Huck's Tide


A first-person essay in the current Crimson White, the University of Alabama's student newspaper, offers one Southern Christian's glimpse of the LDS faith.
It's not quite as bad as the 1920s anti-Mormon silent film "Trapped by Mormons," but the essay hints that Mormons aren't exactly Christians.
The author's sister joined the LDS church and the author attended the baptism only to hear a "rant" about Mormonism. When she tried to leave, she was set upon by a missionary, no doubt somewhat like the guy above.
Worse, her fashion sense was criticized.
I wore a new, v-neck black dress to Erika's baptism that I thought looked nice. But the dress showed too much skin because of the neckline to fit the Mormon clothing standards. During the reception after the baptism, one woman told me I was "unholy" to wear such a "revealing" dress.
Somehow, presumably before a black hood was pulled over her head, the author managed to flee. During her escape, however, she ruined her high heels, her Sharpie leaked inside her purse and -- broke her University of Alabama keychain (Gordon B. can buy her a new one here).
To her credit, despite the ordeal, the author acknowledges:
Romney's being a Mormon does not affect his political skills, and my sister being Mormon does not change who she is.

1 Comments:
"Gordon B. can buy her a new one here?" Actually he is paying for your downtown, so I'd stop the complaining.
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