<DIV>Chas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Making fun of a person's faith is uncalled for. Just because you may not think belief in God is important to a person, doesn't mean it isn't to most others. Remember, discrimination against Jews and Muslims, and even Christians as minorities in communities can lead to even physical violence against them. Religion is a protected class from discrimination by law, and for good reason. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This was not just an attack on Romney, it was an attack on all Mormons. I am not saying it ought to be outlawed. I believe people have the right to be prejudiced and make an ass out themselves in expressing that prejudice. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This media ad makes fun on Mormon missions and family values, and misrepresents Mormons as polygamists. I believe Romney is the only Republican candidate to only have one original wife.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do find it disgusting that Hansen
would find such a media forum making fun of his community members and neighbors for their religion entertaining. I would never make fun of my neighbors in this way. I have had many neighbors that were Mormons, and they were always good to me, even though I am not a member of their faith. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Chasuk <chasuk@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Jan 25, 2008 8:56 PM, Donovan Arnold <DONOVANJARNOLD2005@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>> This is disgusting Hansen!<BR><BR>I'm going to have to disagree with you, Donovan. Religion doesn't<BR>exist in a special category, exempt from ridicule. Romney is too easy<BR>of a target for this to be funny, but it hardly qualifies as<BR>"disgusting." I'd bet that Romney himself would defend it on Free<BR>Speech
principles.<BR><BR>Now that I have defended Tom, let me backpedal just enough to indicate<BR>that my sense of humor does not, in this case, correspond with Tom's.<BR>Further, I find negative campaigning distasteful. But I don't see<BR>that Tom was negative campaigning; he was just sharing with us<BR>something that he personally found humorous. Any voter who would have<BR>been influenced by this doggerel would not have voted for Romney in<BR>the first place.<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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