"I AM MORMON"

[DearAbby]

Since when did a church have to set up a PR Campaign? You don't see "I am catholic Ads" who is this targeted too, and why does it matter?

No one cares what religion you are. I don't go grocery store and ask the clerk what church he prays in. The topic never comes up.

Why the PR Campaign and who is sponsering it? Just stinks you know? Has that smell to it...ROVE SMELL

[Faygo Kid]

1. Here's one.

[Maccagirl]

2. Faygo, you forgot to put a warning to your post!

Shame.

[DearAbby]

4. It's an honest question

it's clear to me, that ad isn't targeting me. Why the PR thing? Out of all their history and persecution in the past. They have never spent millions on a complete PR Scheme "I AM LIKE YOU" campaign.

Who is the target of this campaign, and why. Honest question

[stevedeshazer]

14. That was Pristine O'Donnell's campaign, and she is a Catholic.

I think it's more or less the same thing.

The United Church of Christ advertises, too.

Maybe what you are getting at without being direct, is that the LDS Church is advertising to make it okay to vote for Willard? Mormons R Us?

Is that what you mean? If so, then I tend to agree with you.

[eeyore98]

16. Yeah, the UCC advertises, but their ads are "we welcome gays", not "despite our bigotry and magic

underwear,we're regular folks just like you!"

[stevedeshazer]

22. I'm glad they do.

I have nothing against the UCC.

I wasn't comparing their beliefs.

[Kennah]

13. Isn't that from the "I is moran" campaign?

[Angry Dragon]

3. It is okay for cults to advertise

[Kennah]

15. If there is truth in advertising

"'Come to Guyana, kill a Congressman, and drink poisoned Flavor Aid.' This paid advertisement was approved by the Peoples Temple."

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. I AM WEASEL!

[DearAbby]

6. Now that made me laugh

[Zorra]

7. Reponse: "Thanks for the warning. I'm LGBT, and I

don't associate with bigots. Please take your evil beliefs and go away. Far away."

Mormons Tipped Scale in Ban on Gay Marriage

We’re going to lose this campaign if we don’t get more money,” the strategist, Frank Schubert, recalled telling leaders of Protect Marriage, the main group behind the ban.

The campaign issued an urgent appeal, and in a matter of days, it raised more than $5 million, including a $1 million donation from Alan C. Ashton, the grandson of a former president of the Mormon Church. The money allowed the drive to intensify a sharp-elbowed advertising campaign, and support for the measure was catapulted ahead; it ultimately won with 52 percent of the vote.

As proponents of same-sex marriage across the country planned protests on Saturday against the ban, interviews with the main forces behind the ballot measure showed how close its backers believe it came to defeat — and the extraordinary role Mormons played in helping to pass it with money, institutional support and dedicated volunteers.

“We’ve spoken out on other issues, we’ve spoken out on abortion, we’ve spoken out on those other kinds of things,” said Michael R. Otterson, the managing director of public affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the Mormons are formally called, in Salt Lake City. “But we don’t get involved to the degree we did on this.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/us/politics/15marriage.html?pagewanted=all

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Churches aren't supposed to be involved in politics, are they? Hmmmmm....

[Brother Buzz]

17. Churches are political by nature but do have some restrictions

Churches can

• Conduct nonpartisan voter registration

• Conduct nonpartisan get-out-the-vote activities

• Distribute nonpartisan voter guides

• Support or oppose legislation

• Support or oppose a ballot measure

• Support or oppose a political or judicial nominee

• Allow a candidate to speak at the church
(if not identified as a candidate and political campaign is not mentioned)

• Host a forum for political candidates where all candidates are invited

• Sell or rent church mailing list to a candidate at market value
(made available to all candidates)

• Offer bulletin or newsletter ads at market rate (made available to all candidates)


Churches Cannot…

• Support or oppose a political candidate

• Conduct political fundraising

• Provide a link on the church’s website to a candidate’s campaign website

• Contribute to political candidates

• Contribute to Political Action Committees (PACs)

[DearAbby]

11. I am not a bigot either...

I don't judge an individual based on what their church as a collective had done.. Just as I don't hate all Catholics because I disagree with the Pope.

