My friend and I are going to picket general conference this year with signs that say something like "There is happiness outside of mormonism... check out exmormon.org"

Any other takers out there?

Also.... does anybody know if we need to get a permit or anything?

I want to start a Doo Dah parade in SLC on Conference weekend. If it got big enough, it would have to be carried on the news. I would love to see Doo Dah silliness on the news the same time as the conference is so news dominate!

If you have never gone to a Doo Dah parade in Pasadena (the original) ya really need to go to under stand the experience, pictures just don't cut it. The parade was started as an irreverent alternative to the traditional formality of the Rose Parade.

Read "Contemporary Doo Dah"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_Dah_Parade

Pictures:

http://www.google.com/images?q=Doo+dah+parade&oe=utf-8&rls=com.mandriva:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=829

Perhaps print out 20 or 40 of those print at home business cards with a web address or other helpful information, in the event folks are interested in what you have to say. I suspect if you print out 20 cards, you'll come home with 20 cards, but who knows.

It could give a whole new meaning to "Pass-Along Cards."

Have fun, but remember who you are representing. The eyes of the whole world will be on you. :-)

P.S. - Your mother and I are so proud!



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Let me know when you come to the one where we burn our bras. ;o)

Asking permission is not at all a bad thing. If I want to use my neighbor's lawn mower, I had better ask permission before I use it or I may land in jail for theft.

The owner of this site owns the domain name copy right. Using someone else property without permission is a crime. Respectful, normal people though out the world ask permission for many things, for many reasons, all the time.

Seriously, I would hate to live in a world were nobody asked permission and they took or used what they wanted without regard to the ownership rights.



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I would love permission from exmormon.org

They will be able to say if you can use the domain name or not.

"Why did Joseph Smith marry 11 women that were already married to living husbands (one after sending her husband on a mission)? If you want to check for yourself, check the LDS geneological site". Then list the names of the married women.

I think for many mos this is a BIG deal. Most of them will see the sign and think you are a liar, but some might go home and look things up.

37 For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.

How about a sign, "Welcome to the Great and Spacious Building" out in front of the conference center.

(Although I admit the "Why did JS marry 11 women who were already married" gets my vote.)

Thats a good one for sure.

Idk... I was thinking of just saying something welcoming like "closet unbeliever? you're not alone"

A big banner with all of brigham youngs wives could be good too

Remember that conference where some of the younger, dumber, more naive Mormons started singing hymns at the protesters with those goofy, self-righteous smiles on their faces? Yeah - like that drugged sociopathic-looking smile wasn't a worse truth about what Mormonism really is than anything the protesters had to offer.

Call me old fashioned, but I think it is the wrong approach.

You'll be lumped in with the fanatical "Christian" exmos who try to get attention.

Trust me...I don't fault you for trying...but I just worry about the unintended consequences.

Steve

PS good luck

I like the "Welcome to the great and spacious building"...haha!

and it's not even a protest, more working the nerves of the faithful. In reality it a flash mob sort of thing and draws its initial inspiration from the kiss arrest at temple square.

Everyone would get a same sex "partner" for the event. At a given time, everyone shows up and starts walking around the area holding hands with their partner. Of course, everyone would need to stay on public property while doing this. Maybe take a camera and take pictures to as tourists. Have a picnic in City Creek Park....

I would so love to watch the expression on the Faithful's faces as they realize there were hundreds of same sex couples walking around them holding hands

You would reinforce the LDS persecution complex, further convincing them they're right. You would get lumped in with the evangelicals, badly-informed anti-Mormons and other nut jobs. You will blend in with the general chaos.

Oooo, but you might get on the news or get your picture in the paper or some website. Wouldn't that be an ego boost?

Okay, so maybe you get some sort of cathartic release, some sort of feeling of empowerment from standing up to the man, but don't go imagining it will have any positive effect on anyone else.



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Only those who are already doubting would be responsive, and doubters don't make the effort to drag their butt to GC. All you have is a circus of the two extreme views -- the most converted and the least converted. No one is going to budge.

When I was TBM, I never listened, I just ignored and walked on past the protesters. And that's fairly typical behavior for a TBM. So I honestly doubt that your protest will do much good. Something short and sweet might do the trick, though, like "Joseph Smith-31 flavors", then list the morg's own geneology site.

Xenu's Thetans have invaded SLC! You must get audited by the correlation committee headed by a bishop of Ordo Templi Orientis.

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I'm kidding of course. It's just a way to show that mormondumb is just as insane as scientology.



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