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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/4/2008
Mormons And Marriage
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Jamie Kirchick has a helpful piece in the Advocate. He notes that Mormons make up 2 percent of California's population yet contributed more than 50 percent of the funds for Prop 8. He also notes the structure of the church, which makes it, in so many ways, a great complement to Christianist ...
Same-Sex Setback
rollingstone.com - 12/3/2008
Same-Sex Setback
— rollingstone.com — O n election night in California, all signs pointed to a progressive tidal wave. Voters in the... state swept Barack Obama to a 24-point victory over John McCain the biggest margin for any candidate since 1936. Bucking the recession, eco-conscious ... (more) Same-Sex Setback

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latimes.com - 12/2/2008
An ugly attack on Mormons - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Discuss Article (801 Comments) Did you catch the political ad in which two Jews ring the doorbell... of a nice, working-class family? They barge in and rifle through the wife's purse and then the man's wallet for any cash. Cackling, they smash the ... (more) An ugly attack on Mormons - Los Angeles Times
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article.nationalreview.com - 12/3/2008
An Ugly Attack on Mormons by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online
— article.nationalreview.com — At a pro-gay-marriage rally in Los Angeles after the vote, chants of Mormon scum! were reported. Envelopes... containing white powder have been sent to Mormon temples in California and Utah; vandals hit other temples. Lists of businesses to boycott — ... (more) An Ugly Attack on Mormons by Jonah Goldberg on National ...
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PoliGazette:  Bigotry In The Service of Tolerance II

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Bigotry In The Service of Tolerance II
PoliGazette — ... Continuing in his legitimate and very personal outrage about the passage of Proposition 8 in California, Andrew Sullivan has embraced an ugly turn towards overt anti-Mormonism.  He cites the organization of the LDS Church as a potentially troubling launching pad to a rather Orwellian violation of church and state seperation, but then he moves on to inflammatory misrepresentation and steoreotyping of Mormon religious beliefs: ...

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