All Americans could be hated for what our government has done in our name. I would hope there were open minded people out there. One can still believe and still disagree with their leadership.

[liberalmuse]

24. I WAS a Mormon, and I have this to say...

This church is pumping millions of dollars of its own member's money to defeat gay marriage in states across the country. And unlike gays, they have an agenda and want everyone to be Mormon. My mom joined the Mormon church when I was 3, and one day when I was 15 and finally able to think for myself, I never went back. As a Mormon, I was taught being gay was a sin, and a 'sickness'. I hear from some Mormons that they are not against gay marriage, but if they tithe, they are financially supporting the Mormon church's anti-gay crusade. I cannot in any way, shape or form support this religion because of the harm and grief they have caused the gay community. I will be tolerant of the human beings who are Mormons, but I have no tolerance for the religion itself with its harmful belief system.

[DollyM]

8. not an original publicity slant . . .

I always have to wait and see if they are going to be a Mormon or a Phoenix in the commercials! LOL! (That online college has the same tag line in their commercial "I am a Phoenix" after they tell you all about themselves.)

[Odin2005]

10. Take one letter from "mormon" and you get "moron".

Just sayin'. :evilgrin:

[Skidmore]

12. I noted that the regular missionary visits to this area have

diminished recently. Wonder if that has anything to do with trying to make Romney more palatable.

[Tiggeroshii]

18. "I AM AGNOSTIC"

...should be the next campaign. I believe in nothing.

[SoutherDem]

19. It shouldn't matter what religion a candidate is but...

for many that isn't true. Also, sorry but many Christian churches teach that the LDS church is a cult. I have been in a Baptist church in which they invited a guest from another church to speak on cults which LDS was one of the top two, JW was the other. Please don't' get me wrong, I do not believe LDS is a cult, I am an Atheist I think all churches are praying to imaginary gods. However, I vote for the person, party or the lesser of the evils, no matter what imaginary god they pray to. By the way if we ever have an Atheist candidate I would not vote for them just because we agree spiritually if I felt he was the wrong person.

[SoDesuKa]

20. Mormon Truther

Utah physicist Steven E. Jones is a 9/11 truther and a Mormon. Jones believes the World Trade Center was brought down in a controlled demolition with the use of thermite.

http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/theories/thermite.html



Steven E. Jones, Ph.D.

[bengalherder]

21. They actually stole the idea from scientologists

who had been running an "...and I am a scientologist" campaign for awhile.

Probably something to do with them both being cults and all.

[mwrguy]

23. Mormons have been running these ads for many years.

I can remember similar ones back in the 70s.

[Sheepshank]

25. like any other cult/religion

they honestly believe that everyone thinks the world buys that the persona on the ad is the same persona behind closed doors, and in their secret temples. They are so elitist, so self possessed and narcissistic, they think the world is made up fools and they are there to help them 'see the light'....by whatever trickery is at their disposal.

[msongs]

26. because the mormon cchurch is a BUSINESS first and church second? nt

[Sirveri]

27. They've been doing this for years now. I first saw them on youtube a while ago.

Probably back in 2008, maybe earlier.

[NMMNG]

28. They potentially have Mormon candidates running for president

Plus they still have the bad associations from Prop8. Then there's the perception that they're not Christian enough (or at all) and that they're a cult. They have multiple reasons for a "We're nice, normal people just like everyone else" campaign.

[handmade34]

29. nothing new... churches do advertise

all denominations do it... maybe Rove is behind the Morman commercials???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1gKlIFC0zs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-zLzwo7QV4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCMkaBIg4O4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha8_QIoB4Ow&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL9F099640EB3927BB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvA29P1U7OU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxZiYY9G354

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiSfR4mn3bM&feature=related

[madinmaryland]

30. Get a Brain, Mormans!!

:D

[sarcasmo]

31. I want my magic undies.

[WinkyDink]

32. "Hear me roar"?