HRC Petition to Stop the Spread of Hate in the Name of Religion

Follow the link below to sign the HRC Petition: Stop the Spread of Hate in the Name of Religion inspired by the horribly underhanded tactics of three bigoted Americans Religicrits who preached about the "evils of Homosexuality" to Ugandans to encourage religious-based contempt and prejudice against Ugandan homosexuals. The result of the hate-mongering was the introduction of the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill (punishment carries the death penalty) and recently caused the death of David Kato, a Ugandan Gay Rights Activist who was killed in his home.

Now, for a note from the Latter-Day Saints: Herald Extra (news): LDS Church responds to HRC Petition. This letter explains the church's opposition to the treatment of Ugandan Homosexuals as well as those American homosexuals who've been bullied to death. While the letter admits the LDS church is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage, they claim to support LGBT peoples in other ways (housing, non-discrimination).

A church that believes marriage to be between "one man and one woman" is well within their rights. To want to stop the discrimination against LGBT people while disagreeing on the issue of marriage shows a group attempting to follow their church doctrine. Or, are they simple trying to make up for the Prop 8 fiasco in California? I doubt that.

If you want to do something about the actions of the Latter-Day Saints in the Prop 8 Fiasco, then follow the instructions for filing a complaint with the IRS at the following link: Revoke LDS Church 501(3)c Tax Exempt Status. Revocation is on the grounds of substantial activities which influenced legislation...a big "no-no" under US Code Title 26 section 501(3)c subsection (h)(3).

And, for a website full of information about what the Mormons did to support Prop 8, follow the link:
Mormons for 8. A quote from Mormons for 8's About page: "Mormons for Proposition 8 exists to provide as much information about the LDS church’s involvement in supporting California’s Proposition 8 as it can gather." These people are excellent participants in the "transparency" category, they even include donor amounts as well as where they directed the millions of dollars they received to propagandize bigotry and ruin the chances of LGBT to gain their inalienable rights of "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Churches have the right to be against same-sex marriage. Churches do not have the right to interfere in the politics of the nation. Nor do churches have the right to effectively purchase discriminatory legislation. However, as California and the world saw, the Mormon church is not afraid to voice their opinion and to take action in the political sphere to propagandize that position, nor are they afraid to put vast financial resources to the task of preventing homosexuals from achieving the American Dream.

These two examples of Religicrits in action, should be enough to alert the world to the danger of religious fundamentalism in the political sphere. We're talking about purportedly religious individuals, groups, and leaders who spend their time demeaning (and/or killing) homosexuals over religious differences...that is not a separation between church and state designed to protect religious freedom.

Civil Rights Alert: Prop 8 Ban on Same-sex Marriage Overturned

California re-legalizes gay marriage! You know the Religicrits are going to appeal and lose. It amazes me that the Nazi's anti-homosexuality mentality has been adopted by scarily powerful segments of our society. Hate-mongering for the sake of controlling the masses will work for a time, until they get pissed off. Or, until someone else gets pissed off and steps in.

The Religicrits are out for queer blood in the poorest nations of the world, places like Uganda where the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 sentences gay people to death. There are other countries that kill queers, today, right now. This isn't something that "used to" happen; it's something that is happening. Who will be next?

California = Same-sex marriage re-legalized
Uganda = Homosexuality illegalized; punishment is death penalty

Kind of makes the California win pale in comparison to the lives threatened by the actions of three Religicrits. Countless Ungandan queers face death because of a three day brain-washing tent revival held by so-called American Christians. You know, I'm genuinely scared.