The Mormon Church has apparently given its approval to a proposed change in Boy Scouts rules that would allow gay teens to join and the wingnuts are losing their mind over it. Unsurprisingly, Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality had one of the more amusing responses:
Category Archive: Mormonism
Apr 05 2013
Salmon Won’t Follow Portman on Marriage Equality
In the wake of Sen. Rob Portman changing his position on same-sex marriage after his son came out as gay, other anti-equality legislators are being asked about their own position in light of their gay children. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) was asked about it by an Arizona TV station:
Oct 29 2012
Mormonism Erases the Past
Andrew Sullivan offers this quote from Bruce McConkie, one of the members of the Mormon church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the time that the church suddenly decided, after a century of teaching white supremacy, that blacks were no longer cursed and could now become priests. He said this shortly after that change of …
Jul 03 2012
Mormon Group Leaves Church
More than 100 Mormons declared their independence from the church and left their religion behind, largely because of the church’s traditional bigotry toward LGBT people. The Salt Lake Tribune reports:
May 31 2012
Mormons Believe Constitution Comes From Jesus
Andrew Sullivan points to a very interesting statement from Ezra Taft Benson when he was president of the Mormon church, which makes it official church doctrine. I often joke about the Christian nation crowd believing that the Constitution was delivered to George Washington by Jesus himself while Washington was praying at Mt. Sinai, but it …
May 15 2012
Romney’s Complete Lack of Irony
At his commencement speech to Liberty University graduates, Mitt Romney received a polite but restrained welcome. But he did deliver one line that he and his advisers undoubtedly knew was guaranteed to the loud applause, especially in light of Obama’s announcement last week:
Jan 26 2012
Mormons and the Civil Rights Act
The Boston Globe posts an incredible letter from one of the Mormon “prophets” to then-Michigan Gov. George Romney in 1964, taking him to task for his support of the Civil Rights Act. I took the time to convert the PDF to text so I could copy it here because I want to be able to …
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