Mormons Take Anti-Gay Crusade Across the Pond.
They’ve done it in Hawaii, California and elsewhere in the US. Now they’re doing it in the UK. Yet of course when it’s all said and done LDSinc will claim, as they did after Proposition 8, that they did nothing and their individual members just decided on their own to contribute millions of dollars and spend countless hours working to eradicate the rights of people who’ve done absolutely nothing to them. Then they and their members will all whine about how they’re being unfairly targeted and “persecuted” for their beliefs, blah blah blah. From Pink News UK:
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According to an email seen by PinkNews.co.uk, it appears the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is throwing its support behind efforts to exempt religious groups from anti-gay discrimination laws.The email, sent by law firm Devonshires on behalf of the church, suggests religious groups should band together in a powerful coalition to fight the government proposals.
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The email cites the successful campaign of 2005 when the religious lobby obtained exemptions under the Gender Recognition Act. Law firm Devonshires hosted a number of meetings for religious and non-religious groups to win the exemptions.The Church of Latter-day Saints now plans to take the government “by surprise” by organising a coalition of religious groups to contest gay protections in the Equality Bill.
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Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, expressed concern that the gay community was not organised enough to fight attempts to derail protections.He told PinkNews.co.uk: “It does seem to suggest Mormons are behind this. What immediately struck me were the echoes of Proposition 8 - they pumped millions into the campaign but denied it.
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Poor persecuted Mormons. Merely standing up for their “deeply held belief” that gay people don’t deserve the same legal protections they do. To think that some mean spirited people actually call them bigots for that!
