{"id":7915,"date":"2009-04-25T10:23:17","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=7915"},"modified":"2009-04-25T10:23:17","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T15:23:17","slug":"notes-from-all-over-thru-april-25th-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2009\/04\/notes-from-all-over-thru-april-25th-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from All Over thru April 25th &#8211; Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the place to make your comments on our &#8216;Notes from All Over&#8217; for last week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/largest-us-cities-without-temple.html\">Largest US Cities without Temple<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Largest U.S. Cities Without a Temple by Matt. LDS Church Growth April 21, 2009. Miami, Tampa, Cleveland, Pittsburgh\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/24\/AR2009042403888.html?hpid%3Dtopnews%26sid%3DST2009042\">Bybee\u2019s Private Regret<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Amid Outcry on Memo, Signer\u2019s Private Regret: Friends Say Judge Wasn\u2019t Proud of Outcome. By Karl Vick, Washington Post Staff Writer. Washington Post, April 25, 2009. The aura of regret described by Bybee\u2019s friends and associates stands in contrast to the demeanor of Yoo, who served under Bybee and has maintained both a public profile and the fearless confidence that informed the memos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article.aspx?ref=527886\">Harvard LDSSA Holds Dialogue<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormons Clarify Beliefs. By BEVERLY F POZUELOS, Contributing Writer. Harvard Crimson April 24, 2009. The Latter-day Saint Student Association held its annual Meet the Mormons event to explain LDS beliefs to those interested.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_12223689\">LDS Missionary Arrested at Cincinnati Airport in Transit from Mission<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Missionary\u2019s arrest sparks discussion, fear. By Sheena Mcfarland. Salt Lake Tribune 04\/24\/2009. An undocumented immigrant into the US, the missionary was detained because he didn\u2019t have proper documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/byustudies.byu.edu\/Reviews\/Pages\/reviewdetail.aspx?reviewID=799\">EmJen\u2019s guided tour of the bloggernacle.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>From Tabernacle to Bloggernacle. reviewed by Emily W. Jensen. BYU Studies Review, April 24, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124052841876150301.html#mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular\">\u201cDuring opening statements, the [Jim Matheson] detailed 14 big problems he had with the [global warming] bill, and [he] told me later that if he hadn\u2019t been limited to five minutes, \u2018I might have had more.\u2019\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Global Warming Overreach. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL. Wall Street Journal, APRIL 24, 2009. Matheson is one of several moderate Democrats who may stymie one of Obama\u2019s core issues as liberal Democrats \u201coverreach\u201d in the opinion of Strassel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quillandquire.com\/google\/article.cfm?article_id=10637\">Former LDS Church Member Holmes to Discuss Missionary Service in Book<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Deals: Hamish Hamilton set to publish Boyden\u2019s next novel. By Stuart Woods. Quill &amp; Quire, April 24, 2009. Actor Jessica Holmes signed a contract for her memoir <em>I Love Your Laugh<\/em>, to be published in 2010. The memoir reportedly discusses her \u201cmissionary training.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastvalleytribune.com\/story\/138319\">\u201cShadenfreude\u201d behind conviction of \u201csleazy\u201d Mormon, says columnist<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Conviction centered on defendant\u2019s pain. by Scott Hyder. East Valley (Phoenix) AZ Tribune, April 23, 2009. Former Phoenix Sun\u2019s nutritionist Doug Grant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for contributing to the death of his wife. He then married his mistress three weeks later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whittierdailynews.com\/ci_12210147\">Whittier Stake Celebrate\u2019s 50th Anniversary<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Observing The Faiths: Mormon stake celebrates 50th anniversary, Staff and Wire Reports. Whittier CA Daily News, 04\/23\/2009. The Whittier stake was officially organized on April 26, 1959, by Elders Spencer W. Kimball and Gordon B. Hinckley.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pridesource.com\/article.shtml?article=34737\">Cheever Biography Reveals Mormon Interest<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Book Marks, by Richard Labonte. Pridesource 4\/23\/2009. A short review of \u201cCheever: A Life,\u201d by Blake Bailey shows that the novelist had a \u201clust for a young Mormon writer.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naplesnews.