Yatiri

I disagree. This is about religious intolerance and the rights of citizens to practice their religion unhindered in their own country. This is about unscrupulous politicians whipping up fear and bigotry just to win their next election. This is about truth telling versus bearing false witness.

I thought maybe someone would be interested in the LDS Church official position on religious freedom and tolerance so here is the link: Religious Freedom - LDS Newsroom

I am an LDS sympathizer Christian. I love LDS people and their fruits from the Spirit have always been abundant in my experience. I am horrified by the vast majority of christians and their pastors who deny that LDS are Christian. LDS folks have faced misunderstanding and bigotry throughout their history. So I google [LDS position mosque] and end up here. The first posts dismayed me because of the obvious lack of facts and character assassination of a moderate Sufi Imam who has been nothing but a helpful friend and citizen at the service of our country. Basically the repetition of right wing propaganda in the flawed reasoning. Sean's post finally redeemed with facts and truth. Sean is the LDS that attracts me to mormonism. A lover of truth. A peacemaker. His post is moderate and measured, well thought out, and not a simple repetition of venomous propaganda emanating from political operatives. The dishonesty from both the left and the right in our political discourse is disconcerting to me. Michael Moore and his farsical presentations with distorted fact on one side, Sarah Palin with her truthiness on the other. Their own followers go along repeating the same falsehoods. The news reporting is not journalism anymore. It takes alot of digging and time to get to the Truth. How can any LDS not be totally in favor of religious freedom and tolerance given their own history,and the bigotry mormons continue to suffer from the religious christian right? I mean the mormon bashing and saying that mormons aren't Christians doesn't bother you all? Does the LDS Church have an official position on the Park 51 Islamic Center project?

I really like LDS folk. The elders visit me every week. I enjoy the visits but sometimes it gets awkward. At the present time I don't belong to any church having tried Roman Catholic, Assemblies of God, Vineyard. I attended an LDS Sunday service and liked the family participation and the sacrament. I enjoyed how the priesthood young men dispensed the bread and wine (water actually). The Book of Mormon is a great difficulty for me, as is the Bible for that matter. I have no problem with Jesus, however. I know that may sound odd to others but it makes sense to me.