Other Than That, They're a Bunch of Homophobic, Inbred Bigots

Since we're pretty much in one of the slower news cycles of the year, this is a good time for the liberal media to assuage their guilt--what little they have--and dump those news items out there they normally would shun when their core audience is actually paying attention.

Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs noticed today the New York Times actually give credit to George W. Bush for improving the foundation of health care in the United States.

Yes, really. That same guy they've been at war with for eight years is actually given credit for something, 25 days before leaving office. How swell.

Another item from AP today nearly made me fall of my chair. After being portrayed as evil homophobes for having the temerity to oppose gay marriage, the Mormons have been under a nasty assault from much of the media and the radical gay left. Of course this has occurred while ignoring the fact an overwhelming majority of black and Latino voters also supported Prop 8 in California. You see, it's acceptable and, in fact, encouraged to hate religious groups, and the Mormons are always a favorite target of the angry left.

Well, what do you know, today we find out they're actually not a bunch of fire breathing monsters. Instead they're a compassionate, caring group who look out for each other.

Mormons may be among the country's best prepared to weather the current economic hard times. Since the Great Depression, church leaders have preached a doctrine of self-reliance and selflessness, calling on members to plan for their own future while tending to the needs of others.

"It's a critical component of our theology," said Bishop David Burton, a senior church administrator who oversees the faith's worldwide welfare and humanitarian services programs.

Members are encouraged to squirrel away a few months' worth of living expenses and stock a one-year supply of emergency food. Church handouts, classes and a Web site describe how to prepare, store and cook with emergency food supplies so nothing goes to waste.

Each month, members skip two meals and give the money they would have spent on food to church welfare programs, paying for the commodities, clothing, job training and other services made available to the needy.

The church also works in partnership with other faith traditions and local social service agencies to share surplus commodities and support services.

Self-reliance? Helping the needy? Why, such arcane concepts.

Then again, if enough of the haters see this, they'll probably be criticized for not being government dependent.

Isn't This Special: White Powder Sent to Mormon Temples in Utah and Los Angeles

No doubt the Mormons will cave and go along with gay marriage now. I mean, what else sends the message of tolerance more than sending suspicious white powder?

Letters containing a suspicious white powder were sent Thursday to Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City that were the sites of protests against the church's support of California's gay marriage ban.

The temple in the Westwood area of Los Angeles was evacuated before a hazardous materials crew determined the envelope's contents were not toxic, said FBI spokesman Jason Pack.

The temple in downtown Salt Lake City, where the church is based, received a similar envelope containing a white powder that spilled onto a clerk's hand.

The room was decontaminated and the envelope taken by the FBI for testing. The clerk showed no signs of illness, but the scare shut down a building at Temple Square for more than an hour, said Scott Freitag, a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Fire Department.

None of the writing on the envelope was threatening, and the church received no calls or messages related to the package, Freitag said.

Protests in recent days have targeted the Mormon church, which encouraged its members to fight the recently passed amendment banning gay marriage in California.

Authorities are looking into several theories on who sent the letters and why, Pack said.

Here's a theory: It was some angry radical gays who are now in Day 10 of a massive temper tantrum.

Since the Obama-supporting black community voted overwhelmingly for Prop 8, should we expect black churches to be receiving mysterious packages of white powder?

LDS Church Joins Fight to Stop Gay Marriages in California

That would be the Mormons for those of you that don't know. The Mormons are on the side of most other Christian religions on this issue, excluding the Episcopalians. The main reason I wanted to post this item is not to weigh in on the gay marriage debate, but to scold evangelicals who attacked Mitt Romney during his presidential bid. If they had taken off their blinders they just might have discovered that there isn't a lot of difference between the two. I always maintained that Mitt's religion was not a negative to me, and in fact, in looking at the values that most Mormons not only talk about but actually live, I hold them in high respect.

I am often left wondering how different the Republican primary would have turned out if not for the blind allegiance to the Huckster by the religious conservatives. It is because of them voting en masse in the south for Huckabee and pushing Fred Thompson to either a second or third place finish in those states that we are now stuck with McLame.

Oh well, no sense crying over spilled milk.

I just wanted the evangelicals to know that the group that you smeared and attacked with vicious rumors now just might be the group you need to help you in California to overturn the gay marriage free-for-all in that state.

In a statement to be read in California churches Sunday, LDS President Thomas S. Monson, with his counselors in the governing First Presidency, Henry B. Eyring and Dieter F. Uchtdorf, say Mormon teachings on the issue "are unequivocal."

"Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, and the formation of families is central to the Creator's plan for his children," the statement says.

The whole article is in the Salt Lake City Tribune, and what struck me is the number of comments, quite a few, in fact I would say the majority, are against this action being taken by the church. It would seem the gay coalition is out in full force on this gay marriage amendment and they are crushing dissent or opposition wherever they find it. I find it hard to believe that an article in a newspaper in the heart of Mormon world would draw so much negative attention, which is why I say the gay community is actively out on search and destroy missions. Since the national media is so easily duped and has become the useful tool of every left-leaning group, not to mention the Islamic propaganda machine, I would not expect much coverage in those outlets which show anything but positive things to say about gay marriage and poll after poll, and surveys all saying what a great thing everybody in California thinks gay marriage is.

How dare you think I'm bitter because Fred! isn't the Republican candidate.