White powder sent to Mormon temples in Utah, LA

TheLancinator · 11-14-2008, 01:33 PM

White powder sent to Mormon temples in Utah, LA
Associated Press

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.

Authorities are looking into several theories on who sent the letters and why, Pack said.

Anthrax mailed as a white powder to Washington lawmakers and media outlets killed five people and sickened 17 just weeks after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Periodic hoaxes modeled on the anthrax mailings have popped up since then but usually prove harmless.

**Meursault** · 11-14-2008, 02:03 PM

wow, they sure found a great explanation for those secret coke deliveries...

AnthemZ · 11-14-2008, 02:20 PM

The gays are always whining about tolerance and understanding, until you piss them off! There are reports of attacks on churches around the country, I only wonder how the media would act if there were reports of attacks on gay clubs or bath houses?

TheLancinator · 11-14-2008, 03:14 PM

The other thing that is so funny is, the vote shows that an overwhelming majority of black voters helped vote this proposition down...why aren't the gays protesting in front of and terrorizing black churches?

redred · 11-14-2008, 03:40 PM

free coke i wouldn't tell to many people they will all want some

**Nemowork** · 11-14-2008, 04:39 PM

The mormons have been spreading their...opinions around a bit recently, especially their habit of proxy mormon baptisms for the dead of other faiths, particularly their 'conversion' of jewish holocaust victims so although theres an obvious cause in the prop 8 affair theres a few other possibilities out there!

Cavey · 11-14-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthemZ

The gays are always whining about tolerance and understanding, until you piss them off! There are reports of attacks on churches around the country, I only wonder how the media would act if there were reports of attacks on gay clubs or bath houses?

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLancinator

The other thing that is so funny is, the vote shows that an overwhelming majority of black voters helped vote this proposition down...why aren't the gays protesting in front of and terrorizing black churches?

because then it would be a "hate crime". Kind of reminds me of the Palin and Obama effigies.

chainsoar · 11-14-2008, 11:00 PM

Hold on...am I reading this article wrong? I thought it said the Mormon church were opposed to the ban?

Quote:

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

..Am I missing something?

By the way, I'd prefer it if people didn't refer to the homosexual community as "the gays". Also, please don't take the actions of a few idiots as evidence of the general consensus of opinion within an entire group.

wizzo · 11-15-2008, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLancinator

The other thing that is so funny is, the vote shows that an overwhelming majority of black voters helped vote this proposition down...why aren't the gays protesting in front of and terrorizing black churches?

The same reason PETA types don't bitch about leather the way they do about fur. It's easier to get away with throwing fake blood on a rich old lady than it is on a biker gang...

**Nemowork** · 11-15-2008, 12:35 AM

^^^^

AnthemZ · 11-15-2008, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by chainsoar

. Also, please don't take the actions of a few idiots as evidence of the general consensus of opinion within an entire group.

From the size of the protests, it's the "entire group" that's causing the problems!

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