Word: mormonized
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...could not have printed all your lists in the magazine. But at least give us the chance to hear out your TV critic instead of printing his list in microscopic type on the cover. Also, in "Top 10 Religion Stories," your writer neglected to mention that the Mormon Church could lose its tax-exempt status if it is found to have substantively influenced legislation in its efforts to ratify California's Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage. Jeff Sinclair, San Francisco...
...Saudi Princes or Skull and Bones or the Daughters of the American Revolution, ranks as the most traditional among us; that distinction belongs to our kids, who if they organized into a guild or a club or a denomination would have more cherished rituals than the Mormon Church or Mardi Gras...
...shortcake, candy canes, and food associated with the traditions of each faith, the event educated the attendees with poster presentations that described the tenets of each faith. The Latter Day Saints Student Association welcomed visitors with home-baked cookies and brownies and also provided copies of The Book of Mormon in several languages. The Harvard College Buddhist Community served rice pudding—said to have been fed to Siddhartha Gautama while fasting in order to reach enlightenment, according to Buddhist Community President Mihiri U. Tillakaratne ’09. Dharma, the Harvard Hindu Students Association, provided samosas, a traditional...
...Milk isn't about Dan White, except as a repository of the straights' resentment that dogged Milk and brought him down. The script by Dustin Lance Black, who worked on HBO's polygamy series Big Love (he was the only Mormon on the writing staff), is all about process: how Harvey Milk changed things. His style was charm mixed with genial bullying. He conveyed passion with good humor. In the movie, challenged by White to answer if two men can reproduce, he replies, "No, but God knows we keep trying." On the streets, he'd pick up a bullhorn...
...Famous actors and singers won't declare their sexual orientation out of concern that their careers would be kaput. There are camps with regimens to "cure" kids of gayness. John Briggs and his national counterpart, Anita Bryant, aren't spearheading the outspoken antagonism to gay civil rights, but the Mormon Church is. It poured $20 million into promoting Proposition 8, this year's California initiative to outlaw gay marriage. Fear lost...