Ironic.

Seems to me if churches are going to attack segments of the population by becoming involved in political processes, that they should be attacked back.

#1. They should lose their tax-exempt status. Sooner rather than later.

I'm not a big fan of going after LDS tax-exempt status. Lots of folks are tax-exempt in the USA. I'd rather see more attention paid to what sets them apart in terms of their highly-centralized finances (which in turn gets us to a discussion about the utter lack of transparency on the LDS side, something that distinguishes Salt Lake from, say, the Catholic church, which is financed on the diocese level, or mainline Protestant churches, which remit something like 10-15% to HQ, as opposed to the LDS, which remit 100% of local contributions and then get a portion back from Salt Lake).

That said, here's what I'd like to see happen after we accomplish our huge national protest today:

1) Our side gets familiar with Santa Fe v. Doe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Independent_School_Dist._v._Doe

The Mormon family was upset when their daughter's junior high school teacher passed out fliers for a Baptist revival. When the girl asked a question about the revival, the teacher asked her what her religion was. On learning that the girl was Mormon, she said that Mormonism was a "non-Christian cult."

As loath as they might be to admit it, Mormons have gone to the Supreme Court in order to protect themselves against the majority's religious beliefs.

There are ways to frame our demands in ways that focus attention on the common ground that our side shares with those religious folks who are outside the mainstream. Our argument should not have been that "your child will never hear about gay marriage in school" ... rather, it should've been that "we're all fighting so that your child, any child, never has to face discrimination in school because of the family she comes from" ...

2) Our side gets familiar with the BYU sports schedule, knows when and where their away games are happening, and finds people to hold signs at the doors/gates. Ditto for Mormon Tabernacle Choir performances, any ballroom dancing competitions to which BYU brings its teams, and every other opportunity to engage ambassadors of LDS culture outside Utah. For example, I think BYU is playing an away game at Pepperdine on the 18th. Pity if noone were to show up to protest.

3) Our side continues the boycotts of Mormon-owned and/or Mormon-run businesses in deliberate fashion. The ownership class in our country is still betting that we're all gonna yell and scream for a few days and then get lazy about actually holding Prop 8 funders to account. Get serious and prove them wrong.

This brings up the question if we can now co-opt entire states if we raise enough money like the Mormons have done. Think of the possibilities.

If I can raise enough money, I can get an initiative on the ballot to ban smokers from getting married. Or, hmmm...actually, I think it is ok if Catholic smokers get married but not Jewish smokers...and I mean, gay people should not smoke anyway but heterosexuals should be able to smoke and get married. But what about black smokers who are gay? Hmmm. I feel a ballot initiative coming on. We can call it "democracy" if that makes you feel better but we all know what it is.