I caught two interesting news stories in my news feed this morning. First is this article in the Tampa Bay Tribune about the LDS Church being one of the largest land owners in the state of Florida: Mormon church is large landowner in Florida. The information provided in the article…
Category: Politics
“Religious Exemption” in Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Law
I’ve been thinking about how a couple leaders of the LDS Church have vocalized how they wouldn’t mind the 2009 nondiscrimination laws in Salt Lake City (in housing and employment, on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity) be expanded across the state of Utah. Specifically, what they’re interested…
Huntsman: Romney is scared Mittless
Looks like Jon has decided to go Mormon mano-a-mano with Mitt in his latest ad: — www.scaredmittless2012.com — — PAID FOR BY JON HUNTSMAN FOR PRESIDENT —
Mormons, Cults, and Christians
Rick Perry’s pastor, Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor at First Baptist Dallas, called Mormonism a “cult” and said Mitt Romney and other Mormons are not Christians. If you didn’t know that already, well, you’ve been living under a rock for the last month. My goal with this post is to…
Would you vote for a Mormon for president?
An article in Slate argues that anti-Mormonism is part of the next frontier of prejudice in this country. While the Republican presidential candidates have been quick to condemn anti-black prejudice (such as the word “Niggerhead” painted onto a rock at Perry’s family’s leased hunting camp) — because it’s easy to…
Mitt Romney is scheduled to share a stage with this anti-Mormon asshat
Bryan Fischer in all his revisionist Christianist glory: Linkage: Fischer: First Amendment Does Not Apply To Mormons When Romney and Fischer share a stage Romney to Share Stage with Far-Right, Anti-Muslim Activist Awkward: Mitt Romney Set To Share Stage With Anti-Mormon Shock Jock The stupid, it burns.
The Church’s “Political Neutrality”
As we enter a new election cycle, here’s a link to the Church’s statement about the Church itself being “neutral” to matters of “party politics,” even as it encourages its membership to be responsible civic citizens and voters. The caveats are that the Church does: Request candidates for office —…
Is Sharon Slater asking Mormons to use LDS ward lists to promote her anti-LGBT agenda?
Look what landed in my inbox today: Urgent Alert: Help Stop Maricopa Community College Misguided Transgender Policy If you belong to a church, community or political group that has an email list you can also help by obtaining permission to have this alert sent to these lists.[1]
Interfaith Alliance criticizes Memphis Fox affiliate
[I liked Dr. Gaddy’s statement after the NY marriage equality victory, so when Samantha asked if MSP could post a letter for the Interfaith Alliance, I gladly agreed. — Chino] [Update: Joanna Brooks has posted her conversation with Reverend Gaddy over at Religion Dispatches: Interfaith Alliance Criticizes Fox News Anti-Mormonism]…
Memphis station posts four Mormon stories
1) Local Memphis TV news report mocks Mitt Romney’s Mormon beliefs (and ace reporter* Ben Ferguson reminds viewers why some folks prefer to avoid the Bible Belt). The cringe begins at 03:21: 2) Local musical director (and LDS church member) Steve Danielson offers his opinion of the Tony-winning Broadway musical….