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The Mormon Menace
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Yesterday in my LA Times column ( now up at NRO with the smallest of changes), I criticized the organized campaign against Mormons by pro-gray marriage forces. My editors at the Times said Proposition 8 was still a live issue out there and that if I wanted to write something I should (To their credit, they let me run the piece which criticized the Times directly with nary a word of objection). Man, oh man, Manishevitz, were they right about it being a live issue out there. My LA Times email box exploded. (I was told by a bunch of folks that there were zillions of comments ...
Ethel Mormon
The Corner on National Review Online —
... (with an all-starrish cast) is not his best work. Indeed, the stern-faced theocratic bigots in monochrome Sunday-best underline Jonah's point that Hollywood liberals are beating up on Mormons because they're the softest targets. If every single Mormon in California had voted for Prop 8, it would have been overwhelmingly defeated. Instead, it passed - in part because of Obama's coat-tails: He drew a large black turnout, and regrettably for Mr Shaiman the majority of those blacks voted "anti-gay". What, no "Ol' Man River" parodies about homophobic stevedores? How about the ...
What Does "Entirely Contrary" Mean?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... that Obama could be described as "pro-life." Also, as EJ notes, Warren is actually more soft-edged and concilliatory on social issues than many other evangelicals. And yet Obama's views are still "entirely contrary" to his? Good to know. Oh and yes, I understand that Obama is simply doing damage control with his base. But, I do think that when politicians lie about something or when their base simply assumes they're lying those contradictions should be highlighted. When I wrote about the anti-Mormon backlash a few weeks ago over Prop 8, ...
