Texas Polygamy Case
Paul Harvey
[Bad-mood-in-the-morning post this morning: Commentors here were annoyed at the lack of discussion of the case in Texas regarding the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Memo to those in the comments section: this isn't a newspaper, we make no pretense of "covering" anything beyond what strikes our professional and sometimes personal interests in religion in American history, and perhaps most importantly, I'm busy grading a bottomless pile of student papers. I haven't followed this case and don't have anything of interest to say about it. The media's fascination strikes me as voyeurism.]
Update: this is what happens when you hit "post" before taking a deep breath. The commentors were just asking for insightful commentary here, so let me apologize to them for the little bit of pissiness this morning as evidenced above. And read above for the kind of commentary requested here.
And for those interested: Seth Perry has an excellent piece on the case; thanks to the commentor who provided the URL.
[Bad-mood-in-the-morning post this morning: Commentors here were annoyed at the lack of discussion of the case in Texas regarding the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Memo to those in the comments section: this isn't a newspaper, we make no pretense of "covering" anything beyond what strikes our professional and sometimes personal interests in religion in American history, and perhaps most importantly, I'm busy grading a bottomless pile of student papers. I haven't followed this case and don't have anything of interest to say about it. The media's fascination strikes me as voyeurism.]
Update: this is what happens when you hit "post" before taking a deep breath. The commentors were just asking for insightful commentary here, so let me apologize to them for the little bit of pissiness this morning as evidenced above. And read above for the kind of commentary requested here.
And for those interested: Seth Perry has an excellent piece on the case; thanks to the commentor who provided the URL.
Comments
Paul, I can't speak for those who left a comment about the absence of the topic here, but I will admit that I too was hoping for someone at your blog to address the issue. I'm certainly sympathetic to everyone's busy schedules and desire to post on their personal research interests, but hoped that one of the bloggers here would address it because of the generally insightful and intelligent tone and content of your blog. Because, as you point out, the media coverage has primarily been voyeuristic, I imagine those who left a comment were simply hoping for a more thoughtful approach to the FLDS situation, one that might situate it in American religious history to yield valuable insights into past precedents for this sort of church-state conflict.
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