Online Chat with a Live Anti-Civil Rights Mormon

I just discovered that the Mormons have a live online chat. So, being the activist that I am, I logged in and politely (yes, with civility) asked “Beth” why the estimated $23 million that the Mormons gave to pass Proposition H8 in California was not used to feed the hungry, clothe and house the homeless, help the poor and elderly, etc., according to the teachings of their religion.

Naturally, she came back with a pithy, canned response. I think we need to confront their hypocrisy with civility and candor.

There is a very small verse in the Christian scriptures that says “Jesus wept.” I bet that’s what happened when the Mormons (and the Catholics and the Protestants) financed a campaign to remove civil rights from gay people who want to marry, sending the message that their Christian love for others is conditional, and that gay people do not have the same rights as others.

Here’s the link. Please be civil, but do challenge their hypocrisy in funding a needless anti-civil rights measure.

For instance, the Mormons used an estimated $1.5-2 billion to build a mall in Salt Lake City, an estimated 15 times what they spent in 2004 for humanitarian aid. So much for actually helping people, they are a huge, untaxed corporation that is ripping off people, using guilt and repression to do so, and then using the money to invest in controversial profit-making.

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