I’m not really sure why his notional religion is relevant here.
There are nasty people of every stripe. This guy happened to be brought up mormon. I don’t think this British tabloid has any place making the religion central.
“Murder in Utah - Mormon responsible”. It’s like - yup.
I agree...nasty people of every stripe. (You just don't see them working @ BYU Health Center for a long time after getting a BYU law degree)
From the Mormon church-owned Deseret News: Martin worked part time at the BYU Health Center while earning a law degree. He graduated from BYU's law school in 1990 and worked as a physician at the Health Center for some time before taking a position as director of Medical Law Comp in Washington and then returning to Utah...in 1994, about the same time he was accused of having sexual relations with one of his patients at the BYU Health Center...His work at BYU was punctuated by accusations of rape, complaints of unprofessional conduct and misdiagnosis. He was terminated in 1999 for undisclosed reasons.
Source: Martin MacNeill: Was his wife Michele's death accidental or was it murder?
I don’t think this British tabloid has any place making the religion central.
Then what do you think of the Mormon church owned-Des News putting all that BYU info in its unusually long 19-page online investigative article by Sara Lenz and Brian West?
Should the Des News have just censored all that Lds-tie stuff?
It is because of the outward facade that many people buy into that mormons are just so pure and clean-living....and the mormon church is spending millions to foster this illusion. There is a huge ongoing scandal in Arizona regarding knowledge by the mormon leaders of this sex abuse and not reporting it.
Brock Police Report: Removal of "Temple Garments," a Meeting With LDS Officials
Brock pleads guilty (Woman and daughter both have sex with underage male-Phoenix)
Every scandal involving other religons is fair game. Why should mormonism be exempt?
I believe it’s probably making a reference to the whole ‘picture perfect’ image every Mormon family attempts to portray, but in reality, they are not; many are just hiding the problems and the whole ‘picture perfect’ thing is a facade.
The reason is is Mormons tout family time and the family as the most important unit and that they have far better families than anyone else because of the emphasis the Mormon church places on family. Fact is they probably aren’t any better than any other families, which means the claims that Mormonism helps you have a better family, are probably not as true as they’d want you to believe.
I mean look at the Osmonds too, lots of crap came out about them. Lots of former Mormons talk about their dysfunctional families underneath all the smiling photos of the family.
“I don’t think this British tabloid has any place making the religion central.”
And, you are perfectly correct - if this were a perfect world.
Accusatory headlines sell papers, hence the Mormon angle.
I suspect Mormons are not common in England, and since they don’t react like Moslims, it is much safer to slag Mormons than Moslims.