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/23\/review-sugar-bean-sisters-out-world\/\">Quirky Southern Play Includes Unusual Mormon Elements<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Review: \u2018Sugar Bean Sisters\u2019 is out of this world. By CHRIS SILK. Naples FL Daily News, April 23, 2009. One of the sisters wants to move to Salt Lake and marry a Mormon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fijilive.com\/sports\/news\/2009\/04\/24\/9301.Fijilive\">Latter-day Saint School Wins Under 14 Title<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>LDS takes the U14 Basketball title. Fijilive April 24, 2009. The School, part of the LDS Church\u2019s educational system, won the Fiji Primary Schools Basketball finals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/breaking_news\/2009\/04\/romney_testifie.html\">Romney testifies in federal court<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Romney testifies in wrongful termination suit: Former state Civil Service commissioner William P. Monahan filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff. Boston Globe, April 23, 2009. Romney testified that Monahan\u2019s mob ties were the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddytv.com\/articles\/survivor\/more\/survivor-tocantins---episode-1-28026.aspx\">This link contains SPOILERS for Survivor Tocantins.  Mouse over it at your own risk.  You have been warned. <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Will Mormon contestant Tyson Apostol survive his most serious challenge yet?  Click for the story, at BuddyTV.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/TheLaw\/story?id=7410846&amp;page=1\">Reason to move to or away from Contra Costa County, depending on your perspective<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Budget Cuts Force Contra Costa County to Stop Prosecuting Misdemeanor Crimes: Criminals May Face No Consequences; Deputy DA Warns, \u2018The Match Has Been Lit and We\u2019re About to Go Up\u2019 By LAURA MARQUEZ. ABC World News with Charles Gibson, April 23, 2009. Contra Costa County District Attorney Bob Kochly said his department will stop prosecuting many misdemeanor crimes after having to lay of 20% of his staff due to budget cuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurweb.com\/story\/eur52626.cfm\">Does Jesus\u2019 Skin Color Matter<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>IT\u2019S MORE THAN WOOLY HAIR AND BRASS COLORED SKIN: Black Mormons debunk biblical myths on race, curses and inequality. EurWeb April 22, 2009. Two LDS researchers, Marvin Perkins and Darius Gray, have debunked the myth of skin color, curses and inequality in a 2-CD set called Blacks in the Scriptures, leading EurWeb to ask about Jesus\u2019 skin color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/22\/the-clockwork-orange-approach\/\">Another Mormon Torture Connection<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lede: The \u2018Clockwork Orange\u2019 Approach, By Robert Mackey. New York Times News Blogs April 22, 2009. Two apparently Mormon psychologists were behind torture techniques developed for the SERE program (meant to train US soldiers to resist torture) which were later used against detainees in US custody.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hjnews.townnews.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/23\/news\/news02-04-23-09.txt\">Logan Cops Jest at Man\u2019s Temple Recommend<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Man not laughing at jailor\u2019s jokes on condoms, religion. By Matthew K. Jensen. The Logan Herald Journal, April 23, 2009. After he was arrested because of a clerical error, John Zeugschmidt was shocked when the arresting officer said \u201cDo you have any condoms in here? I better not find any opened ones. Condoms would go great with your temple recommend.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/forums\/index.php\/topic,59692.0.html\">Should a professor\u2019s anti-Prop 8 rant bother me? asks Mormon MA student on CHE forum. Farking train wreck ensues.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor stance on Same-sex marriage. by Jaber123. The Chronicle of Higher Education Forum 21 April 2009. SSM, Polygamy, Mormons are\/aren\u2019t Christians, baptism, rebaptism, baptism for the dead, NT textual history\u2013a veritable cornucopia of fun topics!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fr-online.de\/frankfurt_und_hessen\/nachrichten\/wetterau\/?em_cnt=1723324&amp;\">German Mormon Settlement is Demolished (in German)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormonensiedlung wird abgerissen: H\u00e4user am Tannenweg waren schon lange bauf\u00e4llig \/ Bewohner hatten nur wenig Kontakt nach au\u00dfen. von Detlef Sundermann. Frankfurter Rundschau 16 April 2009. A small, dilapidated Mormon settlement in Bad Vilbel, near Frankfurt, has been demolished. The unusual settlement was established in 1965.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailypilot.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/21\/topstory\/dpt-summersfolo032209.txt\">Abuse charges fail to stick<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>No charges for church member: Prosecutors say they do not have enough evidence to file charges of molestation against man who is also a former reserve officer.By Joseph Serna. Newport Beach CA Daily Pilot, March 21, 2009. But while charges were not filed, the victim has filed a civil lawsuit against Todd C. Summers of Cosa Mesa, California. See also:<br \/>\nChurch, member named in suit: Man claims his roller hockey coach and fellow church member molested him when he was a boy from 1990 to 1999. By Joseph Serna. Newport Beach, CA Daily Pilot, March 16, 2009. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/dailypilot.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/21\/topstory\/dpt-summers031709.txt\">http:\/\/dailypilot.