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Mormons, Marriage, Miscellanies
- Survey: Exploration of Experiences of and Resources for Same-sex Attracted Latter Day Saints
 - Let Fred In, CNN
 - Fred Karger to be First to File for President With the Federal Election Commission
 - It's a family affair: The Leavitts leave Mormonism behind for good
 - 2010′s twenty most talked-about tenuously-Mormon superstars
 - Fred Karger: It Gets Better
 - DAMU, I Thank You
 - The Mormons invite "Big Love" writer Dustin Lance Black & Friends to MoTab X-mas Concert
 - Jimmy Carter: Is the country ready for Fred Karger?
 - My name is Jean Bodie and I’m an Ex Mormon.
 - "Disciples" explores three exmormon lives
 - Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m an Ex Mormon.
 - Fred Karger joins Marc Ambinder to talk GOP debates, DADT, and shaking things up
 - “Hi, my name is Mike and I’m an Ex Mormon.”
 - Fred's Iowa Ad: Independence Day
 - “Hi, my name is Peter Danzig, and I’m an Ex Mormon.”
 - “Hi, my name is Michelle and I’m an Ex Mormon.”
 - “Hi, my name is Mary Danzig and I’m an Ex Mormon.”
 - Suicide Prevention Outreach and Candlelight Vigil at Mesa Mormon Temple
 - Tyrell Wolfgang Owens fails to set a good Mormon example
 - Why are Mormons so successful?
 - Why are Mormons so rich?
 - Why are Mormons so attractive?
 - Why are Mormons so secretive?
 - Why are Mormons so good-looking?
 - Why are Mormons so happy?
 - Why are Mormons so stupid?
 - Why are Mormons so hot?
 - Why are Mormons so nice?
 - Why are Mormons so weird?
 - Meet the Republican who got California and Maine to investigate NOM and the Mormon church and now intends to debate Mitt Romney on national TV
 - Mollie Ziegler Hemingway wants to pin a murder on Prop 8 backlash. Don't let her.
 - Hi, my name is Robert, and I’m an ex-Mormon.
 - Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m a Mormon.
 - Chino Blanco has relocated to Main Street Plaza
 - “If I see Harry Reid in the temple, I’m going to hit him.”
 - Protest planned for San Diego leg of Mitt Romney's book tour
 - What is it with Utah and standing ovations? Cardinal George got one, too.
 - Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn Gets His Standing Ovation
 - BYU Management Society to award NOM director Orson Scott Card
 - And the Brodie goes to ...
 - Attention! Spawn of Brodie: You have until 2/22 to vote for 2009 Brodie award nominees
 - Critically-acclaimed author Walter Kirn named X-Mormon of the Year 2009
 - Mormon pollster Gary Lawrence: I'm the idiot who wrote "Six Consequences"
 - Sundance exposure leads to Buttars meltdown
 - Main Street Plaza now accepting nominations for 2009 X-Mormon of the Year
 - Fred Karger: Ex-Political Pundit Embraces Gay Rights Activism
 - Prop 8 Trial Twitter Feeds
 - Gentile of the Year 2009 Award: Freep this Poll for Fred Karger!
 - Vote Now for Mormon of the Year!
 - LDS Church issues statement on Rex Rammell
 - Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell announces Mormon-only male-only campaign rallies
 - Ben McAdams, Utah's newest state senator: "I plan to be a visible ally for gay and transgendered Utahns."
 - 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival
 - Chris Buttars and Christine Johnson to Co-Sponsor Utah Gay Rights Bill?
 - Thanksgiving Video Wall: Jimmy Kimmel, Chris Buttars, Sutherland Institute, Gayle Ruzicka, new EQCA ad, No on 1 docYoumentary
 - Paul Mero and the Sutherland Institute: Ultra-Conservative Utah Think Tank in Open Revolt against Mormon leadership
 - Mormon leadership comes out in support of (some) basic rights for (some) LGBT Utahns.
 - Mormon Pollster Gary Lawrence: We Want Negative Buzz
 - Transitory Psychosis: The debate that Yes on 1 doesn't want you to see!
 - Fresh Vids: Moritz/Jones family, WGME debate, Gov. Baldacci, UMaine GOTV
 - Maine Business Coalition Speaks Out For Marriage Equality
 - Yes on 1 just called Monique Hoeflinger a liar. I hope they're ready to back up that accusation.
 - Maine's Yes on 1 crew are a bunch of jerks
 - 3 out of 4 ain't bad (unless you're NOM)
 - D.T. in D.C.: Federal gov’t must investigate NOM’s finances
 - ProtectMarriage.com v. Bowen
 - 8: The Mormon Proposition (Pre-Sundance Update)
 - A faithful, earnest, calm Mormon testifies against Prop 8 in church
 - Swiftboating Same-Sex Marriage in Maine
 - AAPC Video: Frank Schubert and Jeff Flint Discussing Prop 8 Tactics and Techniques
 - Utah Reacts to Obama's Speech to US Students
 - Dustin Lance Black Testimony for Harvey Milk Day
 - National Organization for Marriage (NOM) 2007 Tax Return (Form 990)
 - Weekend Video Roundup: BYU-Hawaii, Utah Gov. Herbert, SLC ordinance, ELCA
 - Hey, NOM, you don't find your new H Street DC office a bit ... crowded?
