Archive for November, 2008
White Powder Sent to Mormon Temples in Utah, LA
by Christopher on Nov.13, 2008, under News, Personal, Politics, Reflections
Alright…. if defacing our buildings wasn’t enough…. look at what some of the extremists are doing now! Obviously not all people who were opposed to Prop 8 would go this far, and for those that are level headed… thank you. But resulting to attacks akin to bioterrorism isn’t in any way shape or form acceptable and shows once again the level of intolerance that the opposition has. Wow….
LOS ANGELES AP — Authorities are investigating after letters containing white powder were sent to Mormon temples in Utah and California.
A temple that was the site of a recent gay rights protest in Los Angeles was closed Thursday after receiving the envelope. The package was being inspected.
Powder spilled from an envelope onto a clerk’s hand Thursday at the temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The room was decontaminated and the envelope taken by the FBI for testing.
The clerk showed no signs of illness, but the scare shut down a building at Temple Square for more than an hour.
Protests in recent days have targeted the Mormon church, which encouraged its members to fight the recently passed amendment banning gay marriage in California.
The Associated Press
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White Powder Sent to Mormon Temples in Utah, LA | News10.net | Sacramento, California | Local News.
Why Mormons are the Prop. 8 Villains
by Christopher on Nov.11, 2008, under Personal, Politics
Anti-Mormonism is part of the reason why Proposition 8 protesters are targeting the LDS Church, according to media and culture experts. They say the use of anti-Mormonism as a way to hurt Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign legitimized its use as a political tool by protesters in California.
Supporters of “same sex marriage” in California are targeting Mormons for protests because the LDS Church supported the state constitutional amendment that defined marriage as being between a man and a woman.
“It was clear that the LDS Church was a key spearhead in terms of organizing and supporting the Prop. 8 effort,” said Richard Alan Nelson, a professor of mass communication and public affairs at Louisiana State University and an expert on propaganda in the United States.
But the church’s high profile role may not be the only reason why protesters are singling out the Mormons. (continue reading…)
