Mormon bashing - acceptable prejudice?

Good article by a non-LDS Christian academic, Thomas C. Terry is found here in Inside Higher Ed.  It's worth reading.  He does a brilliant job defending the church without being untrue to his own.  He asserts:

Many of the academics consider themselves liberal, socially responsible, and broad-minded individuals, the repository of the best in America. They’re proud of themselves for voting for Barack Obama (a bit too smug maybe?). They would splutter and bluster and be generally outraged to be considered prejudiced. None would consider saying anything similar about African-Americans, Muslims, Jews, Native Americans . . . well, you get the idea. But anti-Mormonism is part of the same continuum that contains discrimination against any group. Why, then, is it allowable publicly express bias against Mormons?

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/05/29/essay-about-prejudice-academe-against-mormons#ixzz1weHpPOkO

Acceptable prejudice?

When bigotry and prejudice is considered PC by today's standards.

From a "non-Mormon" John Mark Reynolds, Professor of philosophy for Biola - his view of the Book of Mormon play on Broadway.  Click the quote for the link to the full article. Maybe we need to see what it really is:

"Theater has an ugly record of pandering to the prejudices of ticket buyers. Minstrel shows produced catchy music and made New Yorkers laugh, but they were shameful and wrong.
The Book of Mormon is a minstrel show for our present age with Mormons as the joke."

Click the quote for the link to the full article.
Shame on them!

Christianity?

Gotta wonder about some folks' definition of Christianity. Read here about parents rejected as Cub Scout leaders because they are Mormons. But, for another view, read here. Evangelicals also face media stereotyping. In fact, almost every group who professes right vs wrong at times come under media attack. I liked what this writer said:

"Even though Latter-day Saints and evangelicals disagree about doctrine, and there are painful interactions from time to time, the fact is in the national political dialogue, Latter-day Saints and evangelicals need one another in supporting mutually agreeable causes in America's culture war.

The continual media focus on conflict between evangelicals and Latter-day Saints can make both religions less effective advocates in America's important political dialogues." (Lane Williams ~ Mormon Times)

Very cool news here about the Dead Sea Scrolls being made available online.