Reply #13: I think people scapegoat Mormons when they give them 100% of the blame for prop 8 passing

[galaxy21]

I'm not denying they played a part, but you know, gay marriage has been struck down in 30 states already and I'm not sure what role the Mormons played in those votes (not a notable one, I assume, since no one had mentioned it)

"They are in it up to their lying necks and if the poster I was responding to can't own up to the fact that he belongs to a group that perpetrated a massive fraud on millions to serve hate, well, that's his problem."

"Their lying necks" who do you mean? Mormons? I don't think all mormons are against gay marriage. Just like all Catholics aren't.Or Jewish people. Or anyone else. Even if they're religion includes many groups that are. That's really what I object to about a lot of the Mormon rhetoric. The idea that every Mormon in the world is against gay marriage. I don't think that's true at all. I don't know every Mormon in the world, do I? Do you?

I know people are upset about prop 8, and understandably so, but a lot of this anti Mormon rhetoric borderlines on religious bigotry. If you want to attack Morman organizations, that's one thing. But an entire religious group? I'm not saying you're doing that, but that's the sense I get from certain people.

I think a lot of the anger at Mormons is because of their role in passing prop 8. But, let's be honest, part of it is because they're an easy target, at least compared to Catholics or Evangelicals or even black people who also gave money and voted for it . You can get away with saying things about Mormons, that you couldn't say about any other group.