in the number of doomsday and Christian shows that seem to permeate the network. Everything form Nostradamus to the 2012 end of world prophecy seems to be fair game. Now I will grant you that Nostradamus did [...]
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Why the LDS Church has been targeted by Prop. 8 protesters
It should come as no surprise that there is a vocal section of people speaking out against the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Many protests have focused around Mormon temples due to the fact that protestors feel that the LDS Church had a disproportionate level of involvement in the pro Prop. 8 debate. What [...]
Why full marriage and equal rights are inevitable for homosexuals
With the recent passage of Amendment 8 in California, it should come as no surprise that the gay and lesbian community is rallying behind a suit brought before the California Supreme Court to have the constitutional amendment overturned. Now, on a national scale, supporters should hope that the plaintiffs are successful in their trial and [...]
Utah funding crisis solved in a matter of seconds – LDS church loses tax-exempt status.
Salt Lake City – The Utah Tax Commission, in response to an IRS ruling, announced today that the state of Utah will receive a record breaking windfall for state legislators to work through during the 2009 legislative session. Jonathan Doe, Deputy Secretary of the Internal Revenue Service, reported that their actions were prompted largely by [...]
The Dirtiest Post I Have Written to Date – The State of Sex Ed in Utah
This past Saturday I found myself in a car with my best friend, his soon to be wife, and my friend’s younger cousin (lets call him YC), all of us on our way up to the Box Elder Fair. I was a bit apprehensive on my way up, after all cows, corn, and country folk [...]
Fun times at the DMV
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the Department of Motor Vehicles provides one with a good cross section of the human condition, indeed you can…and will…see all types. Well I found my way down to the Bureau of Bureaucracy today to get a license plate for my newly acquired scooter when I [...]
Intelligent Design and the War on Science.
For some reason the whole intelligent design (ID) issue is starting to rear its ugly head again. A new movie, which I will not even give the dignity of mentioning by name, is being released this weekend that attacks science and claims that ID has been bullied out of the classrooms. I fear that this [...]
An Interesting Thought
Thankfully I stumbled upon an interesting Livejournal post today concerning “Fighting the war against radical Islam.” The poster writes: “McCain must present a strategy to defeat the threat of radical Islam” says Brent Bozell, in an op ed in today’s Washington Post, here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702845.html?hpid=opinionsbox1, encapsulating ably the conservative viewpoint of this election, and of the [...]
And While I am on Romney…
What is with these simple minded, one issue, far-Right, evangelical (and not so extreme) Southern Baptists/Catholics/(insert religion here) that refuse to even vote for Romney simply because he is a Mormon?! That is pretty ‘effed up man. I know that this logic would fail them as well, but it would be as if you could [...]
Religion and Politics…*Sigh*
Someone please tell me why the media insists on referring to Dave Buhler as Mormon and Ralph Becker as non-Mormon/nonpracticing Episcopalian? Now before all two of you who actually read this thing weigh in, let me preface this by saying that I have lived in Utah and Salt Lake City my entire life; I am [...]