 - "No on 1" Protect Maine Equality | Meet Ron Schwizer and Doug Kimmel
 - A "Perfect Storm" of Bad PR for the LDS (Mormon) Church
 - Wedding Anniversary Sparks Gay Marriage Debate
 - AP: Gay marriage fight, "kiss-ins" smack Mormon image
 - Letter to Maine Election Officials: Watch Out for Money Laundering by NOM & Others
 - SaveLiam.org : Help bring Liam McCarty home to his father
 - California CD-10 Open Election: David Harmer and GOP violate election code
 - Gorillas in the Mist: Mormon Main Street Plaza Surveillance Video
 - Seven-Year-Old Utah Boy Makes His Getaway From Church
 - LDS Main Street Plaza Kiss Surveillance Video
 - Mormon-owned KSL.com: We strive to be a family-friendly site, unless the topic is gay
 - Trapped in a Mormon Gulag, The Sequel
 - KSL commenters weigh in on The Nationwide Kiss-In
 - Ted Olson: A conservative for gay rights
 - Weekend Video Roundup: Kiss and Make Up (Utah Edition)
 - Mormon Gulag Money Trail: Utah Sen. Chris Buttars has Some Finances to Explain
 - Useful info about organizing a Kiss-In in your area on August 15th
 - August 15: The Great Nationwide Kiss-In (Facebook)
 - Elegy for a Lesbian Anarchist
 - LDS law professor Nate Oman: Why Conservatives Should Support Gay Marriage
 - Pew Forum: A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.
 - Ron Prentice Speaks, July 2009 Edition
 - Blabbeando: Must-See Interview with Ruben Diaz, Jr.
 - Mormon Prophet Thomas S. Monson meets with President Obama
 - Idaho Spoil Sports: Male wrestling team banned from wearing bikinis
 - Why Ted Olson and I are working to overturn California's Proposition 8
 - Utah NOW: The Fallout of Prop 8
 - Knock, Knock, Anybody NOM?
 - Calling all Gilbert, AZ friends: How many Mormon actors in NOM's "Gathering Storm" ad?
 - Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Interracial Mormon Marriages
 - Danielle TRUSZKOVSKY: Meet your anti-gay adversaries
 - Weekend Video Roundup: Why We Fight (Idaho Edition)
 - NEWS RELEASE: Where's the Money, Maggie?
 - Danielle TRUSZKOVSKY: Deception, Denial and Opus Dei
 - NOM Chairman Robert P. George: "Utah will be whipped into line."
 - Idaho Local TV Report Asks: What Is A Family?
 - National Organization for Marriage, Inc.
 - White House Looks to Include Same-Sex Unions in Census Count
 - Schadenfreude II: Lightning Strikes New Mormon (LDS) Temple
 - Schadenfreude: Official Mormon (LDS) Twitter Channel Gets Jacked
 - Calling New Jersey: NOM Needs Another House Call
 - Stand 4 Marriage rally in Albany: FLOP
 - This Week in Utah: Cleve Jones and a gay bashing
 - Karen Ocamb interviews Ted Olson: All of us have the right to due process and equal protection
 - 8: The Mormon Proposition (Interview w/ director Reed Cowan)
 - PBS: Mormons and Prop 8
 - BYU-Idaho dissolves student political parties
 - The New York Marriage Fund
 - New York Marriage Equality: Astroturfing - Courtesy of the Same Ten (Mormon) People
 - Thank you, Governor Lynch. Thank you, Amelia.
 - Pastor may have lost post over Prop 8
 - NOM and Cornerstone Policy Research Present: "I'm Confused"
 - About that CPR-A Cornerstone Policy Research New Hampshire "Poll"
 - Heroes vs Zeroes: another NOM FAIL, this time on CNN
 - The LDS Church, Proposition 8, and the Federal Law of Charities
 - Pres. Obama's Mother Baptized by Proxy in Mormon Temple
 - Outrage: The Movie
 - Note to my Mormon friends at UFI, NOM and the Digital Network Army (DNA)
 - Marie Osmond Talks About Her Daughter's Civil Rights
 - "No Offense" but the latest NOM ad barely rates a mention
 - How many Mormon actors in NOM's "Gathering Storm" ad?
 - Check out NOM's Stand4Marriage Rally facebook page
 - Preeminence vs Partisanship - Utah Gov. Huntsman: Equal rights are important. NOM? Not so much.
 - Monrovia City Council Election Results: Shaw in, but is Kirby out?
 - William Duncan of Utah is in Maine this week to Testify against LD 1020
 - Mormon Sci-Fi Author Orson Scott Card Joins National Organization for Marriage Board
 - Mormon Scion Matthew S. Holland Quits the NOM Board
 - Stephen Colbert May or May Not Get a Call from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about his new Ad
 - Utah Tea Party Roundup
 - Mormons for Marriage at Sunstone West
 - Glenn Beck is still Mormon. Glenn Beck is still Insane.
 - The Making of a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) TV Ad
 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostates
 - No Protest Planned for LDS (Mormon) General Conference
 - Glenn Beck is Mormon. Glenn Beck is Insane.
