Prop 8 Victory A Fiasco

Critics in the objective and unbiased media are mesmerized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint’s involvement in California’s Proposition 8. The Church is well organized and quick to mobilize. Membership includes many productive, prosperous families willing to work for a cause they believe in. As a result, the LDS Church is widely recognized in this country and by governments abroad as an important ally in the effort to fight hunger, improve literacy and provide medical care for those in need.

It is worth noting that Mormon’s support of Prop 8 has not involved discussion about how their opponents are strange, spooky, or weird. On the other hand, the proponents of gay-marriage, failing to make their case with the voters of California, have defaulted to shrill, vitriolic attacks on the Mormon’s.

Mounting a rebuttal along the lines of ”Hey, your pretty weird and a lot of people don’t like you” might make your arguments look weak to the thinkers in the crowd. The Mormon’s have been listening to this kind criticism for a long time now. Remember when Lilburn Boggs made it legal to shoot Mormon’s in Missouri. Critics have been predicting that the “Mormon Moment” is passed for more than 160 years to no effect. It’s enough to make you wonder. 

Critics should focus on an honest debate about the virtues of their cause. Predicting the worst for the Mormons or blaming them for society’s ills has proven ineffective. Note that Pundits still consider two Mormons as top potential presidential possibilities for 2012. Among those campaigning in Georgia for Saxby Chambliss, it’s worth noting that McCain and Palin rallies were free. Romney still commands $2,500 per couple among conservative supporters.

Marriage is the very substance of our society, our lives and who we are as human beings. There is nothing more essential, or eternal than human love and the family. That makes this debate emotional and consequently contentious. Gay activists and their supporters in the totally unbiased and objective media are seeking to exploit that emotion and an easy target instead of making their case. 

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/the_friday_line_ten_republican.html

http://kickingalion.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/mormon-involvement-in-prop-8-viewed-as-a-%e2%80%99fiasco%e2%80%99/#comment-15

Religious Extremists Once Again Associated With Violence

New York Times Editorial Writer, Maureen Dowd, is quick to associate Mormons, Catholics and other ominous “church backed” conspirators with graphic descriptions of the death of Harvey Milk; the late gay activist.

Dowd interviewed Dianne Feinstein who talks in detail about the horror of finding Milk’s body and placing her fingers in a bullet hole to find a pulse. That’s going to leave an impression on anyone and it’s true that Church groups exercised their first amendment rights to support an issue they feel strongly about. Their support of that effort did not involve damaging any property, making threats against opponents and of course it did not involve violence.

Dowd’s effort to associate those who supported Prop 8 with the psychology of a murderer is as dishonest as it is telling.

I have been watching the coverage of the ongoing tragedy in Mumbai and I have yet to hear anyone on CNN or the Networks name the perpetrators as Muslim Terrorists even though a Muslim terror group has claimed responsibility. I wonder if the NYT will be as quick to name names in the gruesome deaths of hundreds this weekend as they are to make a vague association between the actions of Dan White 30 years ago and the majority of California voters, including some churches today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/opinion/23dowd.html?_r=1

Gay Agenda Targets Freedom of Speech, Conscience

True to form, the NRO staff has cut through all the hysteria and laid bare the facts about opposition to Prop 8 and the involvement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  As I have stated on this page before, opposition to gay marriage is rooted in a Judeo-Christian religious ethic. While clergy are often the spokespersons for traditional marriage, the explicit root of their common support is never explicitly defined. By the same token, pro-gay animosity towards organized christian religion is rarely called a spade.

Gay activists recognize that anti-Mormon sentiment is common and socially acceptable even among many conservatives and Christians. Attacks on the Mormons are a shrewd attempt to play conservatives against each other and they have good reason to think this will be an effective strategy.

Mitt Romney, whose propensity to adapt policy positions was no more pronounced than any of the other republican primary candidates, was manifestly more the viable conservative candidate that John McCain. Mike Huckabee was not a viable candidate but Evangelical Christians’ distaste for Mitt superceded their fear of an Obama presidency and a 3 branch liberal majority. Their support for Huckabee assured a McCain candidacy and loss.

Where are the spokespeople for other Christian organizations who supported prop 8, now that the Mormon church is being singled out in post election aftermath? The same Christian organizations are now reluctant to voice support for the LDS church even though it hurts not only the immediate cause but makes more likely the possibility of serious consequences down the road. The same lack of fore-site that led to a futile McCain candidacy will hurt all organized religion as the pro-gay agenda is shepherded through the courts by pro-gay activist judges. 

 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTU5MjZmMDIyMDU3NjRiMjBlNjcxYTlmOGQ2ODA5NjA=