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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 04:28 PM Original message |
Why we're mad at the Mormon church |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. The point is well taken. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The LDS Church was the main player in this |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No need for a link, I believe you. |
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ohm_moyh_gawd (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. the end goals of such activism |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I personally protested against the LDS Church in a more personal method |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I understand. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Excellent point about this morphing into a full blown civil rights fight that affects everyone... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. For all your bluster |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. In my opinion, there were two things (in regards to Mormons) I found uncomfortable |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. No, they should not actively work to strip minorities of their rights without expecting a backlash |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I do think there are double standards going on with Catholics and Mormons |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I do blame those organizations, however |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think people scapegoat Mormons when they give them 100% of the blame for prop 8 passing |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What the hell does the percentage matter? |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. "Here's a percentage: I'd wager theres an 85% chance prop 8 would not have passed in California, a |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. "treating religious groups differently, for the same behavior" |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. A perfect example of the double standards is the thread you started |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It does not matter if the LDS Church is an easy target or not - what they did was wrong |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. "It does not matter if the LDS Church is an easy target or not - what they did was wrong" |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. What part of this dont you get? Seriously |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The LDS Church's involvement in other Amendments has been extensive |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. "Surely there are lots of LDS members who are not bigots - however the theology they follow and |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I just left the Church a few weeks ago - it was my church |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. So they SHOULD be able to sponsor this type of legis. withOUT reprisal? |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. If it makes you feel better, I hold the Prince with the Ruby Slippers |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. You can't hate the Mormons without hating the Catholic Church... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. bingo - hate 'em all, or at least the ones who |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. I almost all religious institutions equally |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. The reality is the LDS Church would have been involved anyway - they have been in nearly all of them |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I hold them both equally accountable...that is why we are protesting St. Joseph's |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Good for you! Wish I could attend |
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