So the Mormon church is being targeted with a vengance because people believe that our church passed Prop 8 singlehandedly. Yet again, bigotry astounds me. Hate to protest hate, and lies to beef up the tale. I have argued this issue all day. God loves everyone. It is in keeping with our beliefs that marriage is something that is sacred between a man and a woman. We were among a coalition of other faiths (who are now defending us) including Jews, Catholics, and others. We didn't do this on our own AND actually we make our own choices so it's not even true that all the Mormons in CA did this. The money and time was NOT donated by the Mormon church but by members and again, we did this in concert with other faiths. Hatred has swept the country with protests in every state whether we voted the issue or not. To me this is just stupid.
Then I see this at the Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck Accosted At Wendy's: "You Racist Bigot!".
Conservative personality Glenn Beck was accosted at his local Wendy's Saturday night. Beck's full Wendy's rant below: (I chose to not edit his grammatical mistakes, because he is stupid and this is futher proof.)
It happened to me at Wendy's Saturday night. We are on the bus and we stop to get fuel and I said, I'm going to go in, I'm treating. Everybody wants a Frosty. I'm going to go get Frosties. And one of the security guys, said, No, you're not. I said, Yeah, I am. I mean, it's a truck stop. How much trouble am I going to get in in a truck stop? Everybody here you can trust. You're not going in. I went in, but I had to bring the swat team with me and so I'm just, I just want to Frosty, please, the guy standing next to me, who, by the way, I may point out. Had food in his hair, is a truck driver and he turned around. He looked at me and the recognition was immediate and he said, You racist bigot! And I just said -- I wanted to say, I think you have me mistaken for someone else, but I knew he knew who I was and he just hated me for who I was. You conservatives that have destroyed this country! And the hatred was so deep, it was breath taking. Luckily the swat team was there and I just separated myself from him and he just shouted through other people and there were children in the restaurant and he blamed me for everything, I believe including the Holocaust, and the hatred was palpable. The guy screamed at the restaurant, you better not let me see you in the parking lot because I've got a truck and I'll run your ass over! Wow. Is this who we've become? Is this who we've become?
Who WE'VE become Mr. Beck? No. Who you have become. You do not build up your party, you tear down mine. Even worse you keep telling people that you are Mormon. Stop doing that. It's embarrassing. Although maybe CNN could send you to cover one of the Gay protests. You think Dems hate you??? You ain't seen nothing yet.
I also came across this in reading of the hostilities towards my faith. It is an excerpt I snipped for length from the L.A. Times:
First there was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's unsuccessful run for the Republican presidential nomination. Many in the church were shocked that Romney's Mormon faith was a source of discomfort for some voters."Latter-day Saints were just amazed to think there was such bigotry in the country," church spokesman Michael Otterson said.
Really? Latter-day Saints were amazed by bigotry?? No one was amazed when one of my daughters primary classmates said she'd like to assassinate Obama. (Another said Obama sucks). No one was amazed when my daughter was told that Obama was a communist, marxist, socialist, nazi, muslim or whatever the lie of the day is. I have never seen such bigotry in my life. I have listened to the "n-word" comes out of church members who assume that I am as backward as they are. Racist jokes, terroristic remarks, hate. All in MY LDS neighborhood. Guess what my friends that encouraged this?? YOU ARE BIGOTS TOO
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