California Catholic Conference Condemns Outrageous Anti-Mormon Campaign Advertisement
We received the following this morning, which is an excellent followup to our post below:
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Catholic Conference Condemns Outrageous No on 8 TV CommercialSACRAMENTO, Nov. 3 — The California Catholic Conference today condemned as “bigoted and intolerant” a new ‘No on Proposition 8′ television commercial scheduled to run on TV stations tomorrow. The ad, produced by a group called ‘Courage Campaign Issues Committee and viewable at
http://www.kutv.com/content/
news/topnews/story.aspx? content_id=e1f83189-843f-41d7- 84c4-2029fbd9a2ce
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q28UwAyzUkE
depicts supposed missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conducting a home invasion of a lesbian couple’s home to steal their wedding rings and rip up their marriage license.
Bishop Stephen Blaire, the President of the California Catholic Conference decried the new advertisement from opponents of Proposition 8 as “a blatant display of religious bigotry and intolerance. “ He expressed dismay that any public media outlet would give it an airing. “The YES on 8 campaign is not about discrimination and intolerance; it is about restoring the traditional definition of marriage for the good of society and children,” said Bishop Blaire. “All individuals and groups, whether religious or not, have both a right and a responsibility to participate in a civil debate about this important issue. From the beginning of this campaign theCatholic Conference has stressed the importance of mutual respect and denounces this type of religious bigotry.”
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Greg on 04 Nov 2008 at 10:41 am #
I appreciate the California Catholic Conference’s statement that the video is “a blatant display of religious bigotry and intolerance.” Although a lot of anger and resentment is directed towards the leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I’m sure many churches are concerned about these new developments and attacks directed at the Church.
Recently, I wrote a number of posts on my own blog about Proposition 8 – one of which may be of interest to you – see Proposition 8, Mormons and the New Statesman. Also, I believe the opponents of Proposition 8 misuse the term equality and promote their agenda under the guise of “equal rights”.
Although I haven’t visited your blog recently, you may want to be aware – if you are not already – of the United Nations program on “gender mainstreaming”. See Concepts and Definitions and Woman Watch: Directory of UN Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women.
Opponents of Proposition 8 seem to adhere to the same ideology as promoted by this U.N. program. We may not be able to trace the funding sources, but the principles and tenets are more easily followed.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were warned for many years by its leaders about the encroachments upon our religious and civil liberties by certain individuals and groups. It is interesting that some of these groups and individuals are now openly and directly attacking the Church just as we were warned.
Regardless, I love the blog and the great work you’re both doing!