I had 2 Mormons knock at my door yesterday.

[Are_grits_groceries]

I let them talk for about a minute, and then I interrupted. I told them that I had read about a lot of religions including theirs.
I had considered it one of the many of the different religions in this country. I told them I had had a big change of mind after
the Prop 8 vote in CA.

I said since their religion had made it a point to get in my business, I was now going to do my best to get in theirs. I was going to start
by writing God and everybody to ask that their tax exempt status be removed. I also reported them to Homeland Security because I believed
they were trying to subvert the Constitution and turn America into a theocracy.

I also said that I had contacted a lawyer and the FBI to have any info about me removed from their genealogical project. I said I thought
their claim to want to retroactively baptize people was a front to collect info for nefarious purposes. I wanted every syllable about me and
my family removed from their records.

Then I told them to get their magic underwear wearing, gold plate believing, Osmond listening, Oz temple going, skinny necktie wearing selves off
my doorstep and never come back. If they did I would have them arrested for trespassing, and I was going to call local law enforcement right then
to report them as weird looking, neat people who were spying on the city and might be up to no good. They should be checked to see if they had any
gasoline and fertilizer residue on them.

At least I didn't cuss at them.

[BR_Parkway]

1. good for you, i'm tired of being nice to people like this when they sure

as hell aren't nice to me or mine

[zanne]

2. Well, at least you didn't cuss.

That's a sign of a well brought-up individual. :rofl:

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. Meh! I was raised right and I didn't want Mama to haunt me. nt

[japple]

34. My mama would have haunted me, too, if I'd been nice to

them. Good on you for speaking up.

[Haole Girl]

3. lol!

That's great! I especially loved the part about having their tax exempt status removed. Hit 'em where it hurts!!

:yourock:

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[IndianaJones]

5. this is religious intolerance. nt.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Bullshit....

by engaging in political acts, they opened themselves up to having their tax exempt status investigated. In fact, we need to start doing this to all religious groups that engage in political activity. It is funny, though, how intolerant groups claim intolerance when they are questioned- no wonder most fit so well with the right wing agenda.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

68. The IRA under the Bush regime persecuted left leaning churches

I used to go to a Unitarian-Universalist church and they were extrememly careful of what they said from the pulpit.

[LiberalEsto]

74. Still are

[awoke_in_2003]

112. Got nothing against any religion...

and especially the U-U, as they seem to be well centered and don't get involved in politics. But when one religion (Mormons) go out of their way to fund a political movement, it is time to go after that tax exempt status. We are a nation built on secular laws, and religion needs to be kept in its place. Who knows, one day the fundies might start cozying up with the left- but it will still be wrong.

[ContinentalOp]

16. LOL. Yeah, because they were just innocently minding their own business...

ON HIS FRONT PORCH!

[Chulanowa]

21. No, Prop 8 is religious intolerance

Telling proselytizers off is simply a perfectly reasonable reaction to someone trying to convert you

[helderheid]

37. INDEED.

[ogneopasno]

22. Hahahahahah ah aha hah ahahha aha hah ahahhaa hha! Duzy!

Oh wait, were you serious?

[Are_grits_groceries]

24. As a heart attack!

(I didn't call the police on them though. I think they were in shock.)

[ogneopasno]

28. No, no -- I was responding to the "religious intolerance" post.

I like your response. :)

[Occulus]

25. Or it would be, if there was a religion in question. n/t

[yardwork]

91. LOL! I shouldn't laugh - but that was good.

[Name removed]

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[enki23]

39. Now there's some bullshit.

I hate Republicans, because they align themselves with an organization and a set of beliefs that obviously and directly serves to increase human misery. Is every Republican equally culpable for the misery their organization causes? No. Some are simply ignorant of the pain they cause, or too stupid to understand it. I hate them less, in proportion to their ignorance. Their existance makes me hate their organization, and their leaders even more. The guilt of the Republican Party runs deeper for its knowing exploitation of that ignorance.

And if they occasionally do some good too? So what? Their "faith" doesn't exist to increase what good they might do, but to excuse the evil. Good needs no religion, and requires no excuse. It's the evil we do that we seek to explain, to paint it with virtue using heavy strokes of holy bullshit.

