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pgodbold Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 01:16 PM
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I just watched the movie "8: The Mormon Proposition"
"Confidential church documents, statements by high-ranking church officials and other sources detail 30 years of efforts to turn back gay rights, particularly by the Mormon-sponsored National Organization for Marriage." - Netflix

Watch the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3123185433/

I recommend this documentary. It's a painful look at the intense hatred and almost unlimited resources of Mormonism. I've seen hate before but not like this.

This movie is available on Netflix.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 01:18 PM
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1. yep I have that in my massive GLBT documentary collection.
I highly recommend it though it will piss you off!

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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 01:18 PM
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2. Wouldn't it be a nightmare to be gay and live in Utah. n/t
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OutNow Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 01:58 PM
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3. Utah is a nightmare for .....
a nightmare for feminists
a nightmare for union members
a nightmare for Jews
a nightmare for out atheists
well, actually for just about anyone that isn't a Mormon

A few years ago a woman who was a rising star in my company was offered a good promotion, but the job was in Salt Lake City. So she said goodbye to her Jewish family in the New York suburbs and settled into her new job.

About 9 months later I ran into her at a conference and asked how her new job was working out. Not so good. It was so bad she gave up the promotion and offered to take any job opening anywhere on the east coast. And it wasn't that she missed her favorite bagel shop. The Mormons in her office (about 75% of the total) would ignore her instructions, hold business meetings for the Mormon employees in the morning before the office opened, make sales to Mormon-owned companies at discounts not available to non-Mormon customers, and go over her head to the Mormon district manager several times a month.

I learned over the years that this is the way it works in Utah. doG help us if Romney becomes President.
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pgodbold Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 02:30 PM
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4. Wow. I had no idea the work environment was that hostile to non-Mormons. Thank you for sharing this.
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Eryemil Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 04:03 PM
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5. I hated Mormons before it was cool.
The only good thing about this religion is that it can't seem to manage to retain any converts.
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CurtEastPoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 04:43 PM
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6. I remember when Roseanne [Barr] said growing up Jewish in Utah was like 'Amish Nazis'
I still remember that quote!
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RetiredTrotskyite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 08:36 PM
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7. True....
but then I haven't seen homohatred so open and in-your-face,and I've been out nearly 40 years now.
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jeremyfive Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 01:15 AM
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8. The Mormon "Church" is a Despicable Cult
Remember, the Mormon "Church" is making full use of their tax advantaged status (including the tax dollars from gay citizens) to fight against gay issues. It is disgusting. Filthy cult.
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_ed_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:37 AM
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9. Mormonism is the
Scientology of the 19th Century. It was founded by a convicted fraud, Joseph Smith. The church was officially racist until the late 1970s.
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