{"id":39475,"date":"2017-01-29T22:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T05:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=39475"},"modified":"2017-01-29T22:01:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T05:01:26","slug":"weve-waiting-two-three-weeks-now-inevitable-next-mormon-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/01\/weve-waiting-two-three-weeks-now-inevitable-next-mormon-scandal.html","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve been waiting two or three weeks now for the inevitable next Mormon scandal."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39476\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/Jean-Leon_Gerome_Pollice_Verso.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39476\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39476\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/01\/Jean-Leon_Gerome_Pollice_Verso.jpg\" alt=\"The audience turns thumbs down\" width=\"320\" height=\"130\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some in the audience disapprove.<br>(Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it may finally have arrived!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2017\/01\/28\/the-mormon-church-which-prizes-religious-freedom-is-silent-on-trump\/?utm_term=.515dc2d0d8cc\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cWhere is the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/mormonism' target='_blank'>Mormon Church<\/a> on Trump? History demands their leadership\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, folks, it may be time once again to boo and hiss at the leaders of the LDS Church!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What better or more delicious pick-me-up can you possibly find than righteous indignation?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a little background, read this:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865672083\/My-view-Trumps-Muslim-ban-looks-like-Mormon-ban.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cMy view: Trump\u2019s Muslim ban looks like Mormon ban\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the statement that the Church has actually issued in this context:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/01\/church-expresses-concern-fleeing-violence-war-religious-persecution.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cChurch Expresses Concern for those Fleeing Violence, War and Religious Persecution\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 But it may finally have arrived! \u00a0 \u201cWhere is the Mormon Church on Trump? 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