Radical Thoughts on Mormon involvement in Prop 8
by: RadicalRuss
Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 13:47:09 PM EST
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Homophobes like to scare people with the idea that the gays recruit innocent straight kids and that homosexuality is but one slippery slope away from pedophilia and bestiality. I endorse the opposite approach: the more anti-gay you are, the more I want to keep you away from the kids.
For years the Catholic Church has gotten the rap for the child sex abuse scandals they hath wrought. So when there is a hurricane to blame on gay folks, you know it's good Catholics like Pastor John Hagee who step up to the plate. In this latest Prop 8 gay marriage battle in California, there was significant involvement (cue Dr. Evil, "One million dollars!") on the pro-8 side by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization.
But then there is the Mormon Church. Initially, there is the rank hypocrisy of a state/religion that turns a blind eye to its fundamentalist polygamists and their child brides, that then has more than significant involvement ("Twenty million dollars!") fighting to end the marriage rights of monogamous adults.