OK, OK, it’s been over a month since I got off the last science and religion post. My apologies. Life has been extremely busy and for some reason I blog at three blogs. Hopefully all the business is in the past and I can actually keep my word this time and get these out semi-regularly. The aim is to perhaps let people know about posts they missed. I’ll not try to catch up on everything, but to cover the main posts.

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Tapestry Against Polygamy, which describes itself as a “non-profit organization located in Salt Lake City, Utah that advocates against the human right violations inherent in polygamy and provides assistance to individuals leaving polygamous cults,” is not happy about the HBO show “Big Love” (Guy Murray’s post here provides background on the show). It is even less happy about the disclaimer that HBO is planning to run during every episode, calling it “misleading.” Tapestry’s director, Vicky Prunty says, “The LDS church may not practice polygamy now, but they still believe in it, and their apathy towards polygamy suggests they look forward to a time when polygamy will no longer be against the law.” (more…)

Buttars’ evolution bill is dead according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

There’s a great quote from Buttars. “There are a number of influential legislators who believe you evolved from an ape. I didn’t.”

I’ve commented here before about the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and President Hinckley’s remarks concerning it. “Never again” continue to be just empty words (many thanks to Nicholas Kristof for not letting this go). Things Darfurian stand at an important juncture: whether to hand peace-keeping over to the UN, and whether the US Congress will approve a $514m supplemental for Darfur (not enough, but better than nothing). So, consider letting your king, president, magistrate or ruler know that these crimes against humanity offend us all. Oxfam make it easy peasy.

Today, Chris Wallace of Fox News interviewed potential republican candidate Mitt Romney on Fox News Sunday. You can read a partial transcript of the interview here. (more…)