DCP likens the protest against the Cody temple to Nazi antisemitism

[Moksha]

[he will have a home to rest in when he catches the 18 pound Brown in the river.

You would want to return and report on a fish like that!

[Marcus]

I was saddened to see how ugly the controversy over a proposed temple in Cody, Wyoming, has become, at least in some circles. A few commenters on the Facebook page of a group that bills itself as “Preserve Our Cody Neighborhoods” are calling for legal “war” with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for a list of LDS-owned businesses to be boycotted. (Perhaps such businesses might be required to display, say, a yellow star, so that they will more easily identified?)

Opposition to the temple ostensibly derives from its height, its planned location in a residential area, and the bright lights with which all Latter-day Saint temples are allegedly ablaze throughout the night. Some on the “Preserve Our Cody Neighborhoods” Facebook page have, however pointed to the Mountain Meadows Massacre as representative of the Church, dismissed the Church as non-Christian and therefore not welcome in the God-fearing city of Cody, and pronounced it not a real religion but, rather, a soulless corporation. More recently, though, one “Kevin Jay Clapper” has distinguished himself by pronouncing my faith . . .

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... -fall.html

Oh no! Some random poster on the internet has said a thing!! How will DCP ever recover?!!!

Here's the only realistic part of DCP's posts, minus his condescending qualifiers...

...Opposition to the temple ... derives from its height, its planned location in a residential area, and the bright lights... throughout the night...

Yes. That's the opposition to the zoning variances requested.

[Dr. Shades]

The Saints thought the residents of Cody would be such a pushover that they brought in all the construction materials before even asking for a construction permit.

This is just another one of your fictions masquerading as a factual statement, right?

[Moksha]

The Saints thought the residents of Cody would be such a pushover that they brought in all the construction materials before even asking for a construction permit.

This is just another one of your fictions masquerading as a factual statement, right?

No, the Church brought in the construction material and warehoused it at a property belonging to one of its members.

If the tale sounds like it was woven by an unreliable anti-Mormon, then feel free to scoff at it. After all, our purpose is to persecute the Saints. If you want reliable information, look to FAIR and SeN.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/07/12 ... ontainers/

[Doctor Steuss]

First, they came for the spire saturated in light with a gilded statue atop, and I did nothing…

[I Have Questions]

..Latter-day Saints in Cody... simply want to build a small temple...

He's being deliberately misleading. It's the central management of the Church that want to build a temple in Cody. Local members didn't get a say in the decision making processes of the Church.

[Valia]

To answer the question posted by Yellowstone123 as to the burning of churches -
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the- ... 107794530/
So, yes. Last time a Mormon church was built in Cody it was burned down. Arson.
And the boycott of Mormon-owned businesses is happening.
A dentist has lost patients.
Other professionals have had accounts dropped.
I do not have their permission to post names (I didn't ask, either)
Marriages are still legal, however. So that is one thing.

[Moksha]

To answer the question posted by Yellowstone123 as to the burning of churches -
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the- ... 107794530/
So, yes. Last time a Mormon church was built in Cody it was burned down.

That story from June 12, 1980, is undoubtedly related to this citizen protest.

[Marcus]

...And the boycott of Mormon-owned businesses is happening.
A dentist has lost patients.
Other professionals have had accounts dropped.
I do not have their permission to post names (I didn't ask, either) ...

No worries, we will simply treat your story as the hearsay and gossip that it is.

[Kishkumen]

I would not be surprised if Valia’s claims are true. The opposition to the temple in Cody has attracted out-of-town anti-Mormon nuisances and disgruntled ex-Mos with an axe to grind. Opposition to the temple from people in the neighborhood where it will be built is one thing. Far-flung outcry is anti-Mormonism in large part.