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Ma'ake · 11-12-2008, 04:28 PM

It's fascinating to see how the backlash against LDS involvement in Prop 8 has become interpreted as anti-LDS persecution.

In Utah we have the issue of LDS ward houses getting windows shot at with a BB or pellet gun, which I suspect is the work of teenage idiots. Some folks are attributing the attacks to opposition to LDS moral integrity on Prop 8, a likely extension being something along the lines of Satan lashing out at Mormons in the pre-Apocalypse.

Craziness.

MikeWaters · 11-12-2008, 07:31 PM

we had a large rock thrown through a glass door in my stake center several years back. Presumably had nothing to do with Prop 8.

Tex · 11-12-2008, 07:38 PM

In that case, here's some real persecution for ya.

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/a...WS01/811120369

http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sa...l?jst=pn_pn_lk

LA Ute · 11-12-2008, 11:04 PM

Hey, is there any subject not made light of on this board?

I too think the church windows being shot out in Utah is the work of teenage idiots. But there is some very serious stuff being done in California right now to people who gave as little as $100 in support of Prop 8. It ain't funny, Mike.

TripletDaddy · 11-12-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LA Ute

Hey, is there any subject not made light of on this board?

I too think the church windows being shot out in Utah is the work of teeange idiots. But there is some very serious stuff being done in California right now to people who gave as little as $100 in support of Prop 8. It ain't funny, Mike.

I think it is weird how people are now tossing around the term "persecution."

ask matthew shepard how he feels about the persecution of those who had their acura spray painted.

wait...you can't ask him anymore.

il Padrino Ute · 11-12-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I think it is weird how people are now tossing around the term "persecution."

ask matthew shepard how he feels about the persecution of those who had their acura spray painted.

wait...you can't ask him anymore.

That's a fair point; however, are there really varying degrees of persecution?

SeattleUte · 11-12-2008, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by LA Ute

Hey, is there any subject not made light of on this board?

I lay this at Triplet's feet. I am ambivalent about what he's done to this place. I know it's very upsetting to some people. The problem with 3D's outlook is that ultimately, there's nothing about life that in the final analyis is a laughing matter. At the end of the day, life isn't funny.

creekster · 11-12-2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I lay this at Triplet's feet. I am ambivalent about what he's done to this place. I know it's very upsetting to some people. The problem with 3D's outlook is that ultimately, there's nothing about life that in the final analyis is a laughing matter. At the end of the day, life isn't funny.

AU contraire. At the end of the day the things that are important about life all make me smile.

SteelBlue · 11-12-2008, 11:55 PM

Once again the whack job fringe of the gay rights movement is doing their best to set their own cause back 10 years. One of the biggest liabilities that movement has is their inability to reign those folks in during times like these. Spray painting and breaking windows etc... are all things that will turn moderate folks against them.

I do think that boycotts of those who contributed to the cause, however poorly reasoned, are within the realm of acceptable behavior.

TripletDaddy · 11-12-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

AU contraire. At the end of the day the things that are important about life all make me smile.

Testify, gibbon.

Suck the marrow out of bones, my friends. Life is too short and there is too much out there to enjoy.

11-12-2008, 04:28 PM	#1
Ma'ake Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 441	Prop 8 reaction morphs into persecution It's fascinating to see how the backlash against LDS involvement in Prop 8 has become interpreted as anti-LDS persecution. In Utah we have the issue of LDS ward houses getting windows shot at with a BB or pellet gun, which I suspect is the work of teenage idiots. Some folks are attributing the attacks to opposition to LDS moral integrity on Prop 8, a likely extension being something along the lines of Satan lashing out at Mormons in the pre-Apocalypse. Craziness.

11-12-2008, 07:38 PM	#3
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	In that case, here's some real persecution for ya. http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/a...WS01/811120369 http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sa...l?jst=pn_pn_lk __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

11-12-2008, 11:04 PM	#4
LA Ute Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 118	Not a laughing matter Hey, is there any subject not made light of on this board? I too think the church windows being shot out in Utah is the work of teenage idiots. But there is some very serious stuff being done in California right now to people who gave as little as $100 in support of Prop 8. It ain't funny, Mike. __________________ "Always do right. It will annoy some people and surprise the rest." --Mark Twain Last edited by LA Ute; 11-13-2008 at 02:22 AM. Reason: typo

11-12-2008, 07:31 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	we had a large rock thrown through a glass door in my stake center several years back. Presumably had nothing to do with Prop 8.

11-12-2008, 11:55 PM	#9
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Once again the whack job fringe of the gay rights movement is doing their best to set their own cause back 10 years. One of the biggest liabilities that movement has is their inability to reign those folks in during times like these. Spray painting and breaking windows etc... are all things that will turn moderate folks against them. I do think that boycotts of those who contributed to the cause, however poorly reasoned, are within the realm of acceptable behavior.