 - Marriage equality rally in Montpelier, Vermont
 - BAR: All sides pledge speedy Prop 8 federal case
 - Robert P. George makes a funny
 - Nate Silver's model predicts statistically favorable environment for marriage equality in 50% of US states by 2012
 - The Mormon Church is Fighting Civil Unions in Hawaii (HB444)
 - Mormongate II
 - MormonTV: LDS manipulation of Social Media and the hyperpolarization of America
 - HBO vs. LDS: The Mormons strike back
 - Truth and Consequences: Mitt Romney, Proposition 8, and Public Reason
 - Latest ARIS (American Religious Identification Survey) Stats
 - American Religious Identification Survey: From 1990-2008, Mormon church in America grew 0.0% ... Mormons still 1.4% of US population
 - 8: The Mormon Proposition
 - LA Times has photos of "America Forever" at SF Prop 8 hearing
 - "America Forever" traveled to SF from Utah to attend Prop 8 hearing.
 - Buttars-Palooza!
 - Ottawa, ON - Manning Networking Conference & Exhibition 2009 - March 14, 9am -12pm: Frank Schubert & Jaime Watt
 - Live Video - CA Supreme Court Hearings - March 5, 9am-12noon
 - FOX13 - Nov. 4th, 2008 segment about Prop 8 and the LDS church
 - FOX13 - Nov. 4th, 2008 segment about Prop 8 and one LDS family
 - Frank Schubert and Jeff Flint: Mormon leaders were members of the Yes on 8 campaign executive committee
 - 30 Years on ... from 'The Times of Harvey Milk' to Dustin Lance Black
 - Utah NOW Feb. 6 Program: Common Ground
 - Chris Buttars YouTube Dump
 - Mormons at the Door: Can social conservatives assimilate the LDS into their movement?
 - Gayle Ruzicka and Karen Merkley persuade Utah legislature to block another Common Ground bill
 - Utah State Senator Chris Buttars: Gays are "probably the greatest threat to America going down I know of."
 - Utah GOP renews attack on marriage, family
 - Utah lawmakers kill two more gay-rights bills
 - Salt Lake County OKs adult-designees' benefits
 - Utah lawmakers kill a third gay-rights bill
 - Gayle Ruzicka is acquainted with the folks who ran that "America Forever" ad
 - "America Forever" broke Utah law with their ad: Tell Dept. of Commerce Dir. Francine Giani to DO HER JOB ... fgiani@utah.gov
 - New KSL/Deseret News Poll: 47% of Utahns support civil unions, 80% approve of civil union-supporting governor
 - Utah Gothic: Gayle Ruzicka would rather be right than do right
 - SL Trib's Winters: 'Hateful' ad heats up rhetoric on gay rights
 - SL Trib's Walsh: America Forever, may you get cash
 - America Forever's Sandra Rodrigues: "Stop Same Sex Marriage: It Endorses Masturbation."
 - 1999: America Forever and Utah Eagle Forum together at Utah Senate committee hearing (PDF)
 - 2004: America Forever and Utah Eagle Forum together at Utah House committee meeting (PDF)
 - 2005: America Forever and Utah Eagle Forum together at Utah Senate committee hearing (PDF)
 - 2006: America Forever and Utah Eagle Forum together at Utah House committee hearing (PDF)
 - 2006 Deseret News report: How the Eagle Forum-America Forever Two-Step Works ... Rodrigues charges in, Ruzicka claims "neutrality"
 - Is the Utah Eagle Forum funding America Forever?
 - I don't believe America Forever paid for this ad. Someone else did.
 - Article on Matthew Hilton and his role in the Weaver case
 - Mathew Hilton has served as legal counsel for both America Forever and the Utah Eagle Forum
 - Utah Eagle Forum (Gayle Ruzicka) shares same attorney (Matthew Hilton) with America Forever
 - America Forever Foundation makes a new friend
 - America Forever founder: "Homosexuality" sounds like "chocolate cake and ice cream."
 - Salt Lake Crawler live blogs the America Forever protest at Utah's capitol.
 - "America Forever Foundation" Places Full-Page Ad in SL Tribune
 - Utah's very own Phelps family: the America Forever Foundation
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 - Posted without comment: Polygamy 'Awareness Day' at the Utah State Capitol
 - Mr. Karger Goes to Utah: 'Californians Against Hate' Bring Boycott and Mormongate to Salt Lake City
 - B.A.R.: Prop 8 foes slow to pick up on Mormon involvement
 - Rebecca Walsh of The Salt Lake Tribune: Guv, church play gay politics
 - Good News: Boycott against Utah car dealer may already be over before it's begun
 - Sutherland Institute hosts meeting of ‘Sacred Ground Initiative'
 - Utah Gov. Huntsman: Republican, Mormon, supports the Common Ground Initiative and Civil Unions
 - Utah's governor endorses civil unions
 - Utahns, LDS Church spent more on Prop. 8 than previously known
 - Gayle Ruzicka: There is no common ground - We oppose all attempts to secure equal rights for gay Utahns
 - SACRED GROUND Meeting Recap: Excellent write-up (and discussion) re a recent Utah event (Sutherland Institute vs. Common Ground Initiative)
 - Don Eaton, Mormon spokesman: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints put zero money into [Prop 8]."