I feel the same way about the fucking Dobsonites, and the right-wing pentecostal asshoes, and the Mormon fucking church...
and the would be witch killer Reverend motherfucking Muthee...
and Franklin fucking Graham,
and Pat fucking Robertson,
and the late Jerry fucking Falwell,
and the execrable con artist who wrote "The Secret,"
and David trying-to-bring-back-Polio Kirby,
and John fucking-the-memory-of-the-departed Edward,
and Sylvia the-fucking-bloodsucker Browne,
and all their priests, and all their acolytes,

And every other filth feeder sucking at the sores of humanity that digs his claws in to harm the cause of human rights and dignity, who causes people to suffer because he "believes" in some invisible bullshit more important to him than the very real people he hurts. I hate any and all of these assholes who excuse the harm they do by laying it at the feet of a sky pixie deity, bogey man, or mystical fucking vibration.

And yet, I don't want any harm to come to any of them. I don't want to stop them from marrying who they love. I don't want to stop them from reading the books they want to read. I don't want to stop them from worshiping the bullshit they want to worship. I just want to make goddamned sure they have no power to force the rest of us to live as though their bullshit were real.

[Toasterlad]

40. "And yet, I don't want any harm to come to any of them."

You're a better person than me, my friend.

The things I wish for them would get me banned in two seconds flat if I expressed them...as well as probably getting me added to some dumb federal "watch" list.

Every time I think about religious leaders, I think of the song "Alas for You" from Godspell:

"Searching for souls and fools to forsake them
You travel the land, you scour the sea
After you've got your converts you make them
Twice as fit for hell
As you are yourselves"

[mitchtv]

61. I bit my tongue , too

I harbor dark desires for them. Being slow on the draw, when they came to my garage last year, all I could think of was "keep moving".I did tell the JW's that they were heretics and should leave the premises

[Leftist Agitator]

43. Nice avatar, Dr. Jones.

I suppose that tolerance for bigots is OK? Isn't that what you said the other day, the you were no apologist for a bigot and homophobe like Robert Byrd? Why are you apologizing for Mormon bigotry?

:shrug:

[stopbush]

50. BS. Let's call religion what it is: superstition.

There's nothing wrong with being intolerant of superstition when it asserts that it is fact based and tries to impose itself on people's lives.

The simple fact - FACT! - is that religionists have no more right to assert themselves and their fantasy based beliefs in the public square to determine matters like gay marriage than do astrologers and psychics. They are ALL residents of the same world of make believe.

It's superstition. It's make believe created by Bronze Aged, fearful and ignorant (not stupid) people. It's BULLSHIT.

[TWiley]

65. No, Religion is BULLSHIT. It is NOT superstition. This is Broken Mirror Intolerance

[stopbush]

100. Religion is superstition.

1. Not proof whatsoever that supernatural beings exist
2. No proof whatsoever that Jesus ever existed. No mention of him in the historic record. None.
3. No proof for the existence of any of the famous personages in the OT
4. No proof of miracles, sun standing still, star in the east, people coming back from the dead, people being cured through miracles. Absolutely no proof at all.

[TWiley]

105. Yes, I totally agree

I was being sarcastic when I said "This is Broken Mirror Intolerance".

Religion even gives superstition a bad name.

Take a look at the "predictive models" generated by science and math. They are nearly 100% accurate. They have been used to put a man on the moon.

Now, consider the predictive models generated by Religion. Oops. never true.

Religion is worse than stupidstition, it is pure bullshit.

[LittleClarkie]

125. But I still don't see what that has to do with Mormons and Prop 8.

Your opinion of all religion would seem to be beside the point. Bullshit or not, it's the actions of SOME churches that was wrong, specifically in this thread the Mormon Church. Other churches also stood up and opposed the proposition.

Any group can stand up and stick their noses anywhere they like. However, I do agree that if any church becomes political in this way, they should lose their tax exempt status.

[Ladyhawk]

93. Religion is bunk. - Thomas Edison (and I agree) nt

[TWiley]

106. as do I Ms. Ladyhawk

I was attempting to be sarcastic with the "this is broken mirror intolerance" as if religion even gives superstition a bad name.

Nice tailfeathers btw !

[Caretha]

108. Religion is big business

that uses superstition to influence the rubes.

[LittleClarkie]

124. I don't see where your opinion of religion in general...

...has much to do with the support of SOME churches to Proposition 8. The discussion isn't about whether religion is bullshit, but whether some religions need to get their face out of your business.

And indeed they do.

