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James Huntsman v. the Church: The End(?)
Last Friday, the en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in James Huntsman’s lawsuit against the church. I’ve written extensively about the suit (here, here, here, here, here, here, and...
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On BYU and Fearing Man
A couple weeks ago, I learned that BYU had taken down its website for Dreamers (that is, undocumented immigrants who were born after June 15, 1981 and were brought to the U.S. before they turned 16...
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Undocumented Members and Transportation
Last week I wrote about the church’s new guidelines on undocumented immigrants, with a focus on housing aid. The guidelines change past practice in a way that is bad for members, bad for the church,...
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On Obeying, Honoring, and Sustaining the Law
Over the course of my recent posts about the church’s changed policies toward undocumented immigrants, a handful of people have asked me how to reconcile the 12th Article of Faith with my belief that...
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Religious Liberty, Immigration, and a Temporary Restraining Order
About a month ago, I wrote about a lawsuit that several Quaker meetings filed against ICE and the Trump administration. Quick recap: since 1993, the various agencies dedicated to enforcing immigration...
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Tariffs. And Their Arch-Apostle.
I’m taking a quick break from immigration blogging to hit something that is in my professional area of expertise: government revenue. (Why talk about that on a Mormon-themed blog? I promise it’ll make...
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A Post for Ash Wednesday
While Mormonism has a fairly sparse liturgical calendar, Chicago, it turns out, is a very Catholic city. And I teach at a Jesuit university. Most years I’m reminded of the beginning of Lent the day...
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Refugee Resettlement, Religion, and the Trump Administration
On January 24, the Trump Administration announced that it was halting its funding of refugee resettlement services. It even refused to pay millions of dollars in reimbursements for services provided...
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The Ways of Zion Do Mourn
Earlier this week, RJH wrote about the identification of the LDS church with MAGA Republicans. It’s an important and and insightful reminder that, fair or not, Mormonism is identified with the United...
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How High the [Spire]
Earlier this week, MDH wrote a thoughtful post about conflict between the church and Fairview, Texas. The short of the conflict is that the temple the church wants to build is taller than town zoning...
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