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All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay

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All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay is a satirical website which purports to convert deceased Mormons into homosexuals in the afterlife.[1][2]

Purpose

The site is meant to mock the Mormon practise of posthumous baptism on unwilling people, especially that of Jewish and LGBT Holocaust victims, which has been widely seen as antisemitic, homophobic and overall offensive.[a] The site allows one to insert the name of "their favorite dead Mormon" into a slide and click the "Convert!" button to "baptise" the person into "the joys of homosexuality".[5] There is also a "Choose-a-Mormon" option if the user does not have a specific Mormon in mind.[4] The website warns that there is no way to undo this act.[3][6]

Reception

Within a few days the site garnered 17,000 likes on Facebook but drew the ire of many Mormons and some from the Christian right due to their belief that it was blasphemous.[7] Jay Michaelson of Religion Dispatches named the site his favorite of 2012.[8] Jack Werner of Sveriges Radio called the news of the site "perhaps the oddest news story" of February 2012.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A note on the website states "Holocaust victims are not eligible for conversion."[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Mormons crack down on proxy baptisms; whistleblower's access blocked".
  2. ^ "Website Make a Mormon Gay for Eternity". advocate.com. February 22, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Site Turns Dead Mormons Gay For All Eternity". HuffPost. February 22, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Lipman, Jennifer (February 24, 2012). "Mormons targeted in spoof 'convert to gay' site". The Jewish Chronicle.
  5. ^ Gross, Josh. "Website Turns Dead Mormons Posthumously Gay". Boise Weekly.
  6. ^ "Here's How to Make the Mormon Church's Recently Deceased President Gay in the Afterlife". intomore.com.
  7. ^ "Retaliating Through Satire And Blasphemy: All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay". OpEdNews.
  8. ^ Michaelson, Jay (February 23, 2012). "All Your Dead Mormons Are Belong To Us". Religion Dispatches.
  9. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Jack Werners nätsnackisar: Oscarsgalenskap, läckta porrlösenord och bögdöpta mormoner – Medieormen". sverigesradio.se.

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