I have organized and attended many rallies in Utah and Idaho over the past year. Whenever I have an opportunity to do it, I do.
Which means, every holiday that we travel to those areas, I make it a point to make a new sign, and I show it off in front of drug court at some town Behind the Zion Curtain.
I have very few if any people show up. I often get the crotchety old man or old lady who lectures me about immorality or something. But something that can be seen in the videos that I make is that people honk, hug me, or scream cheers of support. And no small amount at that. It is really fun making a bunch of noise in these town of Utah where prohibition is the normality.
Whether we are talking about people shunning those who drink coffee, or tea, or who smoke cigarettes, or come from a different religion and are proud of it. All of these things are against Mormon doctrine. You can see these doctrines in the “Word of Wisdom” which is actual a section from their book of doctrines titled “The Doctrine and Covenants” . Reference: Doctrine and Covenants Section 89 (Also see the main LDS website for the Utah group here: http://tinyurl.com/6ry8bt)
The idea that other religions get shunned because of the LDS in Utah, also appears to be doctrinal. Joseph Smith History Chapter 1
” I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”
I consider this institutionalized bigotry. Which is something else that I advocate against.
So this Thankgiving, I will find myself Behind the Zion Curtain once again, and I will be looking for a good place to protest.
If anyone knows of any good parades, or events let me know. info@behindzioncurtain.com
This is a video of one of my last protests in Utah:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUgcvTZrXWA[/youtube]
BTW- EVERYONE is welcome to attend and participate!