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/21\/topstory\/dpt-summers031709.txt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-7712\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705298693\/FLDS-trust-settlement-talks-begin-Wednesday.html\">Will FLDS regain control over their property?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>FLDS trust settlement talks begin Wednesday. By Ben Winslow. Deseret News, April 20, 2009. \u201cPeace talks are scheduled to begin this week in an effort to settle the massive legal war over the Fundamentalist LDS Church\u2019s United Effort Plan Trust\u2026 The talks are the culmination of a \u201cstand down\u201d put in place by a judge last year to a series of lawsuits by the FLDS challenging the reforms to the UEP Trust, which controls homes, businesses and property in Utah, Arizona and in Canada.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbsun.com\/ci_12187713\">The Story of Grief Embers and the San Bernardino Saints<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Man called Grief brought much joy. by Nicholas R. Cataldo, Correspondent. San Bernardino CA Sun: 04\/20\/2009. The 437 Mormon settlers who became the first settlers in San Bernardino, California, included 26 slaves, Grief Embers and his family was among them. When the Mormon settlers returned to Utah in 1857, Grief stayed behind and became the first black land owner in the Inland Empire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/?id=3237\">Vintage Card: \u201cAny government that [allows same-sex marriage] is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>State job is not to redefine marriage. By Orson Scott Card. Mormon Times, Jul. 24, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/business\/articles\/2009\/04\/20\/20090420biz-cope0421.html\">Former Mesa LDS Church member gets 7 years for Ponzi Scheme<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial con artist gets 7 years in prison. by Craig Harris. The Arizona Republic, Apr. 20, 2009. Dennis Cope asked to be released so he could pay back his victims, but the judge sentenced him to 7 years in prison for his $10 million fraud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rexburgstandardjournal.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/15\/news\/34.txt\">Mormon Literature\u2019s Journal<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Search for Mormon literature yields \u2018Irreantum\u2019: \u2018Irreantum\u2019 is a twice-yearly publication, with the next edition due to come out this fall. by Tony Potter. Rexburg ID Standard-Journal, April 15, 2009. BYU-Idaho English professor and author Jack Harrell joins the editorial staff of the twice-yearly <em>Irreantum<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/04\/21\/hatch-on-torture-memo-aut_n_189440.html\">\u201cOne Of The Most Honorable People You\u2019ll Ever Meet.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Hatch On Torture Memo Author: \u201cOne Of The Most Honorable People You\u2019ll Ever Meet.\u201d by Ryan Grimm. Huffington Post 04\/21\/09. Senator Orrin Hatch told the Huffington Post he was strongly opposed to impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee. \u201cBybee\u2019s one of the most honorable people you\u2019ll ever meet.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latterdayspence.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/bart-ehrman-misquoting-jesus-scribes.html\">Bart Ehrman speaks on the messy transmission of the Bible.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Bart Ehrman: \u201cMisquoting Jesus: Scribes Who Altered Scripture and Readers Who May Never Know.\u201d Clean Cut April 21, 2009. Includes video of an educational presentation given at Stanford University, April 25th, 2007, by Bart Ehrman, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ehrman is also the author of the best selling book \u201cMisquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/1,5143,705298870,00.html\">Democrats tag Hatch as among the most bipartisan senators<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrats say Hatch among most bipartisan senators. By Lee Davidson. Deseret News, April 21, 2009. Hatch ranks No. 3 among Republicans whom Democrats say are the least partisan and most enjoyable to work with, according to a survey by The Hill newspaper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/reliable-source\/2009\/04\/rs-johnson22.html\">\u201cHe\u2019s such an attractive male \u2014 rugged, strong \u2014 kind of an exemplary man\u2026 I wish I had a body like [him].\u201d Orrin Hatch, revealing his man crush on Dwayne Johnson (aka, the Rock)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Hatch &amp; the Rock: Man to Man\u2019s Man. By The Reliable Source, Washington Post April 22, 2009. \u201cThe Rock\u2019s biggest fan in Washington? Sen. Orrin Hatch!  Who knew?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/themix\/ci_12193772\">Deseret Book dumps the Twilight series<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Deseret Book demotes \u2018Twilight\u2019. Popular vampire novels available by order only. By Ben Fulton. The Salt Lake Tribune 04\/22\/2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indystar.com\/thoushalt\/2009\/04\/a_mormon_who_fo.html\">A Mormon finds a new faith at Notre Dame<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A Mormon Finds A New Faith at Notre Dame. by Robert King. Indianapolis Star Blogs April 22, 2009. The conversion of 21-year-old Levi Checketts of Vernal, Utah to Catholicism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zelophehadsdaughters.com\/2009\/04\/21\/worrying-about-salvation\/\">\u201cOne of the most radical and challenging aspects of grace is that it pushes to the breaking point our sense of fairness.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Worrying About Salvation. by Lynnette. Zelophehad\u2019s Daughters, 21 April 2009. Is Universal Salvation possible in the context of LDS doctrine?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,517215,00.html\">Another casualty of the insidious gay agenda.  Could also probably use a cheeseburger. <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrie Prejean Says Answer to Gay Marriage Question Cost Her Miss USA Crown. Fox News, April 20, 2009. \u201cIn the Bible it says marriage is between Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!\u201d, says pageant mom.  She\u2019s right, of course \u2014 Adam and Steve would make a terrible couple, they don\u2019t get along at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smpt.org\/conferences_2009.html\">The presenters and papers for this year\u2019s SMPT conference.  It almost makes me wish that I lived in California.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Upcoming SMPT Conference &#8211; 21-23 May 2009. Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology. Conference will be held at the Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/arts_and_entertainment\/books\/fiction\/article6134742.ece\">Dan Brown\u2019s new book, purportedly dealing with Masons and Mormons, hits shelves in September<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Dan Brown to publish long-awaited new novel, The Lost Symbol. By Ben Hoyle, Arts Correspondent. The Times of London, April 21, 2009. Dan Brown\u2019s first new novel since The Da Vinci Code was announced yesterday. Inevitably, it involves a global cult and a race against time to unlock a secret formula.Details of the plot are likely to remain fiercely guarded until much nearer the publication date of September 15, but intrigue centres on whether Brown\u2019s vast and conspiracy-crazed international fanbase can divine any clues about the novel from its title: The Lost Symbol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?nid=148&amp;sid=6224160\">Orton\u2019s Fight Against the Line-item Veto<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Funeral arrangements for former Congressman Bill Orton. KSL TV April 20th, 2009. Orton\u2019s anti-line-item-veto effort \u201cmay be the only time a member of the U.S. Congress has both voted on a matter then later successfully overturned that matter in a judicial decision before the U.S. Supreme Court.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/04\/20\/senior-judiciary-committe_n_189026.html\">Judiciary Committee Members Look for Bybee Impeachment<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Nadler: Impeach Torture Memo Author. By Ryan Grimm. The Huffington Post 04\/20\/09. House Judiciary Committee members Jerald Nadler and Linda Sanchez both seek Bybee impeachment, and the Center for Constitutional Rights is asking for citizens to pressure congress to impeach. Impeachment proceedings begin in the Judiciary Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/people_news\/education\/?id=7348\">\u201cTo convert my students, not to a particular faith or lack of it, but to how crucial the study of religion is.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The study of Mormonism is not just for Mormons. By Maddie Wilson. Deseret News, Apr. 20, 2009. Philip Barlow, who holds the Leonard J. Arrington Chair in Mormon Studies at Utah State University, says that the study of Mormonism is not just for Mormons. \u201cI try to cast things in a framework to get people a little bit out of their native way of seeing things,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705298582\/Guv-draws-scrutiny-over-stance-on-civil-unions.html\">Ender\u2019s storm?  LDS board membership in the Cards at Nat\u2019l Org for Marriage.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Guv draws scrutiny over stance on civil unions. By Lisa Riley Roche. Deseret News, April 20, 2009. Princeton University Professor Robert George says that the LDS Church is not funding the National Organization for Marriage. But prominent LDS Church member Orson Scott Card is on the board of the organization. Utah Valley University President Matthew Holland, son of Elder Jeffrey Holland, was on the board but stepped down recently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonmentality.org\/2009\/04\/20\/back-in-the-saddle.htm#comment-105131\">Don\u2019t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Back in the Saddle. by DKL. Mormon Mentality 20 April 2009. The \u201cBanner of Heaven\u201d blog has disappeared.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rlink-7692\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/guest_blog\/?id=7350\">Against Puppy Love?  Say it ain\u2019t so!<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>One date wonder, By Don Osmond. Mormon Times, Apr. 20, 2009. Mormon Times guest columnist Don Osmond discusses whirlwind marriages among Mormons:<br \/>\n\u201cJust because something is right, doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s the right time\u2026. What happens to courtship? Isn\u2019t that also supposed to be part of the marriage process?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmarathon.org\/2009\/cf\/Public\/TrackingIndividual.cfm?mode=multiple&amp;IDList=$(@O%26V0%20%20%0A\">Bloggernacle mom runs 8 minute pace for 26 miles in a row.  Go, Shelah!<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Shelah Miner (Feminist Mormon Housewives) finishes the Boston Marathon in 3:32.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sltrib.com\/slcrawler\/2009\/04\/stormy-weather-for-huntsman.htm\">Huntsman\u2019s comment may cause trouble at home<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Salt Lake Crawler: Stormy weather for Huntsman. by Glen Warchol. Salt Lake Tribune Blogs, April 20, 2009. Huntsman\u2019s comments on equal treament for homosexuals is winning him credit as a moderate, but may give him trouble among voters in Utah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/04\/nope-not-a-cult.html\">Cults aplenty, but Mormons not one of them, says noted Christian blogger.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormon Inquiry: Nope, not a cult. by Dave Banack. Beliefnet, April 20, 2009. Banack observes that John Mark Reynolds objects to classifying Mormonism as a cult: \u201cLDS willingness to produce careful and responsive scholarship is a nearly infallible sign that they are no cult.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bycommonconsent.com\/2009\/04\/20\/confessions-of-a-couponer\/\">Heather O. likes coupons more than my wife<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Confessions of a Couponer by Heather O. By Common Consent, April 20, 2009. Is couponing the new homemaking art? asks guest blogger Heather O.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/californiansagainsthate.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/californians-against-hate-kicks-off-ad.html\">Latest salvo in the SSM wars:  \u201cThe Mormons are coming!\u201d ad.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Californians Against Hate Kicks Off Ad Campaign in 6 Northeast States. Californians Against Hate, April 17, 2009. Campaign designed to counter the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) \u201cA Gathering Storm\u201d ad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/opinion\/feature\/2009\/04\/20\/gay_marriage\/\">Wingnut:  \u201cOpposition to gay marriage is not motivated, as a general rule, by bigotry.\u201d (ht: RT)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Wingnut explains why conservatives fear gay marriage. by Glenallen Walken. Salon 20 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/book-reviewsnews.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/bountiful-book-exposes.html\">Book About Canadian Polygamists Reviewed<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Bountiful book exposes \u2019saints.\u2019 Reviewed by Janet Nicol. Book-reviews News, April 19, 2009. The Secret Lives of Saints (Daphne Bramham, Random House Canada, Toronto, 2008. 445 pp $32.95 cloth). Reveals disturbing truths about a fundamentalist Mormon sect in Bountiful, a community of more than 1,200 people in south-eastern British Columbia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/liberalmormonthatcould.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/dont-panic-weve-been-here-before.html\">Comparing Depressions &amp; Recessions<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t Panic: We\u2019ve Been Here Before. The Liberal Mormon That Could, April 18, 2009. Recessions &amp; Depressions in the US go back to the 1700s, and government only sometimes has intervened. A liberal mormon tries to tease out what works and what doesn\u2019t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scoop.svu.edu\/\">SVU launches a blog.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Southern Virginia Scoop, which delivers news, photos and announcements from Southern Virginia University, started April 1st.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/joel_campbell\/?id=7325\">A Mormon Media History Timeline<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Exploring how media changed the church. By Joel Campbell, Mormon Media Observer, Mormon Times, Apr. 18, 2009. A BYU Professor has put together a timeline looking at \u201chow developments in media and technology have changed the history, culture and perceptions of truth about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/church-releases-membership-totals-for.html\">How Many Mormons in Guyana?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Church Releases Membership Totals For 2008 For Countries Around the World. LDS Church Growth, April 15, 2009. The Church released the year end membership numbers for 2008 recently, and the \u201cLDS Church Growth\u201d blog took at look at what areas are growing fastest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/news\/politics\/view.bg?articleid=1166770\">Romney battles wrongful termination suit<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Wrongful termination suit puts Mitt Romney in hot seat. By Laurel J. Sweet. Boston Herald, April 20, 2009. Former state Civil Service Commission chairman William Monahan claims then-Gov. Romney let him go for political reasons. Trial starts today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/wiltshire\/8007526.stm\">ATTN: Knifed intruders &#8211; Don\u2019t mess with the Mormons.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Churchgoers tackle knife intruder: Churchgoers tackled a knife-wielding intruder and pinned him down until police officers arrived. BBC News 20 April 2009. 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