 - Ding Dong DOMA will soon be dead
 - BYU Law Prof. Lynn Wardle: Gayle Ruzicka, Chris Buttars and LaVar Christensen are delusional
 - Bay Area Reporter: The Mormon factor in marriage fight (as usual, B.A.R. did its homework)
 - Mormongate
 - See the ad that ran in the SL Trib and Deseret News from Equality Utah
 - Andrew Sullivan: Calling Mormon Bluff ... Equality Utah's ad campaign rocks!
 - If you've been harassed by Prop 8 supporters, please let Sarah Troupis know about it: stroupis@bopplaw.com
 - Prop 8 fallout: For Utah, it's real, and it's already happening
 - LAT: Mormon church reports spending $180,000 on Proposition 8
 - First of Six Common Ground Initiatives Fails During Second Day of Legislative Session
 - Walsh: End LDS-legislator huddle (Rebecca takes notice of the theocracy)
 - Utah Politics Explained: LDS Church OK with alternative liquor law = passage assured (nope, no theocracy here)
 - Maine: The Republican Project puts marriage equality in its sights
 - Maine: a blog run by some of the crew behind The Republican Project
 - It's been fun, but now it's time for Chino to take a break.
 - Prop 8 inspires new army of Utah activists
 - Poll: Utahns back some gay rights, but not weddings or adoptions
 - Jeff Flint is still a dork
 - Next stop: Maine
 - Prop 8 - Did Mormons Go Too Far?
 - Proposition 8 boycott cited in decision to nix annual visit to Park City
 - Sundance: Why Journalists Are Staying Home
 - ABC Nightline runs Mormon puff piece, deletes comments
 - Ted Haggard talks marriage equality
 - NPR: The group invited to dine with two top Mormon officials included Politico, ABC News, The Associated Press and me.
 - Nightline: Mormons Open Doors to Discuss Religion
 - 8 MAPS
 - bigots want to be able to put a white sheet over their heads while they engage in their campaigns of hate
 - Listen in: The author of "Trapped in a Mormon Gulag" discusses Utah Boys Ranch on KRCL.org @ 6 PM MST on Friday, Jan 9th
 - Richard J. Neuhaus, RIP
 - Richard John Neuhaus: Is Mormonism Christian?
 - Yahoo! News: Calif. gay marriage foes want donors anonymous
 - SL Tribune: Calif. gay marriage foes want donors anonymous
 - AP: Calif. gay marriage foes want donors anonymous
 - Prop 8 Supports File Lawsuit: Remove Public Access to Donor Records
 - Yes on 8 Campaign: Proposition 8 Proponents Challenge Campaign Finance Reporting Rules That Have Resulted in Rampant Harassment of Prop 8 Supporters
 - NRO to James Bopp, Jr.: "Psst! James! We're Supposed to Be for Secret Ballots!"
 - James Bopp, Jr.: "Putting the names ... on the Internet ... has caused serious problems."
 - WND: Lawsuit seeks safeguards from gay 'harassment'
 - Prop 8 Supporters Want to Hide Their Donations
 - Prop. 8 donors sue to take names off of list after harassment, threats
 - Prop 8 Supporters (Not Gays) Are The True Victims Of Prop 8?
 - Prop. 8 supporters want donors anonymous
 - ProtectMarriage gets all sneaky
 - Poor, Poor Catholics! Poor Poor Mormons!! Boo Hoo
 - Same-Sex Marriage Foes Afraid to Stand by their Donations
 - Fred Karger on the PropH8 crybabies
 - Proposition 8 Donors Challenge Campaign Finance Laws
 - Well they've already altered one law, why not another?
 - Proposition 8 contributors ask California court to hide their shame
 - Calif. gay marriage foes want donors anonymous
 - Gay marriage foes want campaign contributions anonymous, citing 'harassment'
 - Anti-Gay Donors Spooked
 - Protect Marriage, NOM & Mormon Church Looks for Sympathy in Federal Law Suit
 - Prop. 8 supporters file fed suit challenging campaign donor disclosure laws
 - "Disclosure is unconstitutional", or, the next step toward corporate theocracy in California
 - Yes on 8 Sues to Destroy Campaign Finance Laws
 - ProtectMarriage.com Files Suit to Hide Identities of Campaign Donors
 - Prop. 8 supporters file challenge to campaign donor laws
 - Protectmarriage.com sues to hide its campaign donor records
 - Trapped in a Mormon Gulag
 - O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells ...
 - Salt Lake Tribune: Sundance to screen a leaner, quieter festival
 - Documentary Short Film: A Mormon and Shoshone Experience
 - For the first time in eons, this week hundreds of beds in Park City are empty.
 - LAT - Bob Barr, author of the Defense of Marriage Act: DOMA is now indefensible
 - The Online Lunchpail: Right-wing lawmaker ran gulag
 - one utah: Trapped in a Mormon Gulag
 - LAT: Park City hotel bookings are down 15-25%, room prices slashed during this year's Sundance festival
 - Latter-Day Protest? Proposition 8 and Sports
 - While everyone who voted for Prop 8 may have succeeded within the narrow confines of their particular belief system, they have failed utterly as Americans.
 - Trapped In A Mormon Gulag
 - Fenella Cannell (London School of Economics): The Christianity of Anthropology (PDF) ... (of course, it's all about Mormons)
 - Focus on the Family: Mitt Romney Admits Mormons Are Not Christian
 - Dobson Caves to Evangelicals Who Call Glenn Beck a Cultist
 - Rewind to January 2008: Focus on the Family claims: "Mitt Romney has 'acknowledged Mormonism is not a Christian faith'."