[semillama]

128. well, in this case

It's make-believe created by nineteenth century, fearful and ignorant people. Let's keep our facts straight here. :)

[ColbertWatcher]

53. ...

[Jamastiene]

75. Excellent cartoon.

That is EXACTLY what is happening too. :applause:

[elshiva]

85. Great cartoon.

:)

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

120. Along those same lines...

One of my favorites.

[Obamarama]

58. Bullshit! Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. It's intolerance of Joseph Smith, Inc.

When they start paying taxes, I'll shut my mouth.

[nichomachus]

69. And that's what we need -- less tolerance of this phony "religion" n/t

[Arugula Latte]

81. Oooooh! Not religious intolerance!

Ooooh, it would be just AWFUL if one group were intolerant of another!

:eyes:


At least the poster didn't try to take away their rights!

[Marrah_G]

110. .....................bullshit

[Le Taz Hot]

111. The next time one of these mother fuckers comes on MY

property they're going to be staring down the barrel of a shotgun! Not loaded, of course, but I'll put the fear of JAYSUS in them so none of these vermin ever knock on my door again.

[donco6]

115. You're kidding, right?

what should be done, then?

[TommyO]

118. Why should we respect them when they actively worked against civil rights?

[SammyWinstonJack]

130. Religion IS intolerant. Well organized religion is, for sure.

[malaise]

6. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

They shouldn't be back.

[Double T]

7. What if THEY were subversives that actually supported your position on Proposition 8?

Sounds like THEY didn't get the chance to respond to your position and threats; so what the hell was ACCOMPLISHED?

[keepCAblue]

14. They are there REPRESENTING the MORMON CHURCH

Any "rogue" mor(m)on who doesn't side with the church on the prop 8 issue, yet still stays with the church and is out actively recruiting people to join their church deserves every bit of venom they get.

[Chulanowa]

19. No chance

LDS missionaries - the people who come to your door - are carefully vetted by the LDS church to make sure they adhere to church policies. It wouldn't make much sense to send out "subversives" to represent and attempt to spread the religion, after all

[MrsMatt]

63. want to bet?

before I was married, I roommed with a "jack morman" - his brother was a BISHOP, albeit closeted. Once it became common knowledge, he was excommunicated.

My roommate, by the way, was bisexual, and frequently moved in order to evade the dreaded knock at the door from the missionaries his mother would sic on him (he and I would hole up in his room with the coffee pot when we'd get a visit from the Mormans).

[rhett o rick]

84. Good point. And what if pigs could fly. I am thinking you are missing the whole point. nm

[Mz Pip]

8. I think that would be my reaction also.

We have a Mormon family down the street. We are not friends but have been on friendly terms. Their son and our son were best freinds for years and our's was best man at their son's wedding (he was the only one who semed to escape from the church). They had their Yes on 8 signs all over their yard. It's going to make it very difficult for me to even say hi anymore.

We've lived in this neighborhood for over 20 years and it's a pretty diverse neighborhood. I find it bizarre that they would think the 2 gay families that live on our street are in any way a threat to their family.

[Name removed]

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[AllyCat]

44. I hope you are not advocating physical harm. That's wrong

Violence is not going to solve anything.

[lonestarnot]

11. Son of a bitch!

You did good! :applause:

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. It's not a threat. It's a promise.

I am not going to even start a theological argument with them. Their church has made it perfectly clear with their
money how they feel. If the Shout and Shoot Evangelical Lamb of God church near me preaches every Sunday against
homosexuality and want to pray for my soul, I say get your knee pads out. They don't get in my business, and I don't
get in theirs. We uneasily coexist. They go beyond that, then I will change my mind about them too.

If the Mormons are so willing to to use their money in this instance, why do you trust them not to bankroll something else.
I hope I accomplished the fact that somebody was going to speak truth to money. As for as subversives on my side, I feel like
I have been a subversive for years after the way the Bush admin has acted. This is an "underground."

[panader0]

13. I'm no backer of the Mo's

but, I gotta admit, this magic underwear thing sounds pretty interesting...........

[Warpy]

15. The sight of a wild haired, homicidal night nurse

who had just been awakened, shrieking "THIS PLACE BETTER BE ON FIRE!" seems to have discouraged the godly permanently.

I have not been troubled by door knockers of any flavor for over 10 years.

If you want to get rid of them, hire a night nurse to sleep on your sofa over the weekend. Just clear off for that weekend so you don't wake up a rabid night nurse by mistake.

