Mormons, like gays, have been persecuted. Mormons, like gays, have been rejected for who they were, beaten, driven from their homes, refused the right to vote, massacred and assassinated. Even though Mormon theology would never sanction a same-sex marriage, still Mormons should be open to the argument that the Rights of a Minority or the Rights of an unpopular group must not be up to the will of the people or majority vote. This diary is about the persecutions 19th-century Mormons endured, how they had a legal right up to a point to be protected from the lawless acts inflicted on them, but how due to popular opinion against them (some for good reason), the government did little to protect their rights.
For those Kossacks who think I'm a Mormon troll, fine, please delete now. My intent is to give some background bolstering some strategies I think would work to forward gay rights in the Mormon community and help gay marriage become law.
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