 - Polygamy should be understood not primarily as a marital practice but as a kinship system
 - CESNUR + Marriott Library + U. of Utah + Salt Lake City Mayor's Office to jointly host a conference? That's nuts. Google "CESNUR"
 - Edge of Sports: Latter Day Protest? Proposition 8 and Sports
 - OpEdNews: Latter Day Protest? Proposition 8 and Sports
 - SL Tribune: Park City activist claims censorship by newspapers
 - ParkRecord: Salt Lake City papers hike price of ad against Prop 8
 - MT: Glenn Beck and Dobson's group respond to Web site ban
 - American Chronicle: Dobson Throws Glenn Beck Under the Bus
 - U.S. News & World Report: Focus on the Family Pulls Interview With Mormon Glenn Beck
 - TWO: Focus on the Family at Odds with Christians over Mormon Promo
 - Christianity Today: Focus on the Family Pulls Interview over Beck's Mormon Faith
 - Colo. Springs Gazette: Focus Action axes Glenn Beck story after evangelicals complain
 - SL Tribune: Focus on the Family pulls interview over Beck's Mormon faith
 - Mormon Mothers Speak Out for their Gay and Lesbian Children
 - SL Tribune: Then as now
 - Mike Connell and Proposition 8
 - SL Tribune: 27,000 letters urge LDS leader to back rights of gay Utahns
 - Legacies (1996)
 - D.N.A.
 - SL Tribune: Christian soldiers
 - We will not go away
 - 1988 - 1998: Chronology Of Mormon Involvement In Same-Sex Marriage Politics (PDF)
 - June 23, 2008: $19,715 donation of legal services to Prop 8 from the LDS church (PDF)
 - SL Tribune: A reminder from 1963 - Protests affect LDS
 - SL Tribune: One more reason Jacob Whipple rocks - SLC's first LGBT community Town Hall
 - The Newsweek Poll / No More Excuses
 - Prop 8 Q&A with Mormon Pollster Gary Lawrence
 - Mormon Tabernacle Choir and BYU Performing Arts Tour Schedules
 - Richard Cizik Resigns from the National Association of Evangelicals
 - Kenji Yoshino - Prop. 8: Which Way Now?
 - Proposition 8: BYU Students look back at an emotional issue
 - No Mob Veto ad = Lying for the Lord
 - Jon Powell calls for boycott of LDS performances over same-sex marriage debate
 - No More Excuses, Utah: Anastasia Niedrich (PDF)
 - Why I'm (still) mad at the Mormon church: a timeline courtesy of Stop The Mormons
 - Latter-Day Army: Details of Mormons & Prop 8
 - Why we're mad at the Mormon church
 - LDS Newsroom: Prop 8 Backlash Is “An Outrage That Must Stop,” Group Says in Support of Church
 - Mormon Homophobia: Up Close and Personal
 - The invention of "quantifiably safe rhetoric": Richard Wirthlin and Ronald Reagan ...
 - 2004: A Blinding Flash(back) of the Obvious
 - Mesa Arizona LDS Temple Vigil
 - Why no pie for Robin Wirthlin?
 - NYT's editorial board endorses investigation of LDS reporting of Mormon involvement in Prop 8's passage
 - Meet Our Families Day
 - NY Times: Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority
 - Liberty Sunday: Defending Our Freedom Against Multiple Generations of Wirthlins
 - WaPo: The Obamas do more to elevate the American family than any pro-marriage initiative
 - Mormons: Good at 'Going Forth' ... Not-So-Good When it Comes to the Back-and-Forth of our Democratic Process
 - Mormon micro-targeting effort + FPPC investigation of the LDS church = $78 million remedy
 - We Can Be Heroes: Dustin Lance Black
 - Julian Ayrs dishes the dirt on Richard Raddon
 - Bay Area Reporter: Connecting the Dots - The Wirthlins, The Mormons, Prop 22 and Prop 8
 - NY Times: Inquiry Set on Mormon Aid for California Marriage Vote
 - NY Times: We trust the court will not be intimidated (by Yes on 8 thugs).
 - WaPo: Mormons' Uneasy Victory
 - Prop 8 Donor Mike Nicholes: Bring 'Em On
 - Proposition 8, The Mormon Coming Out Party
 - New Yorker: Eight is Enough
 - Probe into LDS Church's Prop 8 donations going forward
 - Gary Lawrence: Familiarity breeds contempt (for Mormons)
 - Salt Lake Tribune: Prop 8 involvement a P.R. fiasco for LDS Church
 - Jan Shipps Speaks: It's a perfect PR storm for the LDS church
 - KSL5: Gary Lawrence: Familiarity breeds contempt for people like me who campaign to strip their own children of their civil rights
 - Pro-Liberty, Not Anti-Mormon
 - The Eagle Foundation
 - Two campaigns, two videos
 - Dry Kindling: A Political Profile of American Mormons (PDF)
 - Yes on 8 Campaign Manager Supports Marriage Equality for Smokers
 - NYC Mormon Church Protest
 - Bill Marriott: "Neither I, nor the company, contributed to the campaign to pass Proposition 8."
