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photo credit: Amsterdamned! The recent events occurring in Texas in relation to the FLDS community have spawned a number of arguments—some sound, some horribly ignorant. Indeed, it seems that the prosecution (or persecution) of this religious community has caused a knee-jerk reaction among some, leading people to support Texas’ actions without considering the constitutionality, legality, [...]
I gave the following talk in another ward today: photo credit: { karen } The Pattern of Family In a masterful discourse given at a CES fireside one year ago, Elder Bednar spoke of the various ways we can drink of the living waters we find in the scriptures. He noted three ways we can [...]
Note: Any responses received will be posted at the bottom of this post. As of this morning I have closed the FLDS petition. This was necessary so that I could email the 2,000+ people who signed and encourage them to follow up and contact their representatives. The website I used will not allow me any [...]
Note: updates are at the end of the post. Today has been an interesting day, full of interviews with various media outlets. Having reached 1,000 signatures in the petition I organized, I issued a press release to various journalists and media outlets. The text of the press release was as follows:
Once a month, I’ll be highlighting a different “Charity of the Month” to help spread the word and encourage charitable giving on a regular basis. If you have suggestions for charities I can share, please contact me! I want to start off the series by highlighting Kiva, a microfinance organization that is quite popular. Kiva [...]
photo credit: Trent Nelson A week ago, Texas “authorities”, apparently longing to exercise their dormant muscle power after 15 years of atrophy, conducted a “raid” on the FLDS “compound”. As I watch the shoddy journalism taking place in the coverage of these events, I wonder to myself why people aren’t up in arms over this [...]
photo credit: Bonnie*B Glenn Beck wrote a column this week highlighting six steps that would help America solve its problems. He decided to stop short of giving the full 12 in his proposed 12-step program, claiming that “Americans are way too lazy to stick around for all 12″. I’ll pick up the baton and fill [...]
photo credit: Victor Ngo In the First Presidency message for the September 2004 Ensign, President Hinckley wrote of the evil that exists in our world: The flood of pornographic filth, the inordinate emphasis on sex and violence are not peculiar to North America. The situation is as bad in Europe and in many other areas. [...]
photo credit: RoRRo Implicit in the concept of a free market is the ability to both succeed and fail. This duality of outcomes forces the entrepreneur to labor, knowing that if in the long term he is unsuccessful, his venture will fail and he will necessarily suffer the consequences. James E. Faust commented on the [...]
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