And the Brodie goes to ...

Head over to Main Street Plaza to find out who got to take home a Brodie Award for X-Mormon blogging X-cellence in 2009.

Thursday at the movies: "for the BIBLE tells me so"

for the BIBLE tells me so (IMDb): An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

Attention! Spawn of Brodie: You have until 2/22 to vote for 2009 Brodie award nominees

The polls are now open over at Main Street Plaza


and the voting has begun that will decide the winners of the


2009 Brodie awards for X-Mormon online excellence.


A big tip o' the hat to chanson for organizing and hosting this first annual event.


Be sure to check out all the worthy nominees before polls close 2/22!

















Sponsored by the MAA:

Critically-acclaimed author Walter Kirn named X-Mormon of the Year 2009

Head over to Main Street Plaza and congratulate Kirn on a well-deserved victory!



The author of Thumbsucker, Up in the Air, and Lost in the Meritocracy — has been voted 2009 William Law X-Mormon of the Year!



In Kirn's own words:

dang right i want this distinction. what’s wrong with that? having suffered through the anti-masturbation campaign
revved up by the church in the late seventies, i also believe that i’m fully qualified to represent… screwed up people everywhere.

Bravo!

Outside reading:

The Canadian Press: Nearly decade after publication, novelist Walter Kirn's 'Up in the Air' takes off as hit movie

Colbert Nation: Author (and frequent Colbert guest) Walter Kirn named 2009's X-Mormon of the Year!

Literary Kicks: Up In The Air With Walter Kirn

“Up in the Air” rocks, but winning “X-Mormon of the Year” rules ...

Walter Kirn explains why the William Law X-Mormon of the Year
award means more to him than anything Hollywood has to offer:

Mormon pollster Gary Lawrence: I'm the idiot who wrote "Six Consequences"

Joanna Brooks has a worthy piece on Mormon Prop 8 involvement currently up on the front page of Religion Dispatches. Please go take a look.

This next bit is just me filling in a (minor) gap in the reporting: "A primary source of Mormon messaging during the Proposition 8 campaign was the anonymously-authored 'Six Consequences if Prop 8 Fails' document, which went viral across Mormon social networks after its introduction by email in mid-August and was utilized as a training document and handout in the Mormon-coordinated ground campaign".

Anonymous? Ahem. Here's an 8-second clip of LDS/GOP pollster Gary Lawrence claiming authorship of the infamous half-baked half-dozen:



Transcript: "In fact, the idiot who wrote the Meridian magazine article is me. And the idiot who wrote the 'Six Consequences' is me."

Of course, this gem remains my all-time favorite Gary Lawrence clip:, We Want Negative Buzz!



You want it, you got it, Gary. Mission accomplished!