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Thanksgiving cheer
By
Dave Banack
We missed the deer but got the turkey. I’m now basking in that pleasant two-hour lull between dinner and pie, with nothing particularly clever to add about this uniquely American family holiday. If you’re looking for clever, here are a few links to brighten up your day: “For Thanksgiving: My Saints Don’t Just Go Marching In,” at…
Is there a Mormon image problem?
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Dave Banack
Gary Lawrence thinks so, as related in an SL Trib piece. He’s the author of a new book, How Americans View Mormonism: Seven Steps to Improve Our Image. Lawrence, a pollster, sampled a thousand people. Here’s the bad news: Forty-three percent said the church treated women as second-class citizens, 39 percent said it used pressure tactics,…
Are Mormons the new Catholics?
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Dave Banack
That question pops out of a guest post at A Motley Vision in a quote from an NPR review of Twilight, the movie I know you’re just dying to see this weekend. I don’t imagine Mormons would be any happier as stock characters in Hollywood productions than Catholics are.
Huckabee redux, or trying to do the right thing
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Dave Banack
At Hugh Hewitt, “A Conversation With Mike Huckabee,” including a text transcript of the entire interview. Governor Huckabee is promoting his new book, Do the Right Thing. The most interesting part of the interview, however, concerned his infamous remark suggesting Mormons view Jesus and Satan as brothers.
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