Reread the comment. You will note that it did not accuse the Mormon Church of being rabid[ly way-out-of-the-mainstream homophobic and downright hateful] but rather pointed out that the actions of Equality Utah make them appear to be that way.

Further, I don’t know offhand which of your inappropriate comments were moderated due to your violation of our Comments Policy, but I am absolutely certain it was not because you used the word “rabid”.

I’m going to be guilty of aggrandizing Utah a little here. I’m biased, of course. But in the course of gay history this Proposition 8 and the rallies around the Mormon Temples is akin to the Stonewall riots…or it can be. We certainly have the opportunity to make some concrete changes in our world.

I’m guilty of doing some armchair coaching too. Perhaps if ‘the letter’ that was sent from the Prophet to be read at all the Ward and Stake Houses in California was followed by ‘another letter’ that expressed these Common-Ground values…things might have been much different in California, Arizona, and….

Of course it’s pure conjecture but it MIGHT have changed things.

Mr. Kincaid,
You are certainly right in stating :

“[Mormons appear] .. to be rabidly way-out-of-the-mainstream homophobic and downright hateful.”

The course of action now: keep poking at their raw nerve. Keep the public’s perception of Mormons as bigots and as strident homophobes. That seems to make them all the more uncomfortable and reactive. Much more than when some gay Mormons have valiantly tried to have “an audience” with the Prophet and have been consistently turned down. At least we are getting some attention now.

While that may not change anything in Utah, it will certainly impact how the church proceeds in Wyoming.

Whatever/whomever is the source of the new funds…I’m certainly grateful. Thanks.