Tag Archives: Mormons

Damage Control At Marriott

Marriott Hotels is doing some damage control in the face of calls for a boycott of the chain. Bill Marriott (emphasis mine): As many of you may know I’m a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some might conclude given my family’s membership in the Mormon Church that our company supported the recent ballot initiative to …

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Tonight: NYC Prop 8 Protest

Tonight is NYC’s first Prop 8 protest, which will be held at the Mormon temple on the Upper West Side at W.65th and Columbus Avenue at 6:30PM. It looks to be major. Who’s down? UPDATE: Eric Leven has this shot of last night’s sign making party at the NYC LGBT Center. I see couple of our JMG peeps there. Andy …

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Mormons Are Posthumously Baptizing Dead Jews, Living Jews Not Amused

From the You Can’t Make It Up file: Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old agreement barring the practice. Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints say they are making changes to …

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Tonight: Sign Making At The NYC LBGT Center For Tomorrow’s Mormon Protest

In advance to tomorrow’s marriage equality rally at the Mormon temple on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, pre-protest organizing and sign making will take place tonight at the NYC LGBT Center. Via Eric Leven: We need folks to come help and make posters on Tuesday night at the LGBT Center on 13th Street between 7th Avenue and Greenwich. We have room …

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Boycott Utah?

There’s a growing call to boycott Utah in the wake of Proposition 8 and the referendum’s massive support by the Utah-based Mormon Church. Utah’s growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Mormon church for its aggressive promotion of California’s ban on …

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Wednesday: Prop 8 Protest In NYC

New York City will see its first Prop 8 protest on Wednesday at the Manhattan Mormon Temple on the Upper West Side. Via Facebook: Tens of thousands of our brothers and sisters are in the streets in California and Salt Lake City and around the country protesting the votes banning same-sex marriage in California. Join them! Make your voices heard …

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Gays Protests At LA Mormon Temple

Via LA Times: More than a thousand gay-rights activists gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Mormon temple in Westwood to protest the role Mormons played in passing Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. It was the latest in an escalating campaign directed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its role in marshaling millions of dollars …

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Today At 2PM: Prop 8 Protest At Los Angeles Mormon Temple

Via the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center: WHAT: Leading supporters of marriage equality will hold a news conference in front of the Los Angeles Mormon Temple in response to the Mormon church’s leading role in the deceptive advertising campaign for Proposition 8. At the urging of church President Thomas Monson, Mormons contributed more than $15 million to fund the …

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Don’t Surrender, Dorothys

Towleroad reports that Yes On 8 has skywriters crapping their message across the California sky. Pay no attention to the Wicked Witch, this is still our game to win.

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The Final Yes On 8 Ad

And it’s a doozy, displaying numerous examples of defaced Yes On 8 signs, vandalized homes and vehicles, and the infamous “Bigots Live Here” SUV. Oh, and lots and lots of babies.

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Mormon Home Invasion

The latest from the Courage Campaign.

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Courage Campaign Asks Mormon Church To Stop Lying About Proposition 8

LGBT activists in California are collecting petition signatures asking the Mormon Church to stop meddling in the gay marriage issue. The Courage Campaign contends church leaders have “intimidated” members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints into giving millions of dollars to the Yes on 8 campaign. On Nov. 4, California voters will decide whether to approve Proposition …

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Yes On 8 Launches Blackmail Campaign

The lovely folks at Protect Marriage have sent letters to major corporations that have donated to No On 8 to demand a donation for themselves – or else face the wrath of an ad campaign denouncing them. ProtectMarriage.com, the umbrella group behind a ballot initiative that would overturn the California Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage, sent a certified …

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LDS Vs Gays

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Mormon Youth To Go Viral Against Marriage Equality

The Mormon Church is asking its youngest members to use all the digital technology at their disposal to spread the church’s hate. Young Mormons in California and Californian Mormons studying on Brigham Young University campuses should use texting, blogging, videos, podcasts, Twitter and Facebook to “go viral” in support of a California ballot initiative that would ban gay marriage, said …

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The Dishonor Roll

Californians Against Hate has published a Dishonor Roll of the top contributors to Yes On 8. Most of the individual donors are Mormons. CAH estimates that 75% of the hate money is coming from Mormons. Most are from out-of-state. Here’s the top 20. 1. Knights of Columbus: $1,275,0002. National Organization For Marriage: $941,134.803. John Templeton:$900,0004. Howard Ahmanson, Jr.: $900,0005. American …

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Mormons Taking Over Arizona’s Anti-Gay Marriage Fight

Via Jim Burroway of Box Turtle Bulletin comes word that the Mormon Church, already leading the fight against marriage equality in California, is now taking aim at Arizona: The campaign over whether marriage should be defined — and limited — in the state constitution could soon start to look like a fight between two politically polarizing groups: gays and Mormons. …

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Mormons To Plant Hate In 1 Million Yards

The Mormon Church is coordinating a plan to put one million “Yes On 8” signs in Californians’ front yards on September 22nd. Boyd K. Packer, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Magic Underwear, has laid out the plan in a detailed message to the presidents of their klutches, or whatever you call a Mormon diocese. …

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