The database is just for genealogical stuff and church papers. On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:
On the below: Gentiles (and Jews) are *very* afraid of Mormons. Maybe it has something to do with the World's Largest Database (on non-Mormons especially) they keep under that mountain near SLC Utah.
Moroni wrote:
I never cease to be surprised by the interest that gentiles show in working mormon communities while totally neglecting their own failing areas.
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
(I received this message, with "cypherpunks@sybase.com" as well as "tcmay@sybase.com" (???) cc:ed, so I assume this message was intended for the Cypherpunks list, with some sybase domain name weirdness, or reflector, going on.)
At 12:30 PM -0400 9/29/96, Ryan Russell/SYBASE wrote:
I guess that depends on your definition of liberty. The Mormons originally moved there to have a place to practice their religion, and have freedom from persecution. I suppose one could extend that to wanting a place to have the freedom to have a set of rules consistant with their beliefs. Should that include freedom from interferance from folks such as yourself who want to change their rules, even though you're not presently effected?
Well, if Utah can rig a way to _secede_ from the Union, your arguments would make more sense. But so long as they are part of these United States, their religious beliefs about when children should be at home cannot supersede basic liberties.
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