Mormon-Themed Posts of Mine

I was a contributor to Main Street Plaza (a web-community interested in Mormonism) from 2010 to 2015.  My interests have moved in other directions now... probably because I'm 30+ years old now and left the Church half-my-life ago! Here are my posts, organized thematically.



Race

• LDS.org posts Historical Context for Ban on Black Ordination  - Dec 2013
• Mormonism: a “Native American” faith? - Mar 2012
• Why the Curse of Cain remains in the Mormon imaginary - Mar 2011
• Racialized Domestic Servitude and the Perfect Mormon Housewife - Jan 2011 

Queer

• Final religious amicus brief on US same-sex marriage - Apr 2015
• Thoughts on RFRAs and Nondiscrimination - Apr 2015
• LDS Church becoming more and more Orwellian on gay issues - Mar 2015
• Should "My Husband's Not Gay" Air? - Jan 2015
• Mormonism, Christianity and Queer Politics - Dec 2014
• The Church asks its gay members to water-down doctrine - Jul 2014
• Three Gay Mormon Organizations Become Two  - Jan 2014
• End of Exodus International: what does it mean? - Jun 2013
• Pride parades this summer: Will MBB march again, and if so, will they allow signs that advocate equality? - May 2013
• The Social Psychology of Mormon Heteropatriarchy - Apr 2013
• Utah State Legislature drafting Nondiscrimination Bill - Feb 2013
• Bishop’s Guide to Same-sex Attraction posted, and then removed - Feb 2013
• Church files Amicus Brief against Marriage Equality - Feb 2013
• mormonsandgays.org — a Sign of Movement toward Dialogue? - Dec 2012 
• Mormons in Pride Parades — Okay, I need to vent (Part 2) - Jul 2012
• Mormons in Pride Parades — Okay, I need to vent… - Jun 2012
• Obama supports Gay Marriage - May 2012
• Gay Mormonism in the news a lot recently  - Apr 2012
• 9th Circuit overturns Prop 8 — LDS response?  - Feb 2012
• Exodus ejects NARTH’s reparative therapy books from their bookstore - Jan 2012
• “Religious Exemption” in Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Law - Jan 2012
• Anti-bullying lesson: Schools should not “out” students to their parents! - Dec 2011
• What Causes Same-Sex Attraction? Catholic Newspaper: “The Devil” - Nov 2011
• Is North Star Sending a Bad Message? - Oct 2011
• Mitch Mayne and the Church’s PR machine - Sep 2011
• How Much Space Should we Leave for Homophobia? - Jun 2011
• Revisiting Dallin Oaks’ “Principles to Govern Possible Public Statement on Legislation Affecting Rights of Homosexuals” - Mar 2011
• Understanding the “Closet” in Present-day Mormonism - Feb 2011
• 2010 LGBT issues in the Church: optimism or pessimism? - Jan 2011
• DADT: the Mormon versus Military milieu - Dec 2010
• Mormonism, disability, same-gender attraction - Dec 2010
• What if Mormons ceased their anti-gay marriage political agenda?  - Dec 2010
• Gay suicide and Gay futurity – A short history - Nov 2010
• HRC and Mormons speaking past one another? - Oct 2010
• Prop 8 update: the question of child welfare - Sep 2010
• Prop 8 supporters argue for stay  - Aug 2010
• My experience at Sunstone - Aug 2010
• Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling: Evidence shows that a gender restriction on marriage is “nothing more than an artifact of a foregone notion that men and women fulfill different roles in civic life” - Aug 2010

Feminism

• Jesus didn’t ordain women? — Prove it. - Jun 2014
• Women’s Ordination and Gay Equality – How They’re Connected - Apr 2014
• Why has the Church responded to Ordain Women? - Mar 2014
• Missionary Chat: Ordain Women - Mar 2014
  
• What Hannah Arendt can teach us about Women’s Ordination in the Church - Aug 2013
• “Imagine a Church where your beloved grandmother is your stake president.”  - Apr 2013
• Valerie Hudson’s take on Taylor Petrey: A Misogynist in Sheep’s Clothing? - Aug 2012
• The Economic Role of Mothers  - Dec 2011
• Pornography vis-a-vis Female Ordination - Nov 2011
• New Book on LDS Women around the Globe  - Aug 2011
• Mormonism’s Chicken Patriarchy - Aug 2011
• Mormon Beards redux - Jul 2011
• Orientation, Selfishness and Female Ordination - Apr 2011
• Toward a Mormon Lesbian Theology - Apr 2011
• Faithful LDS women and m/m romance consumption - Jul 2010
  

Polygamy | FLDS

• Why not legalize polygamy, too? - Feb 2013
• The Continued LDS Campaign against “Mormons” - Aug 2011
• Is Warren Jeffs really that different from Joseph Smith?  - Jul 2011

Policy

•  Mormonism 101: FAQ - Mar 2012
• “The Rescue” - Feb 2012
•  The Church’s “Political Neutrality” - Sep 2011
• About those International Conversion Rates - Aug 2011
• Would the Holy Spirit be offended if He were trademarked? - Jul 2011
• Framing the story: The Church in an internet age - Nov 2010
• the elusiveness of the LDS Newsroom  - Oct 2010

2012 Election Cycle | Romney

• Would Romney Dare Choose a Female VP? - Jan 2012 
• Mormons and Gay Marriage During This Election Cycle  - May 2012
• Would you vote for a Mormon for president? - Oct 2011 
• Romney signs NOM pledge for anti-gay marriage Constitutional Amendment  - Aug 2011

Environment

•  Be Fruitful and Multiply…or how about Not? - May 2011

Scripture

• The Future of the King Follett Discourse - Dec 2010
• Matthew 22:23-33 - Sept 2010

Miscellany

• Orson Scott Card really wants you to watch Ender’s Game  - Jul 2013 
• a couple articles I noted this week… - Sep 2012
• Mormons and the Beltway - May 2012
• What is Respectful Proselytizing?  - Jun 2011
• the Older Mormon  - Oct 2010