White powder sent to Mormon temples in Utah, L.A.

[ccharles000]

(Los Angeles) 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.

http://www.365gay.com/news/white-powder-sent-to-mormon-temples-in-utah-la/

[FreeState]

1. This is wrong - whom ever sent it should be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law n/

[ccharles000]

2. I agree

[amdezurik]

5. yep, wrong no matter the reasons

[tammywammy]

15. Agreed n/t

[Glorfindel]

3. They probably sent it to themselves

So they can whine about being "martyrs" and "victims of the evil gays." I certainly wouldn't put it past them.

[FreeState]

4. Doesn't matter really - it does not help our cause either way n/t

[amdezurik]

6. well, yeah if that can be shown then it CAN help

by showing everyone in that "church" how wrong their leadership is. Then maybe they will DO something about it.

[FreeState]

7. I dont see the logic there

Turn that around: So if it is a gay person that sent is then what? It shows all gay people are out of control and want to destroy strangers that disagree with them?

If anything the only logical answer is someone, acting by themselves, who should not be tied to any group, tried to scare a whole group of people - thats terrorism.

You can not stereotype a whole organization or group by the actions of a member of it - on either side of the isle.

[amdezurik]

10. Is that one "gay" a leader in a million plus person organization?

Is he or she making others tithe to him? One lone whacko is NOT the same as a "leader" of a church.

[FreeState]

12. A Mormon can be "one lone whacko" too n/t

[amdezurik]

13. I would hope nobody would buy that load'o'crap

[FreeState]

17. What that the action of one is not indicative of a whole group? Thats truth not crap n/t

[amdezurik]

19. so you are trying to say LDS is not the responsability

of ANYONE at all, ever? I for one would never believe one or more "elder" was not involved if it turns out that it was a morman who did it. That is about on a par with believeing Karl Rove was a "lone gunman"...

[FreeState]

20. The person who sent it is responsible - not any group he belongs to n/t

[Kitty Herder]

9. If the Mark Hoffman mess didn't show them how wrong their leadership is, nothing will. nt

[amdezurik]

11. you would think

But for fundies of most types you need to not just hit them over the head, you have to do it over and over (metaphorically, not in reality)

[LoKnLoD]

14. They think their church leaders are prophets

They think their leaders are prophets who talk to God, nothing is going to convince them of anything.

[Lumpsum]

8. It's things like this that gives the conseratives more of a supposed reason to promote their agenda.

Watch how the right in the MSM run with this story. Just watch.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. I know he's from Utah, but I didn't know Karl Rove was a Mor(m)an? n/t

[FreeState]

18. He is not Mormon n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

21. And yet, the Mor(m)an church is using a classic Karl Rove victim-attention-whore trick. n/t

[FreeState]

22. Its spelled Mormon not Morman n/t

[musette_sf]

23. i would be looking at Willie Jessop

and his henchmen. they like to stir it up, and this makes gays AND LDS look bad at the same time.

[Sebastian Doyle]

24. Freeper reaction: GAYS ARE SODOMIGHT TERRAISTS !!!!!!11!!!!1!!

seriously though, this sounds like a frameup to me.

[Geek_Girl]

25. I'm confused did this church support the ban on gay marriage or was the church against the ban

Protests in recent days have targeted the Mormon church, which encouraged its members to fight the recently passed amendment banning gay marriage in California.

I know some Mormons are against traditional marriage of "One Man One Women" But many Mormons are against gay marriage so I'm just really confused.

[fascisthunter]

26. sure they did... I'm Calling BS

[AlCzervik]

27. There was a guy up here in Sacramento that was just released after sending 10 hoax

anthrax mailers, dude's a bit of a nut and it wouldn't surprise me if he did this as well, he can't seem to help himself.

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1396555.html