Fundamentalist Christians show their hypocrisy over LDS Films

[FreeState]

After Prop 8 passed Fundamentalist Christians and LDS Church members complained that those boycotting businesses owned by Supporters of prop 8 were being hateful and bigoted. It was all based on hate of Christians and had nothing to do with not wanting our money spent on activities to deny us our civil rights according to them...

An LDS Movie maker is trying to get his films and other LDS films in general that are not denominational into Christian book stores. Only one problem - these "Christians" don't want their money being used to support the LDS Church:

http://mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/movies/?id=12060&hStack=1

"We are looking for films that don't have any direct denominational connections, that won't exclude or cause any group within the Christian community to be adverse to them," Austin said. "The better job we can do to make them have ecumenical appeal, the better chance they have for commercial success and a regional larger audience."

One film that should have fit the bill was "Saints and Soldiers." But Austin said the packaging emphasized a connection to a specific denomination: the LDS Church. This was off-putting to some Christians of other denominations.

"We had a small group of people ... who didn't like that connection and pressured some of the Christian bookstore chains to not carry it," Austin said.

It isn't so much that the producer of a film is a Mormon that causes problems. "It is the direct connection to the church itself -- the perception that financial benefits that came from the commercial use of those products is going to benefit the church itself. That's really where the big rub comes in," Austin said.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. People have a right not to patronize their businesses.

[FreeState]

2. Ofcource - but to say gays don't and then turn around and do the same thing is hypocritical IMO n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Absolutely!

[LuvNewcastle]

3. So the fundies don't need the Mormons

anymore, now that they got prop H8 passed. I would say that maybe the Mormons might learn a little something about bigotry from this situation, but on second thought, I doubt it.

[customerserviceguy]

10. They only made common cause

because they hate gays even more. They probably didn't even co-ordinate on more than a minor level during the Prop H8 campaign.

Fundie distrust and even hate of Mormons is the number one reason that Mittens Romney will never get the Rethug nomination. They don't want to give Mormon missionaries one more talking point as they fleece the flocks of the fundie churches.

[monmouth]

4. Yet they idolize Glenn Beck, a mormon. I just don't get it....n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. They probably don't know he is one

I've seen as little of his pathetic TV show as possible, but I'd guess that FAUX really wouldn't want him dwelling on LDS doctrine on Rupert's dime. Interferes with the usual psychotic hate message.

[monmouth]

6. Oh I'm sure you're right about that. Psychotic hate rules!....n/t

[frebrd]

7. Pot, meet Kettle. Kettle, meet Pot....

They deserve each other!

:)

[mitchum]

8. Great news! I'm no fan of ecumenism and enjoy watching conflict between cults

leave we heathen alone