"It's Time to Speak Out Against The 'Mormon Boycott'"

[marsupial]

Just as an observation, but you play the semantics card on our beloved, full-haired UtahDan over the use of "scandelized outrage," yet the entire premise of your thread is silly hyperbole.

Mormon boycott? What Mormon boycott? Who exactly is boycotting Mormonism?

There have been some examples here and there of vandalism and a guy quitting his job. The criminal behavior is inexcuseable.

yet there is no evidence of a massive boycott of Mormonism nor of its members.

You live in SoCal. I live here. Can you give me examples of this Mormon boycott? Which cities? Were is it taking place? I haven't seen it.

I hear Perez Hilton is boycotting Robert Redford and his bigoted Sundance Film Festival and that little Mormon hamlet we know as Park City.

[PaloAltoCougar]

LA, here's a tip about this baord. When I get into a dialogue with someone about whatever--Israel, prop. 8, whatever-- and everyone is silent but the two of us, it means everyone agrees with me. When they don't agree with me they get involved.

I confess there are times when I have agreed with SU, but a more reliable measurement than the board's silence could be obtained by setting your Weather.com home page to "Hell" and watching for temperatures to drop below zero celsius. As Dante noted, it happens--just not very often.

[TripletDaddy]

I haven't seen it either. I was commenting on a blog post at The American Thinker. (See my first post above for the link.) The discussion was, if those things are going on, do we think they are acceptable? Im my opinion, Seattle has twisted himself into a pretzel trying to argue that they are.

Are these folks really protesting "Mormonism" as much as they are protesting the political stance the Church recently took in a public vote?

Nobody has spoken out against baptism, repentance, the Holy Ghost, family home evening, temple endowments, fast offerings, or middle age large breasted women playing volleyball and basketball at the chapel cultural hall. Wake me up when they start dissing us for our core beliefs, not a fringe, centralized political movement that spanned 3 months.

I will say this....if these boycotters even THINK about messing with Saturday's Warrior, they will be sorry and they will incur my wrath. It will give new meaning to ZERO POPULATION IS THE ANSWER, MY FRIEND!

[PaloAltoCougar]

I hear Perez Hilton is boycotting Robert Redford and his bigoted Sundance Film Festival and that little Mormon hamlet we know as Park City.

I think this reflects the fatuity of many of the boycotters. I've attended a few film festivals, including multiple Sundances, and except for those located on Castro Street, no festival has featured more positive gay-related themes (and I realize I'm teeing it up here; have at it, boys).

I'm also amused by the boycott of the "Mormon-owned" Marriott Corporation, which must be the only publicly traded corporation with transfer restrictions limiting ownership to full tithepayers.

[TripletDaddy]

I hear Perez Hilton is boycotting Robert Redford and his bigoted Sundance Film Festival and that little Mormon hamlet we know as Park City.

I will say this much about Perez.....he is a no-talent hackjob.

Park City is better for his not trodding its soil with his filthy white cocaine markers.

[TripletDaddy]

I think this reflects the fatuity of many of the boycotters. I've attended a few film festivals, including multiple Sundances, and except for those located on Castro Street, no festival has featured more positive gay-related themes (and I realize I'm teeing it up here; have at it, boys).

I'm also amused by the boycott of the "Mormon-owned" Marriott Corporation, which must be the only publicly traded corporation with transfer restrictions limiting ownership to full tithepayers.

I am currently boycotting the LDS Church.

My protests consist of my failing to return the 2 folding tables and 6 chairs I stole from the chapel for our Thanksgiving dinner get-together.

Given the impending triplet birthday party next weekend and the subsequent holiday dinner at our house, the Spirit tells me that my boycott will last through the month of December.

I will probably soften my stance sometime after the New Year. It will also likely be later at night and in the middle of the week.

[LA Ute]

I am currently boycotting the LDS Church.

My protests consist of my failing to return the 2 folding tables and 6 chairs I stole from the chapel for our Thanksgiving dinner get-together.

Given the impending triplet birthday party next weekend and the subsequent holiday dinner at our house, the Spirit tells me that my boycott will last through the month of December.

I will probably soften my stance sometime after the New Year. It will also likely be later at night and in the middle of the week.

I am boycotting Triplet Daddy. I will support no enterprise that puts money in his pocket, because he is likely to turn around and give it to USC.

[LA Ute]

I will not boycott Palo Alto Cougar, however, because any money I might put in his pocket may well end up in the coffers of the University of Utah.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I will not boycott Palo Alto Cougar, however, because any money I might put in his pocket may well end up in the coffers of the University of Utah.

It is for this reason that I boycott myself. My bishop has called me in for an interview.

[pelagius]

On a related note, did everybody already see the following that appeared in the NY Times today (here's hoping this isn't like AA hitler video in terms of previous posting):

[woot]

Oh, wow. Religiosfascism? Don't you think that's just a bit, well, over-wrought?

No, I do not want it to be illegal. My question is whether such behavior is acceptable. There is no right or wrong answer, objectively. It's a matter of what we as a society find acceptable, and to get to that point we need to discuss it, hopefully without calling each other names.

I don't actually assume that anyone on this board is a reliofascist. I only meant to point out the absurdity in working so hard for an opportunity to take the smug high ground over SU by implying moral deficiency in his position. In order to do so it is, in fact, apparent that you were both working under different definitions of the term "acceptable," despite SU's very clear explanation of what he considered it to mean in this context. It is not clear to me that you still aren't using the term in a moral sense, despite SU's use of it in the legal sense. The conversation really can't go anywhere until we define all the terms we're using.

[LA Ute]

I don't actually assume that anyone on this board is a reliofascist. I only meant to point out the absurdity in working so hard for an opportunity to take the smug high ground over SU by implying moral deficiency in his position. In order to do so it is, in fact, apparent that you were both working under different definitions of the term "acceptable," despite SU's very clear explanation of what he considered it to mean in this context. It is not clear to me that you still aren't using the term in a moral sense, despite SU's use of it in the legal sense. The conversation really can't go anywhere until we define all the terms we're using.

Sorry you saw smugness there, it wasn't intended. Seattle and I are friends and go at it frequently on issues like this. I think his anger towards the Church blinds him to the indecency of the attacks now being waged on Church members, simply because of their membership. It's really just two lawyers who like to argue wasting time on a Friday afternoon.

[creekster]

On a related note, did everybody already see the following that appeared in the NY Times today (here's hoping this isn't like AA hitler video in terms of previous posting):

As a youngun' weaned on politics in the lates 60s and early 70s I have mixed feelings seeing Chuck COlson flying to our rescue.

[pelagius]

As a youngun' weaned on politics in the lates 60s and early 70s I have mixed feelings seeing Chuck COlson flying to our rescue.

good catch ... I didn't even notice that.

[LA Ute]

On a related note, did everybody already see the following that appeared in the NY Times today (here's hoping this isn't like AA hitler video in terms of previous posting):

Bunch of knuckle-dragging bigots. Just ask Seattle.