Prop 8, a Campaign Based on Fears and Lies
As someone who was raised in the Mormon Church and fulfilled my two-year missionary assignment overseas, I know something about Latter-day Saints teachings.
As someone who was raised in the Mormon Church and fulfilled my two-year missionary assignment overseas, I know something about Latter-day Saints teachings.
Wayne Besen | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics
I have no problem if these people have a cross to bear, but why must this so often be synonymous with bearing false witness?
Johnathan Wilber | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
I couldn't help but be impressed by your swift mobilization in support of Prop. 8, and even more so, your unstoppable stand in sanctifying marriage.
Dwayne Raymond | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
Marriage is not an easy union, regardless of genitalia. Fifty percent end abysmally. This begs the question: why do the Mormons want to keep gays out of it?
Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics
I am in total agreement with those who want gay marriage to be legal -- they are right. But being right isn't enough.
Harvey Fierstein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
While we rightfully celebrate the election of our first African American president, let us take a moment to mourn the passage of three new laws legalizing prejudice.
Mario Ruiz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
Given their history, Mormons know about being targeted for being different. Yet in a full-on offensive, the LDS Church mobilized in favor of California's Prop 8, a ballot initiative that bans gay marriage.
Deborah King | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
We are still left with the question why any parent would willingly keep their child in a household where girls are at risk of a forced marriage to some old codger before the age of 16.
Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
An excerpt from the court's opinion, which is a sharp and detailed rebuke of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Bruce Bastian | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics