At the Washington Post website, self-styled Mormon Girl Joanna Brooks has a piece on what progressive Mormon women want in context of the upcoming presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. (link) She pulls into it a First Presidency Message by Spencer Kimball, “The False Gods We Worship,” which appeared in the Ensign 36 years ago:
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Steve Sailer points out “The Life of Julia,” an infographic-style “look at how President Obama’s policies help one woman over her lifetime—and how Mitt Romney would change her story.” Like last week’s airing of President Obama’s views on marriage, it is hard to see this swaying any voters, but it is nice to have matters laid out so plainly. Perhaps it will shake loose another $15 million Hollywood fundraiser. It is a little sad to think, though, that Obama can be some voters’ imaginary boyfriend in the Oval Office for at most four more years. Hopefully some of America’s Julias will grow out of such needs by then.

Various members of the administration, such as Vice-President Biden, have been telling the press this week that any-sex marriage is good for America. In North Carolina, which yesterday became the 30th state to pass an amendment declaring marriage a strictly mixed-sex arrangement, an Obama campaign said the President was disappointed that the amendment passed. “The President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples.”

Last I remember reading in Barack Obama’s own words, though, he didn’t support adoption of any-sex marriage. (more…)

Read this article by apologist extraordinaire Dan Petersen. (more…)

Today would be Betsey’s 11th birthday. This is what I wrote on her birthday seven years ago.
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A package of heat absorbing glass arrived, which I will use for observing the solar eclipse on Sunday, May 20. For those interested, (more…)

We will see like this, and that will be the least of our visions.