Posts Tagged ‘ Religion ’

Mormons are Religion’s Rotten Apple

“One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel” The whole reason many flocked to the “New World” was due to the constant rule of religion from a political figure. England’s Henry VIII made himself the head of “Church of England”, his daughter “Bloody Mary” was burning anyone who wasn’t Catholic and even 6 protestants were beheaded during Queen Elizabeth reign.  Wouldn’t you take your family and take chances on a new life? Now the United States has allowed religious values to influence politics and now “proof is in the pudding” with the Mormons and California’s Proposition 8.  The Mormon church...

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Sundance Film Festival Boycott

Sundance Film Festival Boycott

Mormons Stole Our Rights is the start of a large protest and boycott against Utah and it’s tourist attractions. Utah and the Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott for its aggressive promotion of California’s ban on gay marriage via the Mormon Church. Tourism brings in $6 billion a year to Utah, with world-class skiing, a spectacular red rock country and the film festival founded by Robert Redford, among other popular tourist draws. “At a fundamental level, the Utah Mormons crossed the line on this one,” said gay rights activist John Aravosis, an influential blogger in Washington,...

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Evangelical Children Gay Friendly but Still Anti-Abortion

According to a new poll for the PBS news program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc., although white evangelical Christians have voted overwhelmingly Republican for the last 20 years, younger evangelicals are less supportive of John McCain than evangelicals over 30. The September survey found that almost three-quarters (71%) of white evangelicals say they support McCain for president, compared to 23% who support Barack Obama. But the margin closes to 62-30 percent among white evangelicals ages 18-29. Younger white evangelical women are much less favorable toward Sarah Palin than their mothers, with only 46%...

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Why You Should Vote for Clinton

Why You Should Vote for Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton said that Democrats were more likely to lose in November if his wife Hillary Clinton is not the partyâ’s presidential nominee, and suggested some people were trying to â’cover this upâ’ and â’push and pressure and bullyâ’ superdelegates to make up their minds prematurely. “I canâ’t believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out,â’ he said at a South Dakota campaign stop Sunday, in remarks first reported by ABC News. â”Oh, this is so terrible: The people they want her....

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