The author, Sheldon Rampton (center) in a photo from his days as a Mormon missionary.

BY SHELDON RAMPTON

Reprinted with permission from PRWatch.org

I posted a brief item [on PRWatch.org] recently about the PR nightmare facing the Mormon Church as a result of the prominent role it played this year promoting Proposition 8 to ban same-sex marriage in California. At the urging of church leaders, Mormons spent about $20 million on the effort, which probably provided the margin that enabled the proposition to pass.

Not only does this video talk about racism in the church and scripture, it shows how the Book of Mormon does change and evolve, much more than you’d expect for something that they believe to be a work of god. I hope that they have plenty of anytime minutes in their communication link to heaven. How will mormon doctrine and positions of today, with regard to Prop 8 and homosexuality, look when reflected upon in 20 or 30 years? Will they have more “revelations” about gay and lesbian children of god?