Orson Scott Card responding to "Big Love"

He has a good perspective. If you want to read his complete article, click the post title. Here are a few items of interest:

When the Mormon prophet Wilford Woodruff declared in 1890 that it was God’s will that Latter-day Saints no longer take multiple wives, some Mormons clung to the “Principle of Plural Marriage” and rejected the authority of the president of the church.

This is akin to what happened when Protestants declared that they would no longer follow the pope, and polygamist sects are about as Mormon now as Baptists are Catholic.

The fastest way to get yourself excommunicated from the Mormon Church is to advocate plural marriage.
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It’s offensive when believers in one religion hold up the sacred rites of another religion to public ridicule. So we’re hurt — but we’re not surprised.

Mormons have always been the exception to America’s policy of religious tolerance. Throughout our history in America, Mormons have been oppressed by government, killed or driven out by mobs, slandered, and libeled — always by fellow Americans who professed to believe in religious tolerance.

...Our primary work is helping people in and out of the church to live a more Christ-like life. Now and then, when a deep moral issue is involved, we get involved in political action. But when we do, we expect that others won’t like it, and we take our lumps.

It is not possible to grow as fast as this church is without encountering more and more detractors. Taking a firm stand on issues of moral concern, such as Proposition 8 also make us easy targets and it has been long-known we are one of the last remaining politically acceptable targets for religious intolerance, harassment, and ridicule. We should recognize it goes with the territory.