Praise for Mormons

I received this in a forwarded email- I have found the original posts so I could verify. See links below.
It is nice to hear.


What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been
Posted by: John Schroeder at 07:09 am, November 6th, 2008 http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1156271

Proposition 8 is now a part of the
California constitution!

That is probably the best news from an
otherwise difficult election for conservatives and
Republicans. In very large part, we Evangelicals must
thank our Mormon cousins for that fact. They, along with our
Catholic brethren, were better organized than us and that provided a
base from which we could ALL work together to get this job done.
What more, as we have chronicled here, Mormons took the brunt of the
abuse, derision, and even threats of physical
harm that came with this effort.
And like us, they have given thanks to the
Almighty that is ultimately in control, even if their understanding of
that Almighty is a bit diffrent than ours.
I cannot help but wonder how much more thankful we ALL might be today if
we had been more willing to embrace these religious cousins a few
months ago - but alas, politics is always about governing today and
looking forward to the next election.
Said
John Mark Reynolds:
http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/2008/11/05/california-and-thank-a-mormon-day/
In the battle for the family, however,
traditional Christians have no better friends than the Mormon
faithful. It would be wrong if that support were taken for granted. We
are intolerant of the false attacks on Mormon faith and family. We
stand with our Mormon friends in their right to express their views on
the public square. We celebrate the areas, such as family values,
where we agree.
A heart felt thank you may not win points from
other friends who demand one hundred percent agreement from their
allies, but it is the decent and proper thing to
do.
Thank you to our Mormon friends and
allies!
Hard to do better than that. The
“Ruth Youth” ministry proclaimed yesterday “International Mormon
Appreciation Day.” Very appropriate, yet still
inadequate.
In addition to our thanks, Mormons deserve our
protection. They have been oppressed in ways during the
Prop 8 campaign that this nation has not seen since the 1960’s and the
civil rights movement. The rhetoric has been deplorable,
but moreover. we have seen instances of vandalism, property
destruction, and some leaders in the fight currently find themselves
with armed protection because of the threats made against them and
their families.
Our nation will not and cannot tolerate this
sort of behavior - it is incumbent on all of us to stand against it,
and the best way to do that is to stand between the Mormons and the
forces that would perpetrate such evil.
Now I am sure the Mormons can, and probably
want, to take care of themselves, but as a Christian, it is my duty to
protect the innocent and free the oppressed. To turn a
blind eye in this circumstance is not only ungracious, it is simply
unChristian.
Make all the theological distinctions you
want, but in the political arena we are yoked with the Mormons (he
said borrowing some religious imagery) and it is darn well time we
started acting like it.
Absolutely, positively thank the Mormons - but
don’t stop there. Stand up and be counted against the evil that
has been perpetrated towards them in this campaign.
As Christians we can do no
less.