There was an interesting show today on Radio West. (The MP3 should be up later today) It was on last month’s reaction by the Vatican regarding baptism for the dead. As you may know the Vatican sent a letter to all dioceses telling them to not give parish records to the Church for genealogy. That was primarily over the baptism for the dead.
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Catholics, Genealogy and Baptism for the Dead
May 21, 2008 — Clark GobleIs Harry Reid a Hypocrite on the FLDS?
April 29, 2008 — Clark Goble
There was an interesting show on this morning on KSL. They had an interview with Harry Reid, Senator from Nevada and Majority Leader, on the FLDS situation. Reid blasted the Attorney Generals of Utah and Arizona for not doing more about the FLDS.
I’d put up the link to the interview but unfortunately KSL doesn’t have up just the interview. However this morning at 10:00 they replayed the interview and then had some responses by Mark Shurtleff and a few others. They have put that up as a podcast. It’s about 5 minutes into the show. Listen and give your view.
Some Thoughts on the FLDS
April 15, 2008 — Clark GobleI noticed that among the various LDS blogs the main one discussing the FLDS situation in Texas is Messenger and Advocate. There the coverage of Texas has been uniformly negative. While I can understand being upset at some of Texas’ actions I think perhaps the other side ought be pointed out as well.
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FLDS, Texas and Double Standards
April 11, 2008 — Clark GobleI don’t want to talk about the actions of the Texas police. I’ve made my opinion known on the various other posts elsewhere. Basically I just don’t think we have the facts one way or the other. There’s way too much uninformed speculation by all sides in the matter. And once again the media shows that they are about sensationalism and not news.
Having said that though I want to ask the question of double standards.
Fun with Genealogy: Billy the Kid and the Mormons
April 6, 2008 — Clark Goble
So here’s where I give you all a break from conference discussions to talk genealogy. I figured I’d try and join the trendy “Mormon history” posters and do an interesting story from history many of you might not know. The story of Billie the Kid and the Mormons. And, this being genealogy, how it relates to me. Now I should add this is how the genealogy has been related to me. There is a lot that still seems muddled though.
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