Now watch, Dan.
Ed will say this idiot "isn't a true Mormon," or "he was taken out of
context," or the handy-dandy "this isn't what the church says."

Mormon leader of NOM appears to advocate overthrow of US government "by
whatever means necessary," and criminalization of homosexuality

by John Aravosis (DC) on 4/30/2009 04:50:00 PM

UPDATE: Orson Scott Card only joined the board of the National
Organization for Marriage a week ago. I'm guessing there's a bit of
buyer's remorse going on at the homophobe hotel right about now. Then
again, maybe the rest of the NOM leadership agrees that the government
is "our mortal enemy" and that gays should be thrown in jail. Perhaps
someone should ask them.
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People for the American Way has discovered that in a long rambling
article about the ills of gay marriage, reeking of conspiracy theories,
Orson Scott Card, a Mormon leader of the religious right's top anti-gay
marriage organization, National Organization for Marriage, advocated the
criminalization of homosexuality, labeled the US government "our mortal
enemy," talked about the "insane Constitution" dying, and
then appeared
to advocate the overthrow of the US government "by whatever means is
made possible or necessary." The article was published in the
influential Mormon Times, a publication owned by the Mormon church. (And
in all fairness, JoeMyGod spotted this connection a week ago.)


By whatever means necessary

Faithful sexual monogamy, persistence until death, male protection and
providence for wife and children, female loyalty to children and
husband, and parental discretion in child-rearing.

If government is going to meddle in this, it had better be to support
marriage in general while providing protection for those caught in truly
destructive marriages.

Because when government is the enemy of marriage, then the people who
are actually creating successful marriages have no choice but to change
governments, by whatever means is made possible or necessary.
Conspiracy theories

And you can guess how long it will now take before any group that speaks
against "gay marriage" being identical to marriage will be attacked
using the same tools that have been used against anti-abortion groups --
RICO laws, for instance.

Overthrow of the government

Why should married people feel the slightest loyalty to a government or
society that are conspiring to encourage reproductive and/or marital
dysfunction in their children?

Why should married people tolerate the interference of such a government
or society in their family life?

If America becomes a place where our children are taken from us by law
and forced to attend schools where they are taught that cohabitation is
as good as marriage, that motherhood doesn't require a husband or
father, and that homosexuality is as valid a choice as heterosexuality
for their future lives, then why in the world should married people
continue to accept the authority of such a government?

What these dictator-judges do not seem to understand is that their
authority extends only as far as people choose to obey them.

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of
law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts
to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government
and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will
respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society
where they will expect to marry in their turn.

Biological imperatives trump laws. American government cannot fight
against marriage and hope to endure. If the Constitution is defined in
such a way as to destroy the privileged position of marriage, it is that
insane Constitution, not marriage, that will die.


Putting aside the fact that the Mormons have a little history when it
comes to violently opposing a government that disagrees with them about
marriage - the Mormons also seem to have a belief about the use of
violence to defend property (in the original piece, not quoted here, the
writer talks about making marriage more like property) - does anyone
else read this and wonder if some day, something big will happen, and
someone will re-read this article and say "the signs were all there"?

http://tinyurl.com/cvzap7

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