One Utah » SLC PoliticsThe Progressive Voices of Utah Politics Candidates Religion Mormon LDS Firmage ImpeachmentThe Beehive State Balancing Act- July 23, 2008 When Cliff Lyon learned that I was the new editor of BlogNetNewsUtah he asked if I would not list OneUtah as a liberal blog since the goal here is to present a full range of Utah perspectives. He also invited me to be an author on One Utah to help balance out the currently liberal ...http://oneutah.org/2008/07/23/the-beehive-state-balancing-act/ An Open Letter to Paul Mero: You Asked for It- July 22, 2008 Paul, I&8217;ll tell you a bit about myself qua LDS person. I was born and raised in the church, served a mission to Germany, got married in the temple, paid my tithing, did all of the right things. Then one night as I was reading the Book of Mormon in preparation for teaching a Sunday school ...http://oneutah.org/2008/07/22/an-open-letter-to-paul-mero-you-asked-for-it/ On Becoming Your Own Parody: How the LDS Church is Making Itself Irrelevant and a Laughingstock- July 22, 2008 Queers behind bushes, queers in dark alleys, queers in positions of power. Queers free on the streets, queers in pulpits, queers bearing arms. And worst of all, queers at the altar! Is no place free of this menace, no institution sacred Our world teeters on the brink. Can no one save us Cue background music, William ...http://oneutah.org/2008/07/22/on-becoming-your-own-parody-how-the-lds-church-is-making-its... Government, Your Partner in Reproduction: A Modest Proposal- July 21, 2008 According to Paul &8220;Sorry-ma&8217;am-this-is-my-job-someone&8217;s-got-to-do-it&8221; Mero, chief of Utah&8217;s conservative Sutherland Institute, the state has a vested interest in your sex organs. Your children, you see, are the state&8217;s means of production, and your sex organs, being the means of producing the means, are therefore a national asset subject to oversight. Lots of oversight. The more ...http://oneutah.org/2008/07/21/government-your-partner-in-reproduction-a-modest-proposal/ Swimming With the Gays- July 17, 2008 In our society, almost all minority groups face a complicated choice between being fully integrated and between self-segregation. At one time, women&8217;s colleges were the only avenue for women to pursue higher education, same for the historically black colleges. Catholic schools were organized since many public schools openly indoctrinated students into protestantism. ...http://oneutah.org/2008/07/17/swimming-with-the-gays/ More Races to Watch- July 11, 2008 I highlighted two races yesterday. Here&8217;s a couple more I think we should watch. The first - and a slightly unusual one - is House 24 - formerly Ralph Becker&8217;s seat. Rebecca Chavez-Houck took Ralph&8217; spot back in January and is running for re-election this fall. She&8217;s discovering a strange dynamic - that ...http://oneutah.org/2008/07/11/more-races-to-watch/ |