Mormons Most Conservative Major Religious Group in U.S.

Seeded on Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:12 PM EST (gallup.com)

Six out of 10 Mormons are politically conservative. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, are the most conservative major religious group in the country, with 59% identifying as conservative, 31% as moderate, and 8% as liberal.

religion, gallup, mormons, conservative, major, religions

Student sues L.A. City College district over gay-marriage speech

Seeded on Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:34 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Weeks after Proposition 8 passed, student says, his public-speaking professor reacted inappropriately to his stance against same-sex unions. His lawyer alleges religious discrimination.

politics, proposition-8

Clinton Gets Pay Cut

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:36 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

I was wondering how they were going to avoid this little Constitutional wrinkle. A rare moment of Bi-partisan agreement, when getting around the Constitution is involved!

clinton, politics, hillary

An Ugly Attack on Mormons

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 1:32 PM EST (National Review Online)

The easiest targets for an organized campaign against religious freedom of conscience. Written by Jonah Goldberg, NRO Editor at Large

religious-freedom, us-news, mormons, proposition-8

Bush grants pardons to 14, but no big names

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:02 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Monday granted 14 pardons and commuted two sentences but there were no high-profile names on a list released by the Justice Department.

president, us-news, pardon, pardons, ignacio-ramos, jose-alonso-compean

Hollywood's Ridiculous Lawyers

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:51 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

The Supreme Court is considering if it has the authority to regulate obscene language on the public airwaves.

entertainment, scotus, tv, television, supreme-court, profanity, fcc-vs-fox-television-stations

Giving Thanks for Genocide?

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:34 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

In his new book, "The 10 Big Lies About America," Michael Medved reminds us that the international "Genocide Convention" defines genocide as an act or acts "committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such." In the …

disease, genocide, celebration, us-news, thanksgiving, lies-about-history, distortion-of-history

CMT Musical Director Quits

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:25 PM EST (The Sacramento Bee)

This is an update with the situation in Sacramento regarding Scott Eckern's contribution to Prop 8. It is just sad that the community claiming tolerance and victimhood turned so fast on this man.

politics, gays, first-amendment, persecution, lesbians, proposition-8

Prop. 8 repercussions hit Sacramento theater

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:18 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

This man is being "Blacklisted" (an exact quote) for his politics and religion and expressing his views, after working 25 years in a Sacramento theater.

politics, gays, first-amendment, persecution, lesbians, proposition-8

Traditional Marriage Group steps up for Prop. 8

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:09 PM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Not the actual headline, but the Chronicle's was particularly loaded (not surprizingly). Very interesting that there would be law groups who think there needs to be more than the state employees acting in defense of the Proposition. They're probably right.

politics, 8, proposition

LDS Church responds to Prop. 8 ad

Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:44 PM EST (ksl.com - Utah News, Sports, Weather and Classifieds)

This was just tacky and bigoted, and brings to mind the old "Trapped by the Mormons!" silent film from 1922. (I believe you can find it on IMDB.) Gay activists won't win any points stooping to the level of discourse that their opponents did not.

religion, hate, mormons, bigotry, proposition-8