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    • Editor's Pick
    • 67 Ratings
    • 19634 Views
    • 129 Comments
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    Understanding Glenn Beck

    AUGUST 27, 2010 9:08AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, news, politics, glenn beck rally, freemen society, john birth society, harry reid, gladys knight, lds, celebrity mormon converts, mormonism, cleon skousen, convert zeal, extremism, glenn beck

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 3584 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Polygamists at My Door

    APRIL 8, 2010 9:44AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: polygamy, mormon fundamentalism, manifesto, big love, mormon polygamy, harry shewell, john t. clark, one mighty and strong, brian c. hales, the dream mine, the three nephites, school of the prophets, brigham young, joseph smith, lds, mormonism, belief/religion

    • 38 Ratings
    • 2419 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Not Your Mother's Patriarchal Society

    JANUARY 2, 2010 8:41PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: human rights, human dignity, hight proffit, dorothy ardell marsh proffit, politics, 2008 presidential campaign, hillary rodham clinton, lola van wagenen, mormon, lds, equal rights amendment, algie ballif, alice louise reynolds, mormon feminism, utah international women's year, gender discrimination, american west, mormon pioneer women, patriarchy, feminism, misogyny

    • 32 Ratings
    • 1945 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    There'll Always Be a Provo

    MARCH 4, 2011 10:40AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: byu, brigham young university, provo utah, byu honor code, brandon davies, byu basketball, sports, college basketball, ncaa, lds, mormons and mormonism, ave maria florida

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 14832 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Why Ex-Mormons Keep Quiet About Their Experiences

    AUGUST 13, 2012 12:12AM

    By Rachel Velamur


    Topics: silence, apostates, ex-mormon, lds, mormon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2981 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    A Coffee Love Story

    JUNE 14, 2012 2:39AM

    By Rachel Velamur


    Topics: hinduism, espresso, culture, interfaith relations, india, lds, mormon, coffee

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 4997 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    My Own Futile Attempts To Resign From The Mormon Church

    JULY 7, 2012 11:56AM

    By Rachel Velamur


    Topics: mass resignation, utah, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, lds, mormon, membership rolls, demonstration

    • 23 Ratings
    • 988 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A Lesson in Something, Not Sure What

    AUGUST 30, 2010 11:12AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: new media, social media, wikipedia, twitter, robert j. matthews, obituary, lds, mormon, byu, mormon scholar, lds scholar, deseret news, salt lake tribune, byu television, belief/religion, family, humor, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 4512 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Mormon Modesty And Shame

    AUGUST 8, 2012 9:54AM

    By Rachel Velamur


    Topics: assault, women, modesty, indoctrination, mormon, lds, body shame

    • 19 Ratings
    • 3191 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    How to Tell if You've Joined a Cult

    FEBRUARY 19, 2010 6:51PM

    By Audrey Ohley


    Topics: whatever works for you!, all in good fun, mother hubbard, lds, different strokes, gary coleman, science, travel, health, family, comedy, belief/religion, please don't anybody who is presently in a cult and resents that word take this personally. you know who you are.

    • 18 Ratings
    • 1547 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Not Your Mother's Patriarchal Society

    JULY 16, 2010 5:13PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, saturday repost, family, news, religion, politics, patriarchy, feminism, gender equality, lds, mormon, mormonism and the era

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 5914 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Sagebrush and Funeral Potatoes

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 1:26AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: roadie, foodie, aw, open call, road trip, interstate 80, photography, iphone, tunnels, park city, robert redford, sundance, ccc ponds, national elk refuge, grand tetons, rattlesnakes, jim bridger, lincoln highway, matthew shepard, cheyenne, laramie, evanston, cemetery, funeral, jeffrey r. holland, dallin h. oaks, boyd k. packer, lds, provo, byu, robert j. matthews, wind river mountains, green river, names hill, sublette county, pinedale, big piney, big piney oil and gas derrick, jackson hole, taco hole, cowboy bar, the cowboy shop, bear lake, fremont lake, windmills, barbed wire, snow fences, jackalope, maid-rite, amana colonies, idaho, utah, wyoming, nebraska, iowa, wisconsin, open road, vacation, 4000 miles in a toyota sienna with a little white cuban dog a baby bird and a husband, sagebrush, funeral potatoes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 7749 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Get Your Hot Mormon Muffins Here

    OCTOBER 27, 2009 11:50PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: hot mormon muffins, foodie, calendar, mormon, lds, what does motherhood taste like anyway?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 5610 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Elizabeth Smart Tells Ordeal of Abduction in Utah Courtroom

    OCTOBER 1, 2009 4:48PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: victim empowerment, survival, abduction, paris, missionaries, lds paris mission, byu, mormon, lds, elizabeth smart, kidnapping, brian david mitchell, salt lake city, utah, utah courts, smart kidnapping, wanda barzee

    • 15 Ratings
    • 719 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    I Don't Mind "the Gays,"

    DECEMBER 2, 2009 9:36PM

    By zashin


    Topics: one more poke at sen. craig, are you homophobic?, landlords, gay rights, gays, utah, sen. chris buttars, lds

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1206 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Mitt & Salt Lake Mormon Memories

    JUNE 17, 2012 5:21PM

    By Donegal Descendant


    Topics: politics, history, mormon culture, mormons, lds, mitt romney, salt lake city

    • 14 Ratings
    • 980 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Can You Say Witch Hunt?

    JANUARY 26, 2010 3:49PM

    By Painting The Stars


    Topics: ridiculous antics of the religious political leaders, arrested, the salt lake tribune, the city weekly, stephen dark, paul rolly, sheldon killpack, politics, dui, alcohol, senate, word of wisdom, lds, utah, witch hunt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3222 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Palin's Florida Rally Shows Support Among Old, White People

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 9:13PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, palin campaign, palin in florida, palin effect, latter day saints, mormon church, mormons, lds, mitt romney, florida, mccain-palin, vice president, palin, sarah palin, presidential election campaign, presidential campaign, barack obama, presidential election, obama, john mccain

    • 12 Ratings
    • 1687 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Mormon Chastity Lessons: Elizabeth Smart

    MAY 9, 2013 9:48AM

    By Rachel Velamur


    Topics: assault, modesty, lds, mormon, mormonism, chastity, kidnapping, elizabeth smart

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4107 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Prop 8 Backlash: Time for a New Mormon Revelation

    NOVEMBER 18, 2008 10:14AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: family, utah, tom udall, thomas spencer monson, spencer w. kimball, same sex marriage, religion, proposition 8, prop h8, prop 8, polygamy, plural marriage, mormons, mormonism, mormon church, marriott, marriage, lesbians, lds church, lds, latter day saints, homosexuality, harry reid, gays, gay rights, gay marriage, gay and lesbian marriage, gay and lesbian, evangelical christianity, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, christianity, california prop 8, brigham young university, boy scouts of america, boy scouts, gay/lesbian, politics, news, belief and religion, wilford woodruff

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