Liz Langley, AlterNet. December 10, 2009. Calendars and videos featuring scantily clad Mormons are helping redefine images of the Latter Day Saints -- but not everyone in the Church is happy.
Liz Langley, SeXis Magazine. November 22, 2009. The weaving of assertive sexuality and assertive spirituality is bizarre, untried terrain. Is it hypocritical for Christians to flaunt their assets in a flirtatious way?
Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches. October 22, 2009. With Glenn Beck now a mainstay in the national debate, the public is getting exposure to a peculiar strain of religious political conservatism rooted in Mormon culture.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 27, 2009. In response to the Mormon Church's fight against same-sex marriage, UFC is launching a petition to ban Mormon marriage.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 5, 2009. An e-mail sent to LDS followers calls on them to block civil unions legislation in Illinois.
Steven Greenstreet, American News Project AlterNet: Video. January 14, 2009. Investigating how much money Mormons spent to help pass California's Prop 8.
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 15, 2008. A response to influential Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez's piece about Marjorie Christoffersen of El Coyote.
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 30, 2008. "I think the church has no right to assume the inner thinkings of its members and take such an open stand of any political issue."
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 27, 2008. Richard Raddon has resigned over his $1,500 donation to Yes on 8, prompted by his Mormon Church.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 26, 2008. I quite genuinely do not understand how the Mormon Church can keep its federal tax-exempt status after its meddling in Prop 8.
Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 17, 2008. Cinemark CEO Alan Stock donated $9,999 to the YES on Prop 8 campaign that stripped marriage equality from the California constitution.
Katie Halper, KatieHalper.com AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 12, 2008. Folks who insisted that marriage is between a man and a woman and a woman would not stand for a marriage between two men or two women.
Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. November 10, 2008. The role of the Archbishop of San Francisco in the Prop 8 battle became clearer today.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. May 30, 2007. Given the spectacular leap in the national influence of the Mormons, an apology and a vigorous campaign to educate Mormon followers on racial tolerance would give a big boost to the ongoing battle against racial discrimination.