When the Mormons come to your door

[cos]

Apparently some Mormons stopped by my house last week, when I wasn't home, so I heard about it from Valerie later. She was not aware that the Mormon church funded California's proposition 8, donating the bulk of the money to run ads in the final weeks; it's quite likely that it would not have passed without their help.

If I were home when they came, I would have asked about it. I don't necessarily presume that young canvassers agree with their church, but it played such a pivotal role in passing the gay marriage ban, and here they are canvassing for converts, so they're at least acting in support of it. Mormon canvassers are, as far as I can tell, always polite, so I'd be polite. I'd also make it clear that I believe their church is a terrible influence on the world and I actively advise my friends to avoid it.

If Mormons come to your door, remember to ask them about prop 8? I'm curious to hear what they say.

Comments

[awfief.livejournal.com]

Your first sentence is correct. Your second sentence, however, does not take into account that the Mormons who practice polygamy are very very old school, not modern Mormons, and very rare.

I would phrase inquiries more along the lines of "Is it standard practice of the Mormon church to knowingly deceive people to try to get them not to sin?"

ie, along the lines of taking away the free will that G-d gave us, by lying.

(Also I might ask about the other cleanliness laws; so far as I know, the reasons Christians can eat pork is because when Jesus came the first time 'round he said "all those cleanliness laws in Leviticus? Forget 'em!" and I wonder if the homosexuality thing is one of those.)

[dscheuring.livejournal.com]

The prohibition against homosexuality is explicitly restated by "Paul" in the epistles. The Leviticus and the Story of Sodom and Gomorrah are more frequently quoted, but Paul is the real reason why christians think that their god hates the gays.