[crickets]

17. Bwahaha! Best laugh of the day. -nt

:rofl:

[dana_b]

23. hahahaha... I've ben that maniacal night shift nurse!

do NOT interrupt our sleep!! pitbull, shmitbull..

[Jamastiene]

76. DUzy!

:spray:

[semillama]

129. I've also seen the success of a large, hairy shirtless tattoo artist in that regard

My friend Ted was quite successful in turning away a Mormon simply through his appearance. I guess a wild-eyed bearded and dreaded man covered in tattoos and piercings doesn't seem like a good prospect...

[medeak]

18. You will never have them back again

your house is "marked" just like the gypsies do. ;-)

[Are_grits_groceries]

20. My pentacle shaped door knocker should have been a clue. nt

[sarcasmo]

64. Where can I get one of those?

[cboy4]

26. You should be ashamed of yourself.

(For not cussing at them also)

HA! ;)

Well done at the door. They need to start hearing it like it is.

[Hepburn]

27. Delete

[Name removed]

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[gaspee]

30. I have never

Seen Mormons in my city. Ever. Weird, huh?

I live in RI.

When they came to my house in San Francisco, I laughed at them. That's it, just pointed and laughed and called to my roommates -- hey look! It's MORMONS! And then started laughing again.

Funny, they never came back.

[IndyOp]

32. Magic underwear? Please do tell... (n/t)

:shrug:

[Are_grits_groceries]

33. Bill Maher calls it magic underwear.

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/underwear/

[japple]

41. Here's a picture of the "garments."

From wikipedia, and there's more information at that site.

[Are_grits_groceries]

42. I bet it's not "Fruit of the Loom." nt

[japple]

66. No, Fruit of the Looms don't have that special little jewel

sack feature.

[QC]

88. Or mystical smbols embroidered over the nipples. n/t

[Tallison]

98. "ENDOWED church members can purchase garments

produced by Beehive at distribution centers worldwide." -Widipedia

:o

[QC]

101. I guess that's why the drawers have that big pecker pouch--

to contain the endowment.

[Omnibus]

80. Looks uncomfortable.

How do they masturbate in that stuff?

[Tallison]

97. DUZY right here!

:rofl:

And welcome (a little late) to DU! :hi:

[Tallison]

96. And the bra goes OVER the garment

:o No shit! Just read it on Wikipedia...

[GinaMaria]

73. speechless

:wow:

Maybe I didn't read this correctly, but it sounds like they have only the one pair for life. Under the special circumstances in which they may remove the mormon underwear it did not list laundering. WTF? No one could make this stuff up no matter how hard they tried.

[lelgt60]

113. no - they buy new underwear regularly

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. Is this Mormon recruiting "season"?

2 of 'em wandered down my long gravel drive last week. Cute young guys, 19-20, something like that.
My Golden Retriever does a good pit bull imitation at strangers when he is on the line by the house, so he was snarling and barking and lunging.
I walked up to the the guys, knowing who they were, raised my hand palm out and they stopped, Then I warned them that I could not be responsible if the dog chewed thru his rope,
last time he did it in 5 seconds, because he was too protective of me and had bitten the meter reader.
I suggested they might want to very slowly back up, don't turn their backs on the dog, just go up the street to some other house.
All the time the dog is really lunging and growling, snarling, hackles really raised.

The guys got very wide eyed, looked at each other, back tracked, and the last I saw of them they were walking up to the Presbyterian preacher's house next door.
Dog shut up the minute I told him to, as he always does. He is not the least bit ferocious.

[MadMaddie]

49. Ha, Ha..Ha your dog is a hero!

[bertman]

36. I request permission to use your post if and when the time comes.

[Are_grits_groceries]

38. Feel free. Amend it all you want too! Glad to help! nt

[RedLetterRev]

45. Y'know? I adore you :)

I, too, was brought up "suthren" and to smile and "be nice". My mama's still alive, but the older we both get, the less tolerance we have for bullshit. I'm still the number-one-son, the one still living, the Democrat child of a strong Democrat and anything that looks like it's hatin' on that, mama will look the other way if I'm hatin' on it. I no longer care what I say to fanatics who trespass on my property despite "No Trespassing" and "No Soliciting" signs that are clearly and prominently posted up a long dirt drive to get here. I don't care what they're selling. Neither my partner or I will brook any "innocent" argument on "we're not soliciting/selling" anything.

