This got me so mad when I read about it. Evidently Rev. Al Sharpton... you know, the guy who was at the forefront of calling for Don Imus' firing for his prejudiced remark against blacks... had the audacity to say this about Mitt Romney (not that I'm supporting Mitt for president, mind you... my support is currently with John Stewart):
"As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don't worry about that. That's a temporary situation."
Evidently you only have to be indignant when someone is prejudiced against YOU. If it's another group, then go right ahead... that's not being prejudiced... it's just stating the truth.
What a stupid remark, anyway; what makes his belief in God real, while a Mormon's belief isn't? Maybe he knows his belief is real because God gives him the power to be judgemental about others' beliefs. If that's true, then I guess I can credit a higher power for my discernment ability to be judgemental about others in general, which makes me feel less guilty about being cruelly critical (but I only use it when absolutely needed.)
Read the whole article here, where you can read his nonsensical defense of what he said (including the always useful "taken out of context" clause.)
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Until 1978 the Mormon church practiced institutionalized racism by not allowing blacks to join the "priesthood". Mormons have no moral authority.
As opposed to the moral authority of other denominations:
"Baptists from the South subsequently broke from the national organizations and formed a new convention, the Southern Baptist Convention which was formed in 1845. The consequences of this decision have been long lived. A survey by the Home Mission Board in 1968 showed that only eleven percent of Southern Baptist churches would admit Americans of African descent. The Southern Baptist Convention of 1995 voted to adopt a resolution renouncing its racist roots and apologizing for its past defense of slavery. The racism resolution marked the denomination's first formal acknowledgment that racism played a role in its founding.
The Mormons had them beat by almost 20 years.
The Catholics have the history of complicity in the holocaust and subjugation and extermination of Native Americans to deal with. Islamo-Judeo-Christian denominations of all creeds have their entire history fraught with mistreatment or maltreatment of women. I could go on and on.
I'd like to know who tcandew would say DOES have moral authority.
Hmmm, I find it interesting that there are some people of the LDS faith that would vote for Mitt just because he is of the same faith. Unfortunatly because I lived Utah for so long and saw politicians as politicians, not examples of "faith", I probably wouldn't vote for him on the religious principle alone. So far I am more inclined to vote for Ron Paul, however, I feel neither one of them is likely to gain their party nomination for the election. So it is a matter of wait and see, isn't it?
Yes, and deciding who has "moral authority" is sort of hypocritical thought, isn't it? Oh, wait it's the whole issue, you mentioned,of deciding your own personal belief outweighs everyone elses, isn't it?
Yes, interesting....
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