 - Bill Marriott: The Facts About Marriott and California's Proposition 8
 - National Protest Against Prop 8
 - Mormon Anti-Gay Game Plan 1997-2008 (PDF)
 - No matter how hard you try.
 - Huffington Post: Obama Wins. And So Does Fear, Hate and Prop 8
 - Sonja Eddings Brown is Rather Unpleasant
 - A Prop 8 Roundtable with Sonja Eddings Brown, Marvin Perkins and Jon Stewart
 - What should we ban next?
 - Executive Director of SF Catholic Charities donates to the No on 8 campaign
 - KSL TV5 coverage of My Favorite Mormons: Steve & Barbara Young
 - Salt Lake Tribune: Glen Greener is Prop 8 ghost from Utah's weird political past
 - LA Times: Debunking the myths used to promote the ban on same-sex marriage
 - Walsh: LDS stand on Prop. 8 oozes irony
 - LA Times: Mormons and Proposition 8
 - My Favorite Mormons: Steve and Barbara Young
 - AP: Former 49er Steve Young voting No on Prop. 8
 - SF Chronicle: Steve Young lines up against Mormon church on Prop. 8
 - Halloween Treat: My Favorite Mormons Steve & Barbara Young Publicly Oppose Proposition 8 (video)
 - You are invited to a Proposition 8 Election Night Party!
 - Secret Million-Dollar Mormon Donor to Prop 8 Revealed
 - NPR: Andrew Callahan discusses the Mormon Church and Proposition 8 (mp3 audio)
 - Ward Connerly, the affirmative action foe, takes a stand in support of same-sex marriage
 - Andrew Sullivan: Marvin Perkins - homophobic Mormon and faux "community activist" - is an honest-to-goodness "Yes on 8" shill
 - TNR: The anti-gay marriage crusaders in California have decided to put a very nice face on a very close-minded idea.
 - Prop 8 Campaign Lies About Broad African American Opposition to Writing Discrimination into our Constitution
 - Just in Time for Halloween: Spook the Neighbors with your 'Yes on 8 Zombie' Routine !!
 - Lawrence Lessig: 8 minutes on Prop 8 (video)
 - A big gay Mormon wedding
 - Evangelical Proposition 8 Supporters are Nuts
 - Enough with the Emails from Mormon McVeigh Wannabes
 - Show Itzhak Perlman and his daughter the respect they deserve.
 - Mormons face flak for backing Prop. 8
 - A Mormon View from California
 - Yes on 8 Bus Tour: Impressions at an Exhibition
 - The Wirthlins are Mormon. Why am I not surprised?
 - Short on cash, the Prop 8 campaign tries extortion.
 - Thou Shalt Not Lie: Sign the letter to LDS President Monson
 - Andrew Sullivan: The Mormon Money Behind Proposition 8
 - From the desk of Frank Schubert, Yes on 8 Campaign Manager
 - AP: Prop. 8 Campaign Seeks to Extort Funds from California Businesses
 - Charles Barkley speaks out on marriage equality
 - Mormon involvement in the Prop 8 contest is contrary to Mormon principles
 - Latest Public Policy Institute Poll: Most California voters still oppose Prop 8
 - Andrew Sullivan: The Mormon Church vs Civil Marriage Equality (Sullivan uses the Romney CT quote that I dug up)
 - Andrew Sullivan: Mormons For Civil Rights
 - Mormons Continue to Dominate California’s Yes on Prop 8 Campaign. New Total: $19.15 Million
 - Huffington Post: Do Mormons Deserve Equal Protection Under the Law?
 - Utah and Idaho Mormons heed the Yes on 8 campaign's rescue call
 - Lavender Liberal: Ask yourself this question ...
 - WhatIsProp8.com contact info: Jenny Lynne Pricer @ 310-487-1820 or jennylynne.pricer@whatisprop8.com
 - The Church of Latter Day Spammers
 - Sonja Eddings Brown: News Media At A Loss For Words (as if, Sonja, get a life ...)
 - Vern Nelson @ The OJ Blog likes the new "No on Prop 8" ad
 - Michelle Obama: Be Not Afraid
 - WikiLeaks: LDS church Proposition 8 broadcast transcript, 8 Oct 2008
 - Calitics: Mormons to deliver Prop 8 letters, petition to LDS Church HQ on Oct. 17th
 - David Benkof: Even marriage defenders should reject Proposition 8
 - Total Prop 8 Donations from Top 15 LDS Leaders: $0.00
 - Vote NO on Prop 8 (and keep gov't out of our pants ... w/ great Courage Campaign video)
 - DKos: kos pens another front page piece on Prop 8
 - YouTube Video Response to Yes on Prop 8 Ad: Five Little Lies
 - DKos: A Mormon's view of CA Prop (h)8
 - MfM comments on October 8th LDS satellite broadcast re Prop 8
 - Updated Yes on 8 Plans and Personnel
 - Yes on Campaign Releases First TV Spot
 - LA Times: Mass display of Proposition 8 support delayed
 - OC Register: Intrusion into marriage should be even-handed
 - Chino Blanco's YouTube Channel
 - Paul Newman 1925 - 2008
 - Ken Boyd ... Baghdad Boyd?
