Liberal Mormon

The news concerning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)hasn't exactly been very complimentary in the past few weeks. First the Church decided to take on HBO and Big Love and then last week Ignorant Anti-Mormon Fred Karger filed a 2nd petition to investigate the LDS Church for the prop 8 initiative. He seems hell bent on doing anything and everything possible to create scandals when there isn't one. Deseret News reported that LDS Church spokesperson Scott Trotter stated,

;">"The church is unconcerned about Mr. Karger's newest complaint. Mr. Karger has again made claims that have no basis in fact, and this newest round of allegations follows the same pattern. As we have said before, he is entitled to his opinion but not to his own version of the facts."

Unfortunately, I don't think until the LGBT community has won their fight will they stop bashing the LDS Church and blaming it for the loss of their rights. While true the LDS Church contributed to Prop 8, it only represented 3% of the voting community, while Senior Citizens, African Americans, and Catholics were more of a driving voting force to pass than the small LDS community who actually voted in favor of it.

So, finally this past week, the good news. The 13th LDS temple in Utah was dedicated this weekend in several broadcast sessions. The Draper Temple has had a month long open house to allow anyone and everyone the chance to visit, and walk through the temple. Estimates of over 600,000 and probably close to 700,000 visitors walked through the Draper temple during the last 30 days. Considering that Utah has less than 1.5 residents total, THAT'S A LOT FREAKIN PEOPLE! President Thomas S. Monson dedicated it this weekend in 4 sessions, allowing everyone the chance to see it. A beautiful photo of the Celestial Room. The Oquirrh Mountain Temple in South Jordan is expected to open this summer with open the open house starting in July and the dedication in August bringing the Utah Temple total to 14!