Slowdog's Blog

Why are so many people concerned with what stance the Mormon church takes with homosexuality? Especially those that do not believe in the Mormon religion? If you do not believe it to be a religion of God or you do not believe in God in the first place then what does it matter to you what this religion does?  Is your life really affected by the doctrine of a church you do not believe in in the first place?  You believe it is just a fallacy begin with so why trouble yourself so much by trying to bring it down?

However, I just want to know why it is only the Mormons that are being ridiculed for their position on homosexuality and that other religions seem to be ignored for having similar positions on this topic?  Is it because we are in Utah and the Mormons are easier targets?  I have lived in different states since I came to this country and I can honestly say from first-hand experience that people, for the most part, in other states really do not care about the position the Mormons or any other religion takes on any issue. 

Personally, I find the tactics of the Westboro Baptist Church absolutely despicable, offensive, and insulting.  They protest funerals of soldiers holding up signs that say "God hates BLEEP" or "AIDS cures BLEEP." (Please do not yell at me for those phrases as those are actual words these "protesters" use).  The Mormons have never come anywhere close to the offensive trash of the Westboro Baptist Church but I do not recall anyone speaking out and condemning this so-called "religion" and its position.

What about Islam?  Not only is homosexuality a sin, in Islamic countries it is a crime punishable by death.  Remember  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to Harvard University?  He said there are no homosexuals in Iran.  Do you not wonder why that is the case?  Where is the outcry on that one?

If all people want are tolerance and acceptance then why are they so unwilling to give what they so desire to receive?  If you are not going to be tolerant of the position of the Mormon church (to which they have a right to this position) then why should they be required to accept a lifestyle that is in direct violation of their policies? 

Either the Mormons are the religion of God or they are not.  If you believe that they are then should you not change your life to fit with God's commandments and not ask Him to change for you?  When you accept God, you are supposed to give yourself to Him, not the other way around.  Personally, I would not want to be apart of an organization (religious or otherwise) that would not accept me as I am.  It just makes no sense to me.