 - Comments on the WSJ's 'Mormons Boost Antigay Marriage Effort'
 - D-Day: Prop. 8: The Relay Fast
 - WikiLeaks: Latest LDS (Mormon) Prop 8 campaign plans
 - JM: 'Six Consequences' author had rocky start in Salt Lake politics
 - Calitics: The Floundering Yes on 8 Campaign: One Million Missing Lawn Signs Found in ... (wait for it) ... China!
 - Boi From Troy: Where are those Million Yard Signs?
 - JM: Anonymous 'Six Consequences' tied to LDS PR flack Glen Greener and Protectmarriage.com
 - Wall Street Journal: Mormons Boost Antigay Marriage Effort
 - Latest Field Poll Delight: Support for Prop 8 is at 38%
 - DKos: What Do Mormons Have Against Love?
 - PHB: The Unexpected Message The Yes On 8 Campaign Sends To Jews, Mormons, And Other Non-Evangelicals
 - BYU Law Professor: "Six Consequences" = "Six Falsehoods" (PDF)
 - Fat Salaries For "Yes on 8" Campaign's Evangelical Directors: Paid For By LDS (Mormon) Contributions
 - OC Register: Crusading for ‘Judeo-Christian values’ doesn’t come cheap
 - SoCal Journo Justin McClachlan rakes California Family Council muck
 - LL: Some Upbeat Prop 8 News, If You Promise Not to Get Complacent
 - Ron Prentice Gets Rich Fighting Gay Marriage
 - David Benkof Redeems Himself: Right-wing nonsense
 - Robert Latham: You Know Everything About Same-Sex Marriage
 - Thrice-married Newt Gingrich: Brave Champion of Proposition 8
 - One Mormon's Letter to The Salt Lake Tribune: Get it straight
 - LL: Six Big Lies the Freedom-Haters Are Spreading About Prop 8
 - Is the LDS (Mormon) Church telling the truth about Proposition 8?
 - Huckabee: Romney responsible for implementing gay marriage in Massachusetts
 - Frank Schubert: Micro-targeting Mormons
 - Mormon Prop 8 Plan: 1,000,000 yard signs
 - Vern Nelson @ The OJ Blog: Jubal’s Terror Unfounded: Schubert Flint NOT Overrun by Gay Yippie Bloggers!
 - More Proposition 8 lies from the "Yes on 8" campaign
 - ACTION ALERT: Tell the Right-Wing Consultants NO to Prop 8!
 - August 14th Action in Irvine: Schubert Flint Open House
 - Irvine CA 92614: Prop 8 Action Alert
 - Prop 8 Photo Essay: Jennifer Kerns
 - "Yes on 8" RSVP? Need your advice.
 - Steven Greenhut: Hypocrisy and gay marriage
 - Red County blogger Jeff Flint is the Prop. 8 consultant
 - Carlyle Potter: Is Jesus pleased?
 - Derek Price: Feeling the spirit of political rules
 - Googling Gay Marriage: Putting a Fork in Prop 8
 - The Prop 8 ATM: A Christmas Carol for Jeff Flint
 - Meet Rameumptom, Inc: Schubert-Flint
 - 9Moons: California Mormons Won’t Be Cool with Acts of Protest at Their Chapels
 - An invitation to show up or walk out on June 29th
 - BCC: Same-sex marriage and hypocrisy?
 - Mormons enter California marriage fight
 - New York Marriage Equality: Astroturfing - Courtesy of the Same Ten (Mormon) People
 - Thank you, Governor Lynch. Thank you, Amelia.
 - Pastor may have lost post over Prop 8
 - NOM and Cornerstone Policy Research Present: "I'm Confused"
 - About that CPR-A Cornerstone Policy Research New Hampshire "Poll"
 - Heroes vs Zeroes: another NOM FAIL, this time on CNN
 - The LDS Church, Proposition 8, and the Federal Law of Charities
 - Pres. Obama's Mother Baptized by Proxy in Mormon Temple
 - Outrage: The Movie
 - Note to my Mormon friends at UFI, NOM and the Digital Network Army (DNA)
 - Marie Osmond Talks About Her Daughter's Civil Rights
 - "No Offense" but the latest NOM ad barely rates a mention
 - How many Mormon actors in NOM's "Gathering Storm" ad?
 - Check out NOM's Stand4Marriage Rally facebook page
 - Preeminence vs Partisanship - Utah Gov. Huntsman: Equal rights are important. NOM? Not so much.
 - Monrovia City Council Election Results: Shaw in, but is Kirby out?
 - William Duncan of Utah is in Maine this week to Testify against LD 1020
 - Mormon Sci-Fi Author Orson Scott Card Joins National Organization for Marriage Board
 - Mormon Scion Matthew S. Holland Quits the NOM Board
 - Stephen Colbert May or May Not Get a Call from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about his new Ad
 - Utah Tea Party Roundup
 - Mormons for Marriage at Sunstone West
 - Glenn Beck is still Mormon. Glenn Beck is still Insane.
 - The Making of a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) TV Ad
 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostates
 - No Protest Planned for LDS (Mormon) General Conference
 - Glenn Beck is Mormon. Glenn Beck is Insane.
 - Marriage equality rally in Montpelier, Vermont
 
- USA Today: If only Romney's supporters would act more like Mormon missionaries, the bias against Mitt would melt away.
