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Mopar151

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41. Some of the things the Osmonds have said in th epast few years

Reply to reformist2 (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 10:07 AM

Jul 2012

Aren't complimentary to the Morman culture

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I have lost much respect for Mormons in getting to know Romney [View all] grasswire Jul 2012 OP

As a former mormon..... arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #1

You had respect for mormons? Maybe its because some of my good friends in high school were ex-commun Erose999 Jul 2012 #2

sure, I know they are a cult and all that gibberish grasswire Jul 2012 #5

A lot of the rank and file are like that LadyHawkAZ Jul 2012 #23

I can't afford another child "just have another kid the government will pay" Rambis Jul 2012 #54

Mountain Meadows Massacre obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #58

Bbbbut they got tayvee commeitials an everythin! benld74 Jul 2012 #3

The Osmonds and that Choir did wonders for their reputation... reformist2 Jul 2012 #4

And that choir isn't even all that good. Occulus Jul 2012 #15

Some of the things the Osmonds have said in th epast few years Mopar151 Jul 2012 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author crazyjoe Jul 2012 #6

Pure anti-mormon bunk! Jayce Cox Jul 2012 #7

+1 treestar Jul 2012 #14

no, you are wrong grasswire Jul 2012 #17

Because you're calling an entire faith into question based on the actions of one member. wickerwoman Jul 2012 #22

This "one member" is a Bishop in the church _ed_ Jul 2012 #43

My 96 year old granny is Catholic. wickerwoman Jul 2012 #64

Utter nonsense _ed_ Jul 2012 #74

And the point that I made wickerwoman Jul 2012 #79

DING DING DING! KamaAina Jul 2012 #76

You're judging a group based on the activities of one treestar Jul 2012 #30

I'm not. Wife had to do a research project for a degree JanMichael Jul 2012 #49

You can't choose your gender _ed_ Jul 2012 #80

Mormons don't have a history of racism throught the organization? Like the GOP and it's "southern uponit7771 Jul 2012 #34

Mormon culture certainly does foster certain traits Sheepshank Jul 2012 #42

well said. n/t Whisp Jul 2012 #45

Grasswire doesn't owe you an apology for a thing JanMichael Jul 2012 #48

Your right Jayce Cox Jul 2012 #63

Romney doesn't represent all Mormons... soccer1 Jul 2012 #8

According to a neighbor of mine who grew up in SLC scorpiogirl Jul 2012 #9

Consider that Joseph Smith was a convicted con-artist... backscatter712 Jul 2012 #10

Right, the WHOLE thing is a huge sham Iggy Jul 2012 #28

Oh...you must be talking about the 4th version of the First Vision.... Sheepshank Jul 2012 #44

Totally agree. DCBob Jul 2012 #11

No problem dissing Rmoney or any church hierarchy but to brush all adherents isn't right REP Jul 2012 #12

I disagree atreides1 Jul 2012 #57

As an atheist I've always been pretty disrespectful of believers. rMoney takes the hypocrisy riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #13

How convenient for him lunatica Jul 2012 #24

My brother married into the LDSism. sadbear Jul 2012 #16

Jon Huntsman is a Mormon JI7 Jul 2012 #18

I could care less, the de facto organizational racism will come through him also and there's little uponit7771 Jul 2012 #37

Huntsman, by his own admission, isn't particularly active in that church Sheepshank Jul 2012 #46

I believe he is a Jack Mormon obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #59

There are good and bad people in every faith RFKHumphreyObama Jul 2012 #19

Agreed with you on that. AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #82

I used to hang out with some Mormon kids in high school and they were very normal. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #20

Well, consider that Tricky Dick Nixon was a Quaker... eShirl Jul 2012 #21

No.. what it means Iggy Jul 2012 #27

Thanks, that was my point. eShirl Jul 2012 #70

The pro-marriage equality Mormon contingent in the Seattle LGBT Pride March eridani Jul 2012 #25

Wow, that's really good to hear. HappyMe Jul 2012 #51

Wait, Have you read the recent Bloomberg Iggy Jul 2012 #26

Like Bill Maher put it a few weeks ago... backscatter712 Jul 2012 #61

This is a Temple Jayce Cox Jul 2012 #67

I'm not a fan of the Catholic Church either. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #68

Having done business with Mormons it seems to me that they have two sets of standards. OregonBlue Jul 2012 #29

Hahaha! sadbear Jul 2012 #31

That really is funny. Thanks for the laugh!! OregonBlue Jul 2012 #33

They are domionist at the very top of the ladder, everyone else is shit to them and they could uponit7771 Jul 2012 #36

My father was had the same experience obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #60

No less ridiculous than believing the Garden of Eden is (was) anywhere else Hippo_Tron Jul 2012 #69

i feel rmoney is a sociopath first and perhaps a morman second or third dembotoz Jul 2012 #32

The defacto racism from the organization is coming through via rMoney. the "foreign" stick is uponit7771 Jul 2012 #35

People confuse the Mormons with the Amish flamingdem Jul 2012 #38

Because 1)he's white and 2)he's Not Obama Freddie Jul 2012 #78

Did you know that Harry Reid is a Mormon? Tom Rinaldo Jul 2012 #39

A corrupt misogynistic, bigoted, racist religion, what's not to love! Marrah_G Jul 2012 #40

"I have lost much respect for Jews in getting to know Joe Lieberman." Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author JanMichael Jul 2012 #50

Sorry, I self deleted. I give up. I "got" what the poster said, JanMichael Jul 2012 #53

Jew were institutionaly racist and dominionist? NO!! Bad example uponit7771 Jul 2012 #65

"Were". The Democratic party used to be a pro-segregation, racist party. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #66

An exact parallel unfortunately eridani Jul 2012 #71

Romney worships money get the red out Jul 2012 #52

I never had respect for their religion obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #55

think about Donnie and Marie Enrique Jul 2012 #56

So you are now basing your opinion about an entire religion on the actions of one man? MadHound Jul 2012 #62

I had a teacher who was a Mormon, one of the nicest kindest people Raine Jul 2012 #72

I think of all organized religions as cults... Bigmack Jul 2012 #73

Well Obama believes that Jesus was the Son of God, Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #75

Quite the same _ed_ Jul 2012 #81

"Do as they say, not as they do."--Jesus. Democrats_win Jul 2012 #77