I think any non-mormon who has lived in mormon-heavy areas have seen this "don't do business with the gentiles" requirement...I know I have.
I saw this article on exmormon.org that pretty well covers it.
Received disturbing information from a nonmember coworker... she has a nevermo hairdresser here in lovely Gilbert, Arizona who has recently lost many of her mormon clients. The hairdresser called one particular 12 year client of hers who had not shown for her regular appts and asked what she had done to offend her since she had not seen her in so long.
After much prying the mormon fessed up to her nevermo hairdresser and said that in her ward a letter was sent out to the members "that with the bad economy the members should not be patronizing nonmormon businesses but should be only using services of mormons so they are able to help each other out financially during these difficult times." The hairdresser said she is sad to lose the mormons business and asked if she would return to her, the mormon said she could not because if her mormon very active husband found out he would be so angry with her for going against instructions from the priesthood.
Now, if this practice were REVERSED you would see the "persecution of mormons" cry raised up to the rooftops.
Now, if this practice were REVERSED you would see the "persecution of mormons" cry raised up to the rooftops.
Yup. And not just the rising up of the persecution complex -- but the bombastic cries of "religious bigotry" as well -- selecting a hairdresser on the basis of the religion of the hairdresser.
Now mind you, I support the Mormons' right to frequent the economic choices they preference. The point here, as you put so well, GF, is that were the reverse to happen, the Mormons and their allies come out of the woodworks to haul out these charges of "religious bigotry."
How 'bout come consistency around here?