<i>Dialogue 12.2 (Summer 1979): 82–91</i><br>Any constitutional amendment unavoidably casts a shadow of uncertaintyover its future interpretation and implementation. The Fourteenth Amendment, for example, has far exceeded the originally perceived purpose—elevating thestatus of blacks—and has […]
[…] the pioneers were crossing the plains, a man by the name of William McCary, who had Native American and African American ancestry, caused a lot of grief and trouble for both saints and the […]
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We Mormons put a lot of stock in the Local Boy Makes Good syndrome: we’re proud of our Osmonds, our Marriotts, our Jack Andersons, and we’re anxious to let people out there know that […]
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<i>Dialogue 18.3 (Fall 1985): 15–20</i><br>I have heard many LDS women approach the issue of women and the priesthood by protesting that they do not want to hold the priesthood because they have no interest […]
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[…] subject from the Mormon point of view.” Surprised, I repeated that this book was for a general market, that I would be happy to prepare a supplement to make the book more useful on […]