Last November when I, along with so many others, had my panties violently in a bunch over the Mormon Church's involvement in Prop 8, I noticed something interesting. I read other blogs where people who were, or had once been, members blast the church for what it was doing and then follow it up with a "don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Mormon..." It's funny how so many of us still carry around the notion that being anti-Mormon is the very worst thing a person can be. That an "Anti" is some horn sprouting sewer creature that will eat your eyes if you get too close to it.Anti only means against, doesn't it? Against, as in not for. Well, I am certainly not for the Mormon Church these days. I am most definitely against it. I am against ignorance and bigotry and homophobia. I am against lies and crazy making. Jesus himself cleared the temple, his holy place, when it was defiled. The leaders of the church defiled my temple. They, and those that obeyed them last fall, spat upon people and things that I hold sacred. They came knocking on our door and threw down the gauntlet. They were the BigFatBullies on our playground. They took away human rights. Why do we, on the outside, have to be polite and walk on eggshells in the face of the enormous pain they have caused and the damage their beliefs have inflicted? Why are we required to be kind in the face of such unkindness?
There is a time to turn the other cheek and be the bigger person. And then there is a time to say enough. No more. And, for hundreds of thousands of us, that time is now.
So, am I an anti-Mormon? Well, since I am not for, and based on the fact that I am against, I guess the answer is, pretty much, you betcha.
Wanna see my horns?
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"Wanna see my horns? "
Yes.
Luv ya!
~Rick
You and I both. ANTI. ALL CAPS. Until they are for me...I'm anti them.
Me first! ME FIRST!!!
I've come to that conclusion as well, as have many others I know. We defended our family's right to believe whatever non-traditional dogma they wanted but did they defend our right to love and marry who we wanted?
Thanks, by the way, for your blog. My mother is a big fan of your mom's, and I wish I had as good a relationship with my mom as you seem to have your with yours.
ahh-I KNOW my horns are much bigger than yours-Val
Actually, more than even your horns, I want to see your real midgets. I have my own you know-right next door!-Val
Are you talking about Main Street Plaza?
The thing is that -- while we try to avoid being "Anti-Mormon" on MSP -- it's not that we think there's something bad, wrong, or inappropriate about being "Anti-Mormon". It's just that that's not our niche. Not everyone has to do the same thing. ;^)
We try to shoot for "neither for nor against, but about", like this book.
Girl, I spit out their nasty-ass Kool Aid years ago and don't really want to sip it anymore...
Rick, I love ya too. Especially for posting Anonymously and then signing your name! xo
Val, you do NOT have midgets next door!!! When am I coming over for tea and relay races?
That's very funny. During the whole Prop 8 horror I kept hearing it's supporters on TV saying "I'm not anti-gay but I think they're sick, evil and going to Hell" or words to that effect. Thank you for your commentary.
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