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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.

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.

Krister Stendahl died earlier this year (hat tip: Lehi’s Library). He was a Swedish scholar and theologian, and also served for a period as the Lutheran Bishop of Stockholm. In LDS circles, he is fondly remembered as the author of three rules of religious understanding, which he propounded during public debate critical of a planned LDS…

According to a recent AP story, Bob Jones University has issued a statement apologizing for its past race policies. Before 1971 it did not admit black students and there was a school policy against interracial dating until 2000. The full document, “Statement About Race at Bob Jones University,” makes interesting reading. Hard to decide whether…

Posted by one of the bloggers at Feminist Mormon Housewives: “My Prop 8 Manifesto.” There are two stories about the Prop 8 campaign and passage that are rumbling through media stories and LDS blogs. One is the post-election targeting of Mormons and Mormon buildings for angry protests and boycotts, reflecting the view of those who opposed…

A post at Get Religion takes the sprawling On Faith site to task for offering all opinion and no news: “Old questions on news and ‘On Faith’.” GR’s beef is that the world is full of religion news and journalists who cover it, so why doesn’t the site provide some news to its readers? The…

In “Measured Voices Provide Reason, Support Amidst Proposition 8 Reaction,” the LDS Newsroom has posted a half-dozen selections from columns and editorials supporting the LDS Church as it weathers sustained criticism from noisy Prop 8 opponents.  One of the excerpts was from Rod Dreher’s Beliefnet post “Stand by the Mormons.”

In the Salt Lake Tribune: “Mormon excommunicated over calendar appeals for BYU diploma.” Mr. Hardy’s attorney sent a letter to BYU appealing BYU’s refusal to award the diploma. There was also a second letter sent to the LDS Church, asking “the church to publicly state the reasons for Hardy’s excommunication, so that he can ‘clear…

A dangerous combination, according to the New York Times: “BYU and Utah Share a Rivalry With a Deeper Meaning.”

In the LA Times: “Mormon church feels the heat over Proposition 8.” It starts out: In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision. They called on California Mormons to donate their time and money to the campaign for Proposition 8, which would overturn a state Supreme Court…
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