I just got an email from my mother saying that Elton John comments from USA Today are being circulated among her Mormon friends.  Looks like the Yes on 8 campaign is using them to try to raise more money.

Of course, I wish he hadn’t said such things.  My guess is that these were a few off the cuff remarks on the red carpet and they do not fully explain where he stands.  Further speculating, I’m thinking he’s one of our gays who finds it undignified to aspire to or assimilate with anything hetero.

Things in California continue to heat up. KTVU San Francisco reports:

Members of the gay community said that almost every Friday night, a Christian group meets at the corner of Castro and 18th Streets. They try to convert gays and lesbians into a straight lifestyle.  This Friday night, the message didn’t go over well. Some gays and lesbians reacted by trying to chase the group out of the Castro.

UPDATE: I just came across this absolutely ABSURD account of what was going on here!

I thought that I’d post a little fun distraction from all the Prop 8 talk while remaining on-topic of Mormons. Actually, this is a good example to show how they feel when others try to push beliefs on them.

Darin interviewed by ABC 7

One of three or four interviews I did at the second organized protest at the Mormon temple in westwood.  I’ve been out there on my own for a few weeks, or with smaller groups of people who have joined in.

A video I made with commentary on LDS leader David Bednar’s talk to young people in the church.

My friend Sam posted video of the LDS owner of El Coyote, a restaurant with heavy gay and liberal minded patronage, responding to her donation to the Yes on 8 campaign, trying to avert a boycott.  When Sam asks her, “would you be willing to make a personal donation to repeal the amendment?”  The truth then comes out as to where she firmly stands.

In another report, WeHo News says: