Published in The Seer Stone·4 days agoMember-onlyThe Prophet of the Latter-day Saint Church and His Two Counselors, All Regarded as ‘Prophets, Seers, and Revelators,’ Knew the Specifics of the Church’s ‘Help Line’ That Allowed Sex Abuse to Keep Happening — APThe Associated Press got almost 12,000 pages of sealed records from a child sex abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in West Virginia. “The documents offer the most detailed and comprehensive look yet at the so-called help line (a Latter-day Saint bishop) called. Families of…Lds3 min read
Published in The Seer Stone·4 days agoMember-onlyThe Latter-day Saint Church Doesn’t Deserve ChildrenThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims to believe Jesus’ words that “Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea,”…Mormon8 min read
Jul 27Member-onlyThis Legislative Candidate Had to Be a Mom to Five of Her Siblings While Still Growing Up Herself. She Was Also the Executive Director of a Statewide Voter Registration Initiative at 21 Years Old.Hope Goeckeritz is a 24-year-old candidate for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives — the youngest legislative candidate in Utah this election. However, at 18 years old, she was a journalist. At 19 years old, she could have been a U.S. congressional staff member. At 20 years old…Politics7 min read
Published in Beehive Blunders·Jul 26Member-onlyProgressives in Utah Are Claiming to Be Republicans. They Could Also Reject Deception and Find a Better Government in Moving to One of the Six Blue States Near Utah.Progressives in Utah are claiming to be Republicans, as City Weekly reported. Many say they want their vote to count. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn they all think that. There are also ethics, and it’s funny since progressives have embraced the importance of being authentic (like, to the max). …Politics7 min read
Published in Sports Fans Against the Alt-Right·Jul 21Member-onlyHere’s a Ranking of All the NBA Teams According to How Loved They Are, Though Social ListeningThrough social listening, the most-beloved NBA team is not the Golden State Warriors. Neither is it the Los Angeles Lakers. The most popular professional sports league in the United States is the NBA, according to a report from Betway Group, an online gambling company. Which team in the league is…NBA4 min read
Published in Beehive Blunders·Jul 11Member-only65 Percent of Utah GOP Legislators Get Fs or Ds From Advocacy OrganizationSALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Alliance for a Better Utah, a left-leaning advocacy organization, gave 65% of Utah Republican lawmakers Fs or Ds based on their votes on 51 bills in the 2022 Utah legislative session. The nonprofit’s fifth annual “progress report” has one-quarter of GOP members of the Utah…Politics2 min read
Published in Beehive Blunders·Jul 10Member-onlyUnited Utah Party Urges Governor, Legislature to Hold Special Session to Examine Utah’s Abortion Trigger LawWith the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the politically moderate United Utah Party is urging Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and the Utah legislature to convene a special session to review Utah’s abortion trigger law. “We value the life, health, and safety of mothers, children, and the unborn,” UUP Chair Hillary…Abortion3 min read
Published in Sports Fans Against the Alt-Right·Jun 17Member-onlyWhy It Would Be Fine If the Utah Jazz Were to Trade Donovan Mitchell (and Perhaps He Would Learn This Lesson)Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is “unsettled, unnerved” and “disappointed” by Quin Snyder resigning as the Jazz’s head coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Forget the question of how much Mitchell should have a role in selecting the next head coach for the franchise. …Utah Jazz3 min read
Published in Extra Newsfeed·May 23Member-onlyMost of 109 Government Meetings in Latter-day Saint Church-Dominated Utah Have Seen Their First Hindu PrayerHindu prayers have opened 109 meetings by governments representing areas almost entirely, if not entirely, dominated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The areas are also in the West and its Judeo-Christian beliefs and Hinduism is an Eastern religion. …Utah3 min read
May 17Member-onlyUtah Symphony to Travel to Zion National Park to Perform Messiaen’s 1972 Work Inspired by Southwestern Utah LandscapesSALT LAKE CITY, Utah — If there is any work in the classical canon that the Utah Symphony could uniquely claim as its own, it may be Olivier Messiaen’s 12-movement orchestral epic, “Des canyons aux étoiles…” (“From the Canyons to the Stars…”). …Utah5 min read