Comments on: Utah Legislators Call Mormon Leadership’s Bluff on LGBT Rights

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:40:27 +0000

so sorry I missed this thread in real time Teddy

effin’ love that graphic !!!

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:09:13 +0000

I don’t remember a second one.
RI was weird fore New England; its founders were kicked out of Massachusetts for being too non-conforming, and they got the basic model for religious freedom stuck in their charter (when they finally got one, 25 years after foundation).

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:04:42 +0000

I’m a Herbangelist and a Pastafarian, depending on the day of the week, the phase of the moon, and how I feel.
(Well, Pope Elst said it was okay if I was also a Pastafarian.)

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:04:41 +0000

Okay, what was the second Catholic colony? There was Maryland … was it Georgia? I’ll have to check Phillips again…

But the point is that the colonies were pretty segregated by religion, and it was a factor in the Revolution, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:01:07 +0000

late late nite upstairs

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:59:34 +0000

RI was absolutely not Catholic. Quakers and Baptists mostly (wild-eyed radicals, to their neighbors). Catholics were illegal for a long time.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:58:14 +0000

Nite, CE.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:57:56 +0000

And that’s the truth. In the 60s/70s Valium was called ‘The Mormon Drug’. In fact, drug companies stopped issuing state (and lower level) sales because of the patterns that were revealed.

By: ChristineEdmonson

ChristineEdmonson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:57:55 +0000

Nite… see you above.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:52:21 +0000

In-group vs. out-group. The outgroup doesn’t have rights.