Religious Freedom Versus Religious Fascism

[Universal Free Church]

Mormons have every right to hate the idea of gay marriage. They're welcome to find it detestable, abominable, a sin, whatever. That's religious freedom.

Mormons also have every right to preach and speak out against gay marriage. That's religious free speech.

But Mormons don't have the right to force their religious beliefs on everyone else by spending 20 million dollars to pass a secular voter initiative that stole the already existing right of gays to marry in California. That's religious fascism.

Any time you use the tax-exempt wealth and political power of America's religious majority to create any secular law that forces any religious belief on everyone else, that's religious fascism. It's evil, and it violates the "establishment clause" of the First Amendment.

For the millions and millions of decent Americans, straight and gay, who believe in religious freedom and religious free speech for everyone, but detest religious fascism, here's a way to shame Mormons for their evil and un-American religious fascism. Let's start a national petition drive to allow gay marriage and ban Mormon marriage.

Maybe a majority of Americans won't sign such a petition. But it's a good way to keep the issue of Mormon evil and marriage rights for everyone alive and in the public eye as the petition drive builds momentum around the country.

It also provides talking points for gay/straight alliances supporting religious freedom and religious free speech for everyone, but religious fascism for no one.

It also has a delicious irony in legitimately pointing out that the real threat to America's children is Mormon marriage, not gay marriage.

Below is the language of a petition available for download at UniversalFreeChurch.org. It states good reasons to ban Mormon marriage in order to "protect the children." You also can volunteer to help organize the petition drive in your community by clicking here.

It would be very difficult and expensive to organize something like a million-person march on Washington. But if a million Americans, straight and gay, would sign the petition over the next month or two, that would certainly be as news-worthy. And a great example of gay/straight solidarity on an issue of constitutional law every American should be concerned about.

We don't have the money or resources to organize a million-person march on Washington, but we can pay to deliver a million signatures. Please let us hear from you today. Either download the petition and get 19 friends to sign with you, or contact us if you can volunteer to help organize the petition drive in your community.

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Petition to allow gay marriage and ban Mormon marriage

Whereas Mormons illegally spent tens of millions of their tax-exempt dollars to ensure passage of Proposition 8 in California. Thereby stealing the existing right of gays and lesbians to marry and forcing the Mormon's religious definition of marriage on everyone else.

Whereas, despite Mormon lies, gay and lesbian marriage is not a threat to children.

Whereas Mormon marriage is a threat to children because Mormons have bizarre and delusional beliefs such as magic underwear, and that the biblical Garden of Eden actually existed somewhere in Missouri! If not stopped from marriage, Mormons will continue to have children and indoctrinate them with such bizarre and delusional beliefs.

Whereas Mormon marriage is also a threat to children because Mormons believe in illegally using tens of millions of their tax-exempt dollars and the secular political process to force their religious beliefs on everyone else. Thereby violating tax laws and the "establishment clause" of the First Amendment. If not stopped from marriage, Mormons will continue to have children and indoctrinate them with their subversive and un-American beliefs in tax fraud and religious fascism.

Now therefore I sign this petition calling for a constitutional amendment to be passed in every state to allow gay marriage and ban Mormon marriage, in order to protect the children.

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click to download petition BanMormonMarriagePetition.doc