Mormons and Catholics Deserve to Be ProtestedTommi Avicolli-Meccabyline‚ Nov. 17‚ 2008“A widespread assumption ... is that religious faith is especially vulnerable to offence and should be protected by an abnormally thick wall of respect, in a different class from the respect that any other human being should pay to any other.” -- Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion This past weekend, I was part of a protest outside the Mormon temple here in San Francisco. We screamed “Shame!” and pointed our fingers at those entering and leaving the church in the old ACT UP style of the late 80s. Some LGBT folks don’t approve of targeting churches in the aftermath of the passage of Prop 8, the ballot initiative outlawing gay marriage in California. I was told by a few people on Saturday at the mass demo at City Hall that we should leave religion alone. Why? I asked. They couldn’t give me a good answer. |