Mormon War On Masturbation Video

[poofyhairguy]

Mormans are fine overall because they only expect other Mormons to live up to their behavior. The point of these videos is to police the flock, not preach to others. Unless you live in Utah you don't have to deal with silly laws trying to force non-believers to color within the same lines.

Compare that to Church of Christ or Southern Baptists that get off on telling you on how wrong you are, and are quick to fight for legislation to try and curb whatever behavior of yours they don't deem as acceptable.

 

[Gibsons]

Mormans are fine overall because they only expect other Mormons to live up to their behavior. The point of these videos is to police the flock, not preach to others. Unless you live in Utah you don't have to deal with silly laws trying to force non-believers to color within the same lines.

Compare that to Church of Christ or Southern Baptists that get off on telling you on how wrong you are, and are quick to fight for legislation to try and curb whatever behavior of yours they don't deem as acceptable.

Their actions on prop 8 in CA were a bit nosy.

 

[PottedMeat]

Their actions on prop 8 in CA were a bit nosy.

least they got to blow their wad

 

[Gibsons]

After he quit jerking off, he realized he was gay. Did you see the way those guys were looking at each other?!

pegged my gaydar. And mine's not especially good.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Their actions on prop 8 in CA were a bit nosy.

Did they go any further than other groups though?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

 

[Jimzz]

Did they go any further than other groups though?

Mormon church raised over 20 million for something that did not even affect them directly. So yea they did a lot more than most groups.



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church or, informally, the Mormon Church), also publicly supported the proposition. The First Presidency of the church announced its support for Proposition 8 in a letter intended to be read in every congregation in California. In this letter, church members were encouraged to "do all you can to support the proposed constitutional amendment by donating of your means and time." The church produced and broadcast to its congregations a program describing the support of the Proposition, and describing the timeline it proposes for what it describes as grassroots efforts to support the Proposition. Local church leaders set organizational and monetary goals for their membership—sometimes quite specific—to fulfill this call. The response of church members to their leadership's appeals to donate money and volunteer time was very supportive, such that Latter-day Saints provided a significant source for financial donations in support of the proposition, both inside and outside the State of California. LDS members contributed over $20 million, about 45% of out-of-state contributions to ProtectMarriage.com came from Utah, over three times more than any other state. ProtectMarriage, the official proponent of Proposition 8, estimates that about half the donations they received came from Mormon sources, and that LDS church members made up somewhere between 80% and 90% of the volunteers for early door-to-door canvassing.

 

[Meghan54]

Did they go any further than other groups though?

When gay-rights activist Fred Karger started following the money behind the 2008 ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage in California, he discovered that the campaign was overwhelmingly funded and overseen by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Karger estimates that Mormons contributed $30 million of the $42 million total raised in support of Proposition 8, which passed in November 2008.

Source (among others): http://www.motherjones.com/slideshows/2010/03/mormons-gay-marriage-prop-8/bruce-mcconkie



I'd say when one church overwhelmingly provides the finances for one side of an issue, they've done much more than other groups have.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Not a fan of these self-righteous people who discriminate against non-believers -

 

[poofyhairguy]

I'd say when one church overwhelmingly provides the finances for one side of an issue, they've done much more than other groups have.

Fair enough.