Gregory A. Clark: 'The anti-Mormon chant by a few Oregon students was inappropriate. But at least it wasn’t the publicly revered official writings or practice of a multi-billion-dollar corporation and millions of members.'
After the Supreme Court ruling confirming same-sex marriage rights, the new official Mormon policy decreed that people in same-sex marriages were apostates and excluded their children from full participation in Mormon rites. Verily, this mean-spirited bigotry was the revealed mind and will of the Lord. Thus, sayeth the prophet.Plus, of course, there’s Mormon patriarchal sexism. Such sexism is often illegal in the public domain. Rightly so.
If y’all are genuinely worried about bigoted hate speech, check out the Bible, including the words of the Lord. It’s not just the Book of Mormon that’s a holy hate manual. The Bible is, too. Yet the Bible is prominently and widely featured in houses of worship, progressive as well as fundamentalist. It’s used to swear in court witnesses and government officials, including presidents of the United States. And, of course, it’s a popular prop, as then-President Donald Trump showed.
Imagine a president publicly posing with “Mein Kampf.” Most people would be rightly repulsed. But when it’s the Bible, it’s to be admired. Or apologists preach that the Good Book is misrepresented. It’s not.
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