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Ra’s Deal

If you like sex, wine, pyramids and Egyptian philosophy, Corky Ra has your religion.

By Jared W. Blackley
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Corky Ra is a man of medium build in his late 50s who looks like the stereotype of an aging hippy. His hair in the front is mostly gone. What hair he has is gray and thin and hangs in a ponytail halfway down his back. He advances a calm but confident...

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Nothing to Hide?

What it means to be gay at BYU

By Jared W. Blackley
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Brigham Young University is a school founded on religious conviction and guided by the scriptures and teachings of the LDS church. It demands assimilation from all who attend. To that end, school officials have set forth a strict set of standards to which...

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Peyote, Religion, and the War on Drugs

Is James Mooney a drug pusher hiding behind religious freedom or a Medicine Man seeking spirituality?

By Jared W. Blackley
POSTED // Mar 1,2001 - In the early afternoon of Oct. 10, 2000, more than a dozen Utah County sheriff’s deputies wielding a search warrant banged on the door of James Mooney and his Oklevueha EarthWalks Native American Church...
 
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