BTW, I love your handle. It's one of my favorite expressions.

[Are_grits_groceries]

46. It was either that "Sliced Bread."

[Bluenorthwest]

47. An extra helping

of grits for you! Time to let them know how we see them for what they are.

[MadMaddie]

48. Good for you!

[ColbertWatcher]

51. Good for you! k+r, n/t

[barbtries]

52. did they react?

say anything? wish i was there to see it.

[Are_grits_groceries]

60. They just mumbled something about being sorry for

a misunderstanding. They were moving away so I didn't really hear.

[Duppers]

54. Wow! Good for you!

Bookmarked.

I'm going to write myself a note -- things I want to tell one of these delusional little hatemongers when they ring my bell next time.

[IndianaGreen]

55. Anything else?

I think you covered all the bases!

:-)

[onager]

56. Mormons vs. Flying Invisible Baby Jesus

Mormon missionaries are all over the Czech Republic these days, along with other Christian brands. The Czechs mostly ignore them. According to the 2001 STEM survey, 48% of Czechs are atheist and more than 75% distrust religion.

Over at Austin Cline's atheism blog, I found this gripe from a Xian missionary posted to the Czech Republic:

Czech Christmas means that a flying invisible Baby Jesus delivers presents. Czech children have a similar feeling of letdown upon discovering that it is actually not Baby Jesus but Mom and Pop who are putting the presents under the tree.

The result is that I can read journals from my students that say "I believed in Jesus as a child" in the same way an American lad might bashfully remember believing in Santa Claus.

So if I tell Czechs I am a Christian, it is not something that smacks of intelligence to them. At worst, I am mocked in the way one might mock an adult who insisted on Santa Claus existing. At best, I may receive a pained expression of wanting to believe but wondering "how in the world do I believe in Santa Claus all over again, only this time as a personal God?"

http://atheism.about.com/b/2004/08/05/czech-republic-missionaries-having-trouble.htm

[zorahopkins]

57. Good Good Good GOOD FOR YOU!

Good for you!

It's about time someone said something to those sactimonious bigots!

[FM Arouet666]

59. Release the HOUNDS!

You should have cussed them out. The prop 8 debacle removed what little tolerance I had for the mormon cult. War has been declared.

[Taverner]

62. ROCK ON!!!!

W00t!

[FloridaJudy]

67. They've finally given up on me

They take one look at that four-foot high statue of Kwan Yin on the stoop, the Green Tara banner in my kitchen window, and the Tibetan prayer flags and they know I'm a lost cause and move on to easier pickings. All of which is good, because I'm way too pissed off to be polite to them after last week.

[RedLetterRev]

131. I'm surprised they recognized Sri Tara to start with

I have a shrine on my mantle plainly visible from the front door; always have. Never seemed to stop them. Moving out to the edge of the earth is the only thing that's slowed them down. AFAIC, there aren't any Mormons out here. Plenty of Amish and Mennonite and they don't proselytize and nobody else is much inclined. I haven't been pestered with door-knockers trying to "save" me (lost cause!). I think it might have something to do with this being a very rural county and everyone has hunting rifles :rofl:

[GinaMaria]

70. holy crap

what did their faces look like after you launched that action plan at them? Nicely done. Way to stand up.

[Are_grits_groceries]

72. They just look shocked. nt

[nichomachus]

71. The big problem with that

is that being "rejected" is a sign that they're doing God's work. It's the Christian Catch-22. If you listen to them it's a sign they're doing God's work. If you reject them, it's a sign they're doing God's work. Win-Win.

[bluedawg12]

79. Kinda like the witch test- if she drowned she was innocent

if she didn't drown she was a witch and they would burn her.

Love the theocratic rules always designed to fight unfairly...in the name of "love." :sarcasm:

[NutmegYankee]

95. So if I opened the door and maced 'em, God's work would be done?

How f'cking cool it that!




/sarcasm

[nichomachus]

99. Sadly, yeah -- in their minds

They would be treated as "martyrs" for the cause and it would be proof that you hate religion and were persecuting them. They would get major brownie points for it. It's a very perverse way of thinking.

[donco6]

119. Maybe, but . . .

They are at least somewhat human, and when someone dashes a little reality in their face, they get it.

[havocmom]

77. If I were a man...

I'd just kiss 'em on the mouth.

