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April 2017

April 06, 2017

Trump Should Learn from Andrew Jackson: Keep Church Out of State

Trump can learn from his hero and reject a fusion of Church and State. Among...

March 2017

March 10, 2017

What Vox got wrong about Jon Huntsman

Why did Trump pick Huntsman as Ambassador to Russia? The reasons are many. On March...

November 2016

November 12, 2016

The Trump Supporter Next Door

If you've been following the Peculiar People column over the past few months, you've probably...

August 2016

August 13, 2016

Trump’s Threat to Mormons

Donald Trump poses a unique threat to the interests, freedom, and safety of the Mormon...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

Stop Praying for us, and Acknowledge That You Helped Create Omar Mateen

Let me give you a run down: 2015 was the deadliest year on record for...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Trans Win: Federal Government to Sue North Carolina

The Department of Justice recently announced it will be suing North Carolina for House Bill...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Weak Islamaphobia

In the aftermath of this morning's tragic terrorist attack in Brussels, each presidential candidate is...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

Being a Legislator in Utah Doesn’t Sound Fun

For the second time in as many weeks, a Utah legislator who identifies as an...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Finding Hope From The Westboro Baptist Church

For years, the Westboro Baptist Church have been synonymous with bigotry. I learned this when...

November 19, 2015

See, Mormons and Muslims Really do Have Stuff in Common

While advocating for Donald Trump's insistence that Muslim's deserve less rights than other religious Americans, Katrina...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Should We Really Worry About Ben Carson’s Religion?

Presidential Candidate Ben Carson is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a protestant sect of...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Ben Carson’s Islamophobia Could Cost His Mormon Support

The 2016 Republican nomination is turning into quite a spectacle, even when we’re not talking...

September 18, 2015

Ahmed Mohamed, and The Need For A New Narrative

Ahmed Mohamed, a high school student in Irving, Texas, had a rude awakening this...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

With the Mormon Church’s Backlash Against Boy Scouts, Gay Leaders Are Merely Scapegoats

Young men in the Mormon faith are almost guaranteed to be automatically enrolled with the...

July 2015

July 03, 2015

The Hidden Telos of Marriage

As I made my way through the 100+ page ruling of the recent Supreme Court...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

The Problem with “Conscience”

The last time a state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) made news, I argued that...