Comments on: Illinois civil union bill advances

By: DR

DR — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:43:52 +0000

“Guys, a Mormon Bishop NEVER speaks for the MORMON church.” This perception allows the church to get away with campaiging and endorsing and keeping their tax exempt status, because everyone thinks the church members act on their own. Sorry but every good mormon male over the age of 12 holds some level of priesthood in the mormon world. Just because a bishop wears his special-underwear uniform under his normal-looking clothing doesn’t change the fact that he is an ordained minister of the church and thus a representative of that organization. As a returned missionary, temple endowed, BYU graduate ex-mormon, I have no doubt in my mind the church constantly donates money to campaigns and causes via its priesthood, and does so under the guise of individual donations, because it can so successfully blur the lines between individual action and church mandate.

By: EQUALITY

EQUALITY — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:51:27 +0000

Guys, a Mormon Bishop NEVER speaks for the MORMON church. So, him fighting his own little battle in Illinois is HIS deal. He has his own free-will and so the Mormon church is not going to stop him as he’s not breaking any commandments (as far as theyir concerned) – I guess love thy neighbor didn’t make it into THEIR Bible. The Mormon church agreed to “allow” civil unions in California because they knew that it would then seem like they were being reasonable (We definitely know better). That is the way many churches are going these days. If a majority of a states population is for marriage, they will angle for us to get less (ie. civil unions); if the majority of the population seems against any kind of protections for us, they will fight against even civil unions. Jerks!

By: Gafu

Gafu — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:33:23 +0000

Wow, Mormons and Conservatives are beyond ridiculous. At this rate, Mormons really need to lose their tax exemption with how much political foolery they are involved with.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:48:30 +0000

I think the rights of Mormons to marry should be put to the popular vote on the next ballot. The Latter Day Saints are NOT a popular sect of Christianity among other Christians, who view them as hellbound cultists and who would, no doubt, happily, and righteously, flip the Mormons the Christian bird inside the voting booth. Along with the rest of us.

By: Buff Carmichael

Buff Carmichael — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:12:13 +0000

I thought it was the position of the Mormon church to oppose “marriage,” but not “civil unions.”

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:46:44 +0000

Actually I do not believe that the LDS Church was involved in the Common Ground Initiative. That was purely a Republican destruction and the bills didnt even make it out of commitee.

By: shawn

shawn — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:21:05 +0000

They sound like f*cking dominionists!

By: Scott P.

Scott P. — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:36:19 +0000

Steve, you hit it on the head.

I left Salt Lake to get away from the Mormons. They’re very fond of saying “If you don’t like it here, then leave.” I left and they decided that Utah was not enough.

Let me say this from the bottom of my heart, the LDS Church aims at domination of this country and any other they can get under it’s sway. They honestly believe that it’s the destiny of the LDS Church to control all of mankind as a way to help Jesus when he returns.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:24:01 +0000

Funny. In California, the Mormons claimed that the opposed only same-sex marriage, not civil unions or domestic partnerships. Well, the Illinois bill is a civil union bill, not a marriage bill. So between last November and today, did the Mormons receive an even more latter-day revelation that civil unions are wrong too? Or are they just shameless, manipulative liars?

By: Tony renna ny

Tony renna ny — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:08:00 +0000

its scarry how the mormans think bigomy is ok , so much for one man one woman , but then again their whole beliefe system is off the wall , but the world seems , a word to all religous nuts out there the 10 commandments also states , not to bare false witteness aginst thy neighbor , 13 years of cathoic school has taught me that , but thereligous groups out there seem to pick and choose which commandments they follow . This is not the way to heavan idiots !again , stop teling lies about us and we will stop telling the truth about you .