Holy dog dirt. Hate Mormons? Only Freepers and queers hate Mormons, Private. And you don't look much like a Freeper to me so that kinda narrows it down.
Posted on 11/16/2008 9:38:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
The church, which has long sought to be seen as part of America's mainstream, joins with other religious organizations to back California's ban on gay marriage. But now it has become a political target.
Reporting from Salt Lake City -- In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision. They called on California Mormons to donate their time and money to the campaign for Proposition 8, which would overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that permitted gay marriage.
That push helped the initiative win narrow passage on election day. And it has made the Mormon Church, which for years has striven to be seen as part of the American mainstream, a political target.
Protesters have massed outside Mormon temples nationwide. For every donation to a fund to overturn Proposition 8, a postcard is sent to the president of the Mormon Church. Supporters of gay marriage have proposed a boycott of Utah businesses, and someone burned a Book of Mormon outside a temple near Denver.
"It's disconcerting to Latter-day Saints that Mormonism is still the religious tradition that everybody loves to hate," said Melissa Proctor, who teaches at Harvard Divinity School.
As an indication of how seriously the Mormon leadership takes the recent criticism, the council that runs the church -- the First Presidency -- released a statement Friday decrying what it portrayed as a campaign not just against Mormons but all religious people who voted their conscience.
"People of faith have been intimidated for simply exercising their democratic rights," the statement said. "These are not actions that are worthy of the democratic ideals of our nation. The end of a free and fair election should not be the beginning of a hostile response in America."
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
What’s going to end up happening is the Catholics and Evangelical conservatives, who are usually wary of the Mormons, are going to be more sympathetic for them, particularly on this issue.
If the forces of evil hate me, I am blessed.
These homosexuals have no respect for others, and possibly themselves. I mean, what type of twisted mind does it take to go around publicizing your sexual desires and acts?
LA gays protest the LDS because they don’t have the b**** to go to Inglewood and Compton and protest the black churches, which made much more of a difference in Prop 8’s passage than the Mormons.
Bring em on. Let them get it out of their system.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
bmflr
“- In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision”
“fateful decision”?
of course that would be the rhetoric from the LAT.
Best thing the Mormons have done since the released the Tabernacle Choir’s classic Christmas album.
the mormons threw a lot of money into the campaign to support prop 8 that is why.
I hear they are planning a “MIllion Man Sashay” soon...
Holy dog dirt. Hate Mormons? Only Freepers and queers hate Mormons, Private. And you don't look much like a Freeper to me so that kinda narrows it down.
***Holy dog dirt. Hate Mormons? Only Freepers and queers hate Mormons, Private.****
Freepers don’t hate Mormons. They hate false doctrine from anyone.
Let’s get Fred Phelps’ group to protest the homos at the Mormon church, then lets all set back (Mormons included) and pop some popcorn when the U-NO-WAT hits the fan. Maybe we could get rid of two pains in the butt (Pun not intended) at the same time.
Yet, they WON'T respect the pain that their miss-use of the word Marriage MIGHT cause. Do They see their Double Standard?
But Otterson dismissed that possibility. "That kind of thinking would never even factor into the thinking of church leadership," he said. "The church couldn't remain silent on a pivotal issue like this."
What a HATEFUL comment....as in "full of hate".
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Seems to me that rearranging some of the names could be an interesting exercise, if it didn’t run the risk of banning.
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