Mormon Heretic

My wife and I watched My Sister’s Keeper from Netflix this weekend.  Here’s the Netflix description:

A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is expected to donate a kidney to her dying older sister. The subsequent trial tests ethical boundaries and the limits of parental love. Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin round out the cast in this powerful drama based on Jodi Picoult’s novel.

My wife said the book is quite a bit different than the movie.  If you want to see it fresh, stop reading now.  Otherwise, I have some spoilers below to talk about some of the ethical dilemmas from the movie. Read more…

Inspired by Hawkgrrrl’s post over at Mormon Matters, I decided to write a post asking what you’re thankful for.  It doesn’t have to necessarily be Mormon-related.  I realize I asked this question last year, and I talked about the First Thanksgiving last year, but I think we don’t talk about our thanks as much as we should.  So here are a few things I am thankful for:

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It’s not often that my 2 loves (religion and sport) combine in a way for me to write about both.  Here in Utah, the death of Larry Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz, is big news.  Outside this area, it’s not a big story.

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