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It’s really disturbing how desperate they are to pin the accusation of “violence” onto their opponents — just as Oaks did in his talk.

It looks like they wish that there’d been some actual violence against Mormons so they could dismiss their opponents as villains.

Also (as I said here), one could argue that by pinning that accusation on his opponents, he’s setting up a justification for violence against his opponents. I dismissed this possibility at the time, but if this fantasy that the “defenders of marriage” are somehow the victims of “violence” becomes a pattern and a fixation, I’m no longer so sure. After all, the rhetoric about abortion-providers being “murderers” has led to abortion-providers getting murdered for real.

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And if one reads the church’s full statement, they again make it clear that they still think gays are second class citizens and that they won’t hesitate to smack us down if we try to get all uppity.

The Church supports these ordinances because they are fair and reasonable and do not do violence to the institution of marriage. They are also entirely consistent with the Church’s prior position on these matters. The Church remains unequivocally committed to defending the bedrock foundation of marriage between a man and a woman.

They think they’re being kind and generous in “letting” us have a few small rights in liberal downtown SLC. The condescension is simply overwhelming.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/12/803760/-Ultra-Mormon-Sutherland-Institute-in-Open-Revolt-against-LDS-leadership

Pls welcome to check it out!

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Because it results in competing statements like this:

Statement: Sutherland Institute Opposes SLC Ordinances on Anti-Discrimination

http://www.fox13now.com/news/seenontv/kstu-statement-sutherland-insti-opposes-slc-laws,0,7852153.story

Check out the first comment left in response to Sutherland’s statement:

I am not sure what the Sutherland group thinks they are doing, but the Brethren have spoken. No more needs to be said.

http://www.topix.com/forum/living/wedding/TCM50L0JQ45S34M7B

Folks like Sutherland’s Paul Mero have built careers peddling the notion that “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” are figments of disordered minds. With the LDS church now suddenly supporting ordinances that include this “make-believe” terminology, it’s obvious that the LDS church has come down squarely on the side of treating LGBT folks as if they actually do exist.

My latest YouTube:

Sutherland Institute: Allowing SLC’s so-called ‘homosexuals’ to work and find housing = gay marriage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UEvEWTGR5o

The Sutherland Institute are the biggest bunch of WATBs in Utah, and now they’re on their own.

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You know the worst thing about niggas? Niggas always want credit for some shit they supposed to do. A nigga’ll brag about some shit a normal man just does. A nigga’ll say some shit like ‘I take care of my kids.’ You supposed to you dumb muthafucker! What kind of ignorant shit is that! ‘I ain’t never been to jail!’ What do you want, a cookie?! You’re not supposed to go to jail you low expectation-having motherfucker!

“We’re against job and housing discrimination against gay people.”

“What do you want, a cookie? You’re SUPPOSED to be against it!” It’s 2009. Other cities passed ordinances like that 10, 20, even 30 years ago.

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No shit, Sherlock.

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