Ethics

Chris Buttars and the Mormon Gulag

By Ed Brayton

A blogger at Pam's House Blend tells the story of Eric Norwood, a young man who was forced to go to the Utah Boy's Ranch, which he describes as a Mormon gulag (literally at mormongulag.com). Some of the stories on that page are appalling beyond belief. Norwood was literally kidnapped - at his parent's request - and flown to Utah because, at 15 years old, he was rebelling against their Mormon beliefs and refusing to attend constant church services:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).