by Lisa M. | Apr 2, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, How Beliefs Shape Mormon Culture |
Once the ballots are counted and in, the spotlight turns off and the players leave the political stage, the audience goes home. We tend to remember the winner and the loser fades back into the fabric of society, not leaving much of a mark. But Mitt Romney is...
by Lisa M. | Feb 12, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, One Mormon's Opinion |
Two years ago, near the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion—I was checking into the hospital to undergo a procedure commonly performed to end the life of a fetus. But I wasn’t ending my child’s life, he had...
by Lisa M. | Dec 8, 2013 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Scriptures |
A true hero is a person who inspires us, who makes us want to be better. Heroes are personal, and we each connect with our own heroes in our own ways. For me, a true hero is human. We see how the hero overcame human weakness and frailty—and we realize that we, too,...
by Lisa M. | Dec 3, 2013 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, One Mormon's Opinion |
The U.S. Senate recently voted 64-32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which, if passed into legislation, would make it illegal for an employer to fire an employee based on sexual identity. While the issue of same-sex marriage has been divisive among...
by Lisa M. | Dec 2, 2013 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Mormons and Religious Liberty |
The musical “Oklahoma” has a great song called “The Farmer and the Cowman Should be Friends.” It goes something like, “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. One man likes to pull a plow, the other likes to chase a cow. But there’s no reason why they can’t...