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Supreme Court rules for Utah city in religious marker case
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a small religious group cannot force a city in Utah to place a granite marker in a local park that already is home to a Ten Commandments display.
In a case involving the Salt Lake City-based Summum, the court said that governments can decide what to display in a public park without running afoul of the First Amendment.
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Shucks.
It’s no secret that recently joined Des News editor Joe Cannon has been trying to stave off the newspaper recession by making his paper “more local, more online, more Mormon.”
Now comes word that some DN reporters are protesting recent changes by holding a byline strike.
Deseret News government reporters pulled their bylines today in protest of management changes made as the paper transforms itself into a Mormon niche publication.
As this comes from The SL Trib’s Crawler, I suppose the relaying of insider sour grapes should be taken with a grain of salt but you can see an example of the byline strike here. The Crawler also clarifies that this decision is originating from Cannon and not the Church.
Making the paper more Mormon and a niche paper does not sound like great way to expand readership, but rather a sure way to lose it. Is there enough Mormon news to justify a “Mormon” newspaper? Plus, would that be beneficial to the Church? I’m dubious.
But with newspapers dramatically losing readers and money (even the NY Times stock – which was worth over $50 seven years ago – is now worth less than its Sunday edition), perhaps drastic measures are necessary to survive.
From where I stand, it looks like the progressive/democrat position states: If you believe marriage means a husband and wife, you are not just wrong, you are downright wicked and deserve to have your home address put up on the internet so strangers can harass you. I think the pro-marriage side is going to have to demonstrate an ongoing capacity to organize far more effectively before the gay-marriage juggernaut is going to be looking for a way to compromise.
Hollywood’s influence put simply
Why is it that Hollywood’s ability to influence the culture is not only acknowledged but celebrated by the industry when that influence is salutary, but denied and dismissed as conservative scapegoating when it isn’t, e.g., in glamorizing violence and teen promiscuity?
Just as Sci-Fi Network’s depressing and politically relevant Battlestar Galactica is coming to a close, comes word that the series’ creator Glen Larson is negotiating to make a Battlestar Galactica movie. As with everything Hollywood does now days it would be a “reboot” of the original series.
My question is if it will restore a lot of the Mormon-inspired elements that the original series had, but the current version seems to lack? At least that’s my understanding. I tried getting into the current series a couple of times but gave up a couple of years ago (I prefer more upbeat shows like Lost).
Jazz owner Larry H. Miller dies at 64.
Miller’s influence touched nearly everyone in his home state, whether it was through the car dealerships that lined State Street, or his movie theaters, or his pet TV projects (the Joseph Smith papers), or his professional baseball and basketball teams, or his TV and radio stations, and so forth. Even Miller, in his reverie later in life, couldn’t help notice his was an extraordinary life.
More: Statement from President Thomas S. Monson:
“I was sad to hear of the passing of Larry H. Miller after a valiant battle with ill health. He was a kind, generous man, a great citizen, and friend to the community and his church. In recent years, his generosity included significant underwriting for the ‘Joseph Smith Papers’ project that is bringing the Prophet’s work to life. … Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Gail and their family.”
Some have called Utah a theocracy. The Beehive State may have some peculiarities due to its predominant religious culture but at least its constitution doesn’t outright ban atheists.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty sent a letter Tuesday (Feb. 17) to the Arkansas legislature in support of a bill to amend Article 19, Section 1, of the Arkansas Constitution, which states: “No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.”
“The free expression of religious belief, together with what James Madison called ‘the full and equal rights of conscience,’ should apply to people of all religious traditions — including atheists. Government should no more penalize a person for professing atheism than for professing a belief in Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam,” the Becket Fund letter said.
Even stranger that Texas and Tennessee have similar language in their constitutions. The Becket Fund is the organization that ran the NY Times ad in December defending the LDS and other other churches for their Prop 8 involvement.
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LDS Church Statement on Sen. Chris Buttars:
From the outset, the Church’s position has always been to engage in civil and respectful dialogue on this issue. Senator Buttars does not speak for the Church.
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Whoa.
The EightMaps.com creator doesn’t want to be found.
The map application has become an icon for the extremes to which political transparency can be taken — but whoever made it prefers to remain completely anonymous. The application is registered anonymously through GoDaddy and offers no contact information.
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