nytimes.com - 11/15/2008
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Mormons played an extraordinary role in the passage of a California ballot measure that once seemed close to defeat. >
dailykos.com - 11/21/2008
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As you know, Mormons have a practice of
converting dead people from other religions into Mormons through...
a practice known as posthumous baptism. Ordinarily, this might just seem a silly act of disrespect towards the individual's personal beliefs and ...
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Converting Dead Mormons into Homosexuals (Update!!)
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NYT: Mormons tipped scale in ban on gay marriage, gave 50% of total bigot budget
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
The NYT confirms it. Mormons gave half of the total $40m donations that the bigots at Yes on 8 received. (Hat tip, Rex.) First off, we learn that the Mormon involvement in Prop 8 was unusually large, even for them: “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 ...
Some things never change
QandO —
A New York Times headline today: "Mormons Tipped Scale in Ban on Gay Marriage" Total Mormon population in California: 750,000 (1.9%) Total Black population in California (2007) 2,242,188 (6.7%) Total Latino population in California: 13 million (35.9%) Prop 8 exit polling info: Blacks voted 70/30 "Yes" Latinos voted 53/47 "Yes" Between them, ...
NYT promotes myth that Mormons “tipped the scale” on Prop 8 passage
Sister Toldjah —
... In trying to place the blame on California’s Prop 8, which bans gay marriage in California, on Mormons, the NYT ...
The unholy Catholic-Mormon alliance isn't limited to gay bashing. They share a history of covering up sex abuse of children.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Yesterday's NY Times piece, which documented the major role played by the Mormon church in Proposition 8, also included this tidbit: First approached by the Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco a few weeks after the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in May, the Mormons were the last major religious group to join the campaign, and the final spice in an unusual stew that included Catholics, evangelical Christians, conservative black and Latino pastors, and myriad smaller ethnic groups with strong religious ties. Shortly after receiving ...
Clearing Up Some Separation of Church and State Confusion
Firedoglake —
Between the support of Proposition 8 by the Latter Day Saints and the comments coming out of the Roman Catholic church on abortion, like the story of SC priest, some are calling for stripping these two groups of their 501(c)3 tax exempt status for getting involved in politics. Most of the arguments, however, misunderstand the tax law in some very basic ways.
A post by Be_Devine at Calitics, speaking about the Prop 8 stuff, noted that the Humane Society is the same kind of 501(c)3 organization as the LDS, and no one seems to ...
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/4/2008 — Jamie Kirchick has a helpful piece in the Advocate. He notes that Mormons make up 2 percent of California's population yet contributed more than 50 percent of the funds for Prop 8. He also notes the structure of the church, which makes it, in so many ...
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mormonsfor8.com 10/13/2008 — There are about 770,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California, according to the most recent statistics published in its 2007-2008 Almanac. These LDS Church members account for about 2% of California’s population. In ...
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online.wsj.com 10/28/2008 — [Mormons boost antigay marriage effort] Zuma Press Reversing rights: On July 1, Deputy Marriage Commissioner Andrea Goldman marries gay couple Paul Keller and Steve Pohlman during a ceremony at San Francisco's City Hall.
Minorities fear trend from California gay marriage ban - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 11/24/2008 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) California's gay marriage ban could open the door to legal discrimination against unpopular groups if the state Supreme Court allows the voter-approved measure to stand, blacks, Latinos, Asians and other minorities said. The ...
Ban on gay marriage in CA still unclear
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 11/5/2008 — (CNN) — The outcome of an effort to ban gay marriage in California remained unclear early Wednesday since not all the votes had been counted.
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Mormons vs Gays
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/8/2008 — The Hewitt strategy of trying to bring the LDS church - especially LDS money - into a Christianist popular front began with the Romney strategy. Then it morphed into Prop 8, funded by $20 million of Mormon money. The leadership of the LDS church has ...
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