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The author claims that a "Jack Mormon" is one "who is not devout but not apostate." | The author claims that a "Jack Mormon" is one "who is not devout but not apostate." | ||
− | | | + | |disinformation=In ''modern'' usage, a "Jack Mormon" may sometimes refer to a less-active or less-observant Latter-day Saint. <ref>The modern usage of "jack mormon" can be seen in the user-edited [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jack%20mormon Urban Dictionary] (accessed 17 June 2009). See also Pat Bagley, "'Jack Mormon' once meant something else" ''Salt Lake Tribune'' (13 January 2008): B4.</ref> |
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− | + | In the nineteenth century, however, a "Jack Mormon" was a ''non''-Mormon who was nevertheless sympathetic or friendly to Mormons. <ref>See {{CHC1|vol=2|start=332 note}} Thomas Sharp (hostile editor of the ''Warsaw Signal'') is the first known to have used the term in print (see ''Illinois State Register'' [1 Nov 1844]; reprinted in ''Nauvoo Neighbor'' [13 Nov 1844].)</ref> | |
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Chapter 14 | A FAIR Analysis of: American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Sally Denton
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