Star Tribune runs ads on behalf of polygamist Mormon sect

•  they are not a part of the church..?really?

• Indeed. Those gays and the FLDS, man. They're in cahoots. Next thing you know, they'll be tearing happily-married straight people from one another with giant pervert Jaws of Life or something. Also, it's "precedent."

• Yup, and it's not as if the Strib really was all that liberal.  That was all a push made by the archconservative Quistian nutbars who all but hijacked the Minnesota Republican Party in the late '80s and early '90s, and wanted (and largely succeeded) into cowing the paper into silence about that fact. The Cowles family may have been mildly socially liberal, but not enough to lead on social issues; furthermore, they always advocated for financial issues that redounded to the benefit of big business -- especially <i>their</i> big business.

• Self-hating gays like LMAO are a pitiful sight.

• Well, it has a LITTLE in common...I mean, they believe that one guy read the magic plates with the magic angel glasses, right?

• Taxes? The answer is either taxes, or that you're an idiot...

• the cult that warren jeffs "leads" has nothing in common with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).  They are not part of the church -

• The New York Times ran the exact same ad in today's hard-copy newspaper, with the word "Advertisement" clearly printed above it.  I think they simply consider ads outside the editorial process and are just happy to take the money.  However, one would think a line would be drawn somewhere on what's acceptable.

• I don't see what the big deal is The Star and Tribune runs ads for the Catholic Church all the time and as we all know the Catholic Church is an international pedophile ring.  That's why the Pope helped cover up sexual abuse in Wisconsin and currently hides Bernie Law from the cops at the Vatican.

• "Also, far, FAR more Americans are in favor of same-sex marriage rights than are in favor of polygamist rights." If it's OK for cornhole dudes to get married, what's the prob with a guy marrying more than one woman? Bigots and haters.

• "Pride Fest is NOT an organization that preaches, encourages, and facilitates the abuse of young girls and women." Sure, sure...But young boys beware! 

• The management at the Strib is becoming ever more unhinged and right-wing. Kersten is just the tip of the iceberg.

• These people are not Mormons. Please don't get the two confused. Mormons don't practice the rape of children and have never taught that. Referencing this religious cult as a "Mormon Denomination" is incorrect and therefore would cause any reasonable person to get the two confused.

• I think he's being funded by someone who wants to bring down Mitt Romney with this type of unfavorable publicity.  Call me a conspiracy nut-- I'm a Democrat.

• The most hateful are Fox New's main demographic hence they become the most poorly informed. 

• Don't knock it til you've tried it ಠ_ಠ

• There's a freaking ocean of difference between the subjugation and abuse of women and the equal rights of same-sex couples. Also, far, FAR more Americans are in favor of same-sex marriage rights than are in favor of polygamist rights. Why is it always the poorly informed who are the most hateful?

• So much for the "nobody out there promotes polygamy" so don't worry about the gay marriage precedence, eh?

• Kirk: Champion of the Child Rapist Cause Do you know anything at all about the FLDS? As far as I know, Pride Fest is NOT an organization that preaches, encourages, and facilitates the abuse of young girls and women.

• They ran the ad to give Harry Reid props. Harry Reid (d) was selected as Mormon of the Year for 2009.  Didn't you know that? 1904, when church president Joseph F. Smith again disavowed polygamy before the United States Congress and issued a "Second Manifesto" calling for all plural marriages in the church to cease.  There is always going to be a "fringe group" wherever you roll. Were the women forced into these marriages? Were the women under age or not of sound mind? Are they allowed to divorce? Does this affect you? What's the problem? From above- "In any event, it's hard to imagine the Strib has ever run ads more bizarre and objectionable than the pair that graced the A section of today's paper." Ya, much like the ads they run for the twin cities pride fest.  Clearly that is not "bizarre and objectionable."

• My bad. Thanks for picking up on that. Fixed.

• "Warren had married all but two of his father's several dozen wives (one of the two being his mother)." Maybe you should actually *read* your sources before you quote them.

• Ew.

• This story just reminds me of the 90's when newspapers made most of their income off of Classified ads-- STrib included. I bought a leafblower from David Koresh. I also got a great deal on a dozen pairs of Nikes from a group out in California.  They did smell a little funky but some Gold Bond fixed that. I did, however, have the foresight not to respond to that one ad about deeply-discounted Kool-Aid packets shipped from Guyana.

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