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Dallin Oaks and John Eastman redux

J Seth Anderson, September 27, 2011September 27, 2011

Back in February I wrote a post for MSP about the close relationship of Apostle Dallin H Oaks, former member of the Utah Supreme Court, and uber-right wing legal expert John Eastman. I posited that their close relationship indicated how closely the Mormon Church was involved with the ongoing Prop…

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Elder Oaks and Dr. John C. Eastman

J Seth Anderson, February 15, 2011September 22, 2011

I was perusing the blogosphere reading about Elder Oaks’ talk at Chapman University, the talk where he said religious freedom is under attack by secularists and gays. (Roll eyes here.) The talk didn’t surprise me. But a photo on the Church News website of Elder Oaks walking next to a…

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1965 “For the Strength of Youth”

J Seth Anderson, January 18, 2011

Publisher’s Note: J. Seth Anderson toils in Outer Blogness at Boy Meets Blog and was recently featured in Jordan Currier’s Disciples. We could use a few more dispatches from the southerly ends of the Morridor around here at MSP and Seth promises to help us do something about that. I…

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