bpnjensen wrote:

I've got a tremendous amount of respect for Mormons. I've met dozens

and everyone of them seemed decent, and were full of good will. I've
talked about religion and politics with them, and they seemed to have
sound judgment. I disagree with them doctrinally, but I like their
live-and-let-live attitude.

73, Steve

Steve, this is the first I've heard of this kindly attitude. I've got
horror stories from more than one former Mormon who were persecuted for
what, in the greater world, would be considered nonissues. In a most
egregious case, I have a friend who was accused of being gay and
drug-addicted, and she was excommunicated by the church (with a great
deal of abuse and trumped up scandal) after disagreeing with her
husband about an issue related their children's schooling. Her husband,
being the fine Mormon that he is, got the church in on it, and in the
course of events she lost her job, was divorced and received no
alimony, and essentially had to leave Utah in order to begin again.
She is now married to another much kinder non-Mormon, her children from
her former marriage are happy to visit often because they understand
the crap she had to go through, and she has started a modestly
successful telescope-making business.

If this is a Mormon's idea of "Live-and-let-live", then I'll be dipped
in ****, rolled in peanuts, and sold as a Baby Ruth bar.

A fantasy of yours?

dxAce
Michigan
USA