 - Mormon-owned Deseret News: Robert P. George is a philistine and Chuck Colson a boor
 - Prop 8 redux! Some radical wacko is tracking Mormon prophet Thomas S. Monson using Google maps!
 - Californians Against Hate: Manhattan Declaration -- Who Are They Kidding?
 - Persecution Politics: Christian Leaders Sign Historic-Futuristic Declaration
 - Maine’s Election Ethics Commission “Eager” to Continue Investigation into the National Organization for Marriage’s Role in Referendum Campaign against Marriage Equality
 - Why the recent LDS statement in support of SLC nondiscrimination ordinances really does matter: The history of the LDS Church's position on housing and employment rights for gays
 - Sutherland Institute's latest bright idea: Eliminate Utah Office of Tourism
 - Buttarspalooza 2.0! In his own words: Utah Senator Chris Buttars Doesn't Want The Gays Stuffing It Down His Throat All The Time
 - Gayle Ruzicka: Mormon church is wrong to oppose discrimination against LGBT Utahns
 - Sutherland Institute: Mormon support for fair housing and employment = "giving a mouse a cookie"
 - Dan Aiello: A kiss helps bring civil rights to Salt Lake City
 - Utah Senator Chris Buttars "I accept the verbiage of the Mormon church." Verbiage? What a creep.
 - Sutherland president Paul Mero ties religion to political thought
 - NY Times: Mormon Support of Gay Rights Statute Draws Praise
 
- WaPo: Scott Fish claims Mormons not funding Maine campaign
 - NOM in Maine: Follow the money, if you can
 - Attorney General to NOM: Get into compliance with Maine law before the election. "Why not? What is there to hide?"
 - NY Times: BYU students travel to Maine, LDS Church in Maine encouraging members to get involved in the Question One campaign
 - Mormon Like Me: Black Saints, Bigots, and Beck
 - For LDS, the handwriting is on the wall: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN
 - As California's fight over gay marriage moves to Maine, so do the Wirthlins.
 - I was hungry, you gave me hate, I was sick, you gave me lies.
 - Uncovering secrets in Maine
 - Mormon Marriott's Moral Masquerade: Hotel Chain Profits off of Unsafe Porn, Says AHF
 - Stand for Marriage Maine's New TV Ad is pulled from YouTube due to Copyright Infringement
 - 8: The Mormon Proposition (the movie - first trailer now online!)
 - LA Times: Mormon Mainer Miriam Conners talks Yes on 1: "There is no family without mom and dad." Really, Miriam? None?
 
- The Religious Right is Swiftboating Same Sex Marriage in Maine
 - The Gathering Storm Against NOM
 - “No on 1” Ad Pre-empts Attacks from the Right
 - Maine’s Anti-Equality Bait and Switch Auditions
 - Criswell Associates and Coyote Films producing the sequel to NOM's "Gathering Storm" ad
 - Red Flags in NOM Tax Return
 - The real Common Sense America?
 - So, who runs Common Sense America?
 - Battle Lines Drawn In Maine Same-Sex Debate
 - National Organization for Marriage 2007 tax return
 - Michelangelo Signorile asks Brian Brown about Common Sense America
 
- LAT: The federal case on Prop. 8 could get ugly, with every canard about homosexuality being put on trial.
 - How the Mormons finally got to meet the Pope: Prop 8.
 - NCAA officials: BYU-Hawaii gets 3 years of probation for failing to monitor athletics program
 - Polling Report: Court Decisions and Trends in Support for Same-Sex Marriage
 - NOM's Brian Brown: “What kind of a country have we become ... ?"
 - Maine asked to probe marriage referendum fundraising
 - Take the Pledge to Defeat 1 | Protect Maine Equality
 - AP: Maine Marriage Campaign Draws Complaint
 - Breaking: Gay Marriage Leads to Deforestation
 - Portland Diocese: Our recent $100K political donation came from a mystery donor
 - National Organization for Marriage says HD90 is just the beginning
 - Misplaced Catholic priorities in Maine means three churches will close
 - An odd silence on gay marriage
 - 'The Odd Couple': Sen. Orrin Hatch on his long friendship with Sen. Kennedy
 
- “My dad thinks it would be a bad business idea if I ever married a black girl.”
 - First Sunday For ELCA (Lutheran) Churches After Historic Vote
 - Church changes signage after controversial vote on homosexuality
 - "I will make every effort to build as large and respectable a closet as possible for you."
 - NOM Skirts IRS Regulations on Disclosure of Tax Returns
 - Boies and Olson want to depose Frank Schubert and Jeff Flint
 - Ted's Excellent Adventure - NYT: An Unexpected Ally's Road to Championing Same-Sex Marriage
 - Karen Merkley's latest brilliant idea - MGF: Adopt-a-Site scheme for Mormon astroturfers
 - I ♥ Holland - UFI: Dutch media leery of World Congress of Families wingnuts
 
- Newsweek: 'Big Love' Gets Unwarranted Criticism From Mormon Church
 - "Big Love," the Temple, and What is Sacred: A Review
 - Prop. 8 Press Sec. Sonja Eddings Brown issues "Big Love" instructions
 - Kirby: Are ceremonies so sacred, or are Mormons insecure?
 - Salt Lake Tribune: No need for an HBO apology on 'Big Love'
 - Wrong on both counts
 
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