[Sheltiemama]

78. My father scares the Mormon boys.

They haven't tried to talk to us for a long time.

We have a neighbor who's a paranoid schizophrenic. He sits out on his front porch a lot. Sings along very loudly to gospel music. He loves it when the Mormons visit him. If they think they're going to convert him, good luck. I actually feel sorry for them when I see them heading over there, naive little things. Meanwhile, he's trying to convert them. I wish I could bug that front porch and hear those conversations.

[Coexist]

82. nice.

[Arugula Latte]

83. Good for you! You are my kind of people!

:toast:

[femrap]

86. The next time they come to my door

I'm going to borrow some of your lines, OK?

I still call them a cult.

[QC]

87. I think somebody captured your meeting on video!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiUwkws3NPk

[nichomachus]

102. This is even a better encounter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWF_fjgd2mA

[QC]

103. I love that movie. n/t

[autorank]

89. Well said k*r

Organized religion has no place in politics, not in this country. It's i the Constitution. It has
worked well so far. The founders of the country were not religious, as these later day imitators are.
They were Deists and spoke openly of alternative views of religion. Jefferson even wrote his own
version of the New Testament, excluding the inconsistencies, which he thought absurd.

Now the Mormon church has ended it's long ride of indulgence and opened itself up to scrutiny. It was
utterly foolish of them to do this. The move on their part was not only wrong on moral grounds, it
will turn out to be catastrophic for decades to come in terms of public image. They'll no longer
be those 'nice, sincere people who care about family' who come to your door with a strange proposition.
They're not shock troops for the moral majority.

I hope they're happy with their handy work. It's a Pyrrhic victory, no doubt about it.

[skooooo]

90. Their tax exempt status, imo, is what needs to be challenged.

They're going to believe what they want, but they don't have the right to influence elections without paying taxes.

[PinkoDonkey]

92. When the times comes...

...I just hope I'm able to say if half as good as you did.

[salguine]

94. How do you find out if they have info on you in their genealogical project?

[Are_grits_groceries]

109. Google Mormons and genealogy and you'll get some links.

I'm trying to find out if what they let out is all they have.

[SweetAZ]

104. They Deserved every bit of it

Yes they did....Arrogant, hatefilled, ignorant people that they are.

[wroberts189]

107. HA!!! You should have told them how you really felt and cuss'd eom

[Jester Messiah]

114. That's not cool.

Mormons are among the least likely religionists to ever get violent against non-believers. They actually tout that "Intelligence is the glory of God" and encourage their members toward critical thinking. Just because many of them voted their religion, and that brought them into conflict with our values, does not mean that they are all homophobic bigots. Heck, an LDS columnist in the Salt Lake Tribune actually wrote a column against prop 8 (http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10798657), saying "What's more harmful to society - two well-dressed men getting married and settling down, or two idiots tying the knot and cranking out any number of additional idiots?"

Bottom line, don't respond to bigotry with more bigotry.

[donco6]

117. sorry - got no use for bigoted religion

And it matters little what one columnist writes when the church's official stand is so clear.

[TommyO]

121. No, it's very cool

When a church organizes to remove a civil right, the deserve absolutely zero respect. PERIOD. The Catholic church also supported Prop 8 and deserves the same exact treatment.

[otohara]

116. You Rock

they occasionally come by my house - may I use your response?

[Are_grits_groceries]

127. Use my response all you want, and change it if you need to! nt

[lelgt60]

122. Wouldn't it be better for gay rights to discuss their position with them?

They're at your doorstep and want to come in. What better opportunity for you to explain your position to them? Most of these kids have never heard the other side. You can give them information that could change their lives and the lives of others around them.

Missionary work can be a two way street. Become a missionary for gay rights when they knock on your door.

[Are_grits_groceries]

126. Get real...

I'd have more luck trying to break rocks with my eyelashes. I'd rather use my time
doing something more constructive like writing elected officials or Mormon owned
businesses.
I don't understand their religion, but I wasn't messing with them. Soes I think
plenty of room. But noooooooooo, they have to get in my business and work on Prop 8.
Can't coexist peacefully if uneasily.
Funny how the most narrow minds want all the room.

[LanternWaste]

123. Much as I do to any...

Much as I do to any anyone who proselytizes at my front door-- including college-aged political canvassers-- who are usually the worst in their own little brand of secular witnessing.