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July 2013

July 29, 2013

“…we are Mormons. We do not kill people or animals.”

"Shem, we are Mormons. We do not kill people or animals," said Geneva (7) to...

July 28, 2013

Another Liberal at Church!! (Adventures in Sunday School)

We are loving our time here in Las Vegas. In addition to the abundance of...

July 26, 2013

Pope Francis? Or should we just call him Pope Social Justice?!?!

I am totally loving Pope Francis so far. I am not Catholic. I am sure...

July 24, 2013

“I Don’t Mind Stealing Bread…” Remembering Mitch Snyder (Hymns of Social Justice)

"Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog brings us a duet by Pearl Jam's Eddie...

July 22, 2013

Thomas Paine on Monarchy and Hereditary Succession (Happy Birthday to the New Royal!)

One of my favorite sections of Thomas Paine's Common Sense is his section on the...

July 15, 2013

“My Name is Emmett Till” by Emmylou Harris (Hymns of Social Justice)

Emmylou Harris performed this in 2011. It struck me as appropriate given recent events. NOTE:...

July 13, 2013

Until we all view Trayvon….

...as our own son, nothing will change. My son Shem almost always wears a hoodie...and...

July 04, 2013

Is God an American?

Of course, not. While I cringe at the heavy doses of American exceptionalism (often in...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Ick! That Guy is Married to a Dude!

George Takei of both Star Trek and Facebook fame has penned a beautiful and insightful...

June 27, 2013

Whoa…wait…are Tim LaHaye’s Left Behind novels about gay marriage?

Will conservative Christians ever recover from those mean gay bullies? The Daily Show's Samantha Bee...

June 26, 2013

See How to Properly Respond to Michelle Bachmann

A good lesson from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (h/t: TPM) This should be...

June 05, 2013

Power to The United Nations

I am very excited to see that Samantha Power is being appointed as United States...

June 03, 2013

Ben Bernanke is a Rawlsian!

Well, maybe. In a speech at the Baccalaureate Ceremony at Princeton University on Sunday, Federal...

June 01, 2013

Baptists Set to Ditch Boy Scouts

CNN is reporting that the Southern Baptist Convention will be abandoning the Boys Scouts of...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

A Moral Critique of Guns and Gun Culture

I am working on a theological case against guns. Not so much for gun control,...

May 02, 2013

Meg Lanker-Simons is my friend.

Surviving Wyoming is no longer about surviving the brutal weather and climate (like it was...

May 01, 2013

Which Side Are You On? (Happy May Day!)

I was introduced to the Florence Reece's song "Which Side Are You On?" by Pete...

May 01, 2013

I am Union! (Happy May Day!)

This week, I officially became Union. I have joined the National Writers Union (NWU). The...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

LDS Church Supports Move to Include Gay Scouts

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a statement in support of...

April 22, 2013

Community of Christ Extends Marriage to Same-Sex Couples

In their National Conference held April 19-21, The Community of Christ (formerly The Reorganized Church...

April 15, 2013

Why do bad things happen to good innocent people?

Why do bad things happen to good innocent people? Again, I consider this question today...

April 15, 2013

Happy Tax Day!

George Harrison and Eric Claption perform the Beatles classic Taxman: I was going to write...

April 12, 2013

NFL, LGBT, and Me.

Sports seems to play a big role in our conceptualization of gender. American Football is...

April 04, 2013

Discussing Hillary Clinton and the Death Penalty on HuffPost Live

I briefly commented on two stories today on HuffPost Live: Hillary Clinton and her new book...

April 02, 2013

Go Orioles! Opening Day, Baseball and Erin O’Doherty #campaignchronicles

It is Opening Day! Okay, yesterday was opening day but the Orioles open their season...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

R.C.: A Rock and a Rockstar! #campaignchronicles

I didn't go to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last year However, my friend...

March 26, 2013

County Chairs are My Heroes: Sheridan’s Hollis Hackman #campaignchronicles

The lifesavers for my campaign, and for me and my family during the campaign, were...

March 26, 2013

Wallace Bennett on Compromise in Government

The June 1976 Ensign magazine has long been a favorite of mine. It deals with...

March 19, 2013

I will be on HuffPost Live Wednesday at Noon Eastern/10am Mountain (UPDATED).

UPDATE: It looks like we will be talking about withdrawal from Afghanistan, Autism, shampoo, and Michael...

March 19, 2013

Guns, Suicide, and Casper, WY

NPR's Kirk Siegler did a heart-wrenching profile on today's All Things Considered about the connection...