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January 2014

January 29, 2014

Idaho State Rep Wants to Turn Back the Civil Rights Clock

In 1882, led by future state senator Fred T Dubois, the Territory of Idaho enacted...

January 19, 2014

I’d Hammer Out Love

It may be blasphemous to highlight a song performance by privileged White performers on Martin...

January 17, 2014

Sister Wives: Trading Anonymity for Tolerance

While many mainstream Mormons are uncomfortable being associated with polygamy and polygamists, the Browns of...

January 14, 2014

Have You Seen God Loves Uganda?

I have not, but I really want to. Especially after some recent comments made on...

January 11, 2014

A Line of Separation between Corporation and State

Thomas Jefferson famously spoke of erecting a “wall of separation between church and state” in...

January 10, 2014

Attorney General Holder: Federal Govt. Will Recognize Utah Gay Marriages

See the above special video message from the Attorney General of the United States Eric...

January 09, 2014

How does a Polygamous Family File Their Tax Returns? #sisterwives

Well, they don't. At least, not as a polygamous family. This morning, Kody, Meri, Janelle,...

January 08, 2014

What Would You Ask The #SisterWives Family?

I will be interviewing Janelle, Christine, Meri, Robyn, and Kody later this week. I have...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Tears of Joy: Federal Judge Strikes Down Utah’s Gay Marriage Ban

"I'm in tears." D. Christian Harrison told Approaching Justice earlier this afternoon, as he took...

December 17, 2013

Progressive Polygamist: Polygamists Need to Change Their Ways

Brady Williams, a progressive philosophy student and practicing polygamist whose family was featured on TLC's...

December 15, 2013

A Look at the Sister Wives Ruling with an Attorney for the Browns.

In his office, Adam Alba has a picture of early Mormon Apostle George Q. Cannon...

December 14, 2013

Polygamy Researcher Responds to Sister Wives Ruling

In response to an inquiry from Approaching Justice, author and polygamy researcher Brian C. Hales...

December 13, 2013

Nate Oman on Reynolds, Polygamy, and Mormonism

Yesterday, the Federal District Court for Utah ruled that Utah polygamy laws violated the free...

December 13, 2013

Breaking: Judge Rules Utah’s Anti-Polygamy Law Unconstitutional in Sister Wives Case (With Updates)

Federal District Court Judge Clark Waddoup ruled today that Utah's anti-polygamy laws violate the free...

December 06, 2013

Video: The Life of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

I have been looking for a brief video that might serve as a good introduction...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

President Kennedy from Temple Square: September 26, 1963

Less than two months before he was assassinated, President John F. Kennedy spoke in Salt...

November 21, 2013

Nothing Romantic About It: A History of the Filibuster

The United States Senate is grossly undemocratic...even without the filibuster. Today, the Senate moved to...

November 21, 2013

Las Vegas Vs. Online Gambling

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson is organizing (and funding) a large-scale lobbying push against online gambling....

November 11, 2013

For Veteran’s Day: Aces High

The image of fighter planes taking to the sky to defend their homeland is haunting...

November 08, 2013

Harry Reid is Right about Mormons and Gay Rights and “That’s Good.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed Mormonism and gay rights recently in an interview with...

November 06, 2013

Obamacare, Student Loans, and the Future of the Republican Party

If you went to college, you probably have student loans. This year nearly 2/3 of...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

No, Sen. Coburn the correct term is “badass.”

Politico reports that Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) referred to the Senate Majority Leader an “absolute...

October 30, 2013

Stop Judging Libertarian Mormons

Gregg Collett is the father of 10 children and a Libertarian candidate for District 11,...

October 23, 2013

Bob Bennett Warns Against the Tea Party and other “Slogan Screamers”

Last Thursday, former United States Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT) spoke about the current political scene...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

LDS Church to Broadcast Priesthood Session: Some Brief Thoughts

Buried deep in the news release from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

September 18, 2013

Inequality for All

Robert Reich has been the moral voice within the Democratic Party on the issue of...

September 12, 2013

What is Religious Freedom? A Brief Response

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced yesterday that it was initiating an...

September 09, 2013

I Belong to A Cult.

And I just can't get away from it! I just love the shiny temples. I...

September 07, 2013

What is Just War Theory?

For now, I will let Michael Walzer answer that question. Walzer is professor emeritus at...

September 07, 2013

James Taylor Showered the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Love.

Last night, James Taylor was joined by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony...