[…] The Prop 8 debacle showed how the present power of social media can amplify the backlash. In 2012, during the U.S. presidential election, the numerous worldwide media reports about Mormonism frequently portrayed the Mormon […]
[…] Mormon women.[4] Online Mormon feminism is a growing, internet-based movement that saw an explosion of activity in 2012. Recent social media campaigns initiated by Mormon feminists have sought to create greater equality in LDS […]
[…] a vital role in shaping Mormon doctrinal history—especially on questions of power and its administration. September 11, 2012: Angela Clayton provides some spot on “Musings on Modesty”over at Wheat & Tares: But at the […]
Dialogue 45.3 (Fall 2012): 70–83 I will be talking today about how women fit into the functional structure of LDS church governance; but, unlike many of the others speaking today, I do not have […]
[…] Episcopal Church of Los Angeles leader Cecil Murray and spoke out against racism in general conference.[54] In 2012, after BYU professor Randy Bott offered racist justifications for the priesthood ban to The Washington Post, […]
[…] and of everyone, we need to do this strategically and at its own pace.”[14] In early February 2012, more than three months following the meeting in Manhattan, Stratford got the green light for the […]
[…] a deficiency that needs to be addressed. As Gray ruefully noted to an apologetic Mormon group in 2012, “We have Patriarchs who still aren’t aware that lineage can and should be declared, regardless of […]
[…] who had initially met with Oaks and Carlson in Salt Lake City in 1998, spoke at the 2012 WCF held in Madrid.[89] Latter-day Saint missionaries were also in attendance and managed a booth operated […]
[…] a number of steps that demonstrate improved understanding of, and greater compassion for, its LGBT people. In 2012, the Church quietly released its original mormonsandgays.org website that acknowledged same-sex attraction as “a complex reality” […]
[…] young women and their church will never be the same. Announcement and Response On Saturday, October 6, 2012, President Thomas S. Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made the historic […]