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2 Responses to “More on the Prop 8 Aftermath”

1. White powder sent to Mormon temples in Utah, LA
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   Nov 13, 10:08 PM (ET)

   LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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.
   Anthrax mailed as a white powder to Washington lawmakers and media outlets killed five people and sickened 17 just weeks after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Periodic hoaxes modeled on the anthrax mailings have popped up since then but usually prove harmless.

   Administrator
   November 14th, 2008

2. Adam

   We sure live in interesting times!

   I live in Palm Springs, which has one of the largest gay population per capita in the United States and which is where the assault on an old lady carrying the cross occurred in front of the City Hall, which is 1.3 mile from my home.

   The Palm Springs Police Dept spent 40 mins with her and recommended her to press charges against them. She felt Christian charity and decided NOT to press charges of assault.

   We in church need to come up with a good answer because even the general population seems to feel that it is a basic human rights to marry and that it is a civil rights issue…

   You got an article for that one? That is short, concise and theologically correct?

   Thanks!

   Paul
   November 21st, 2008