Winston Jen Utah has the highest teen suicide rate. But why? Isn't it forbidden by the bible? Well, no; Samson's suicide is generally held up as a laudable event. The bible even clearly states that god granted him superhuman strength during his final moments. Therefore, god approves of suicide (at least if you take out several thousand of his enemies simultaneously). By extension, the bible gives Christians no reasons to oppose suicide bombing.The tragedy behind Utah's youth suicide rate is quite simple once you learn that the majority of the state is Mormon. It is also profoundly and undeniably tragic. Under Mormon teachings, being gay is second only to murder under their collection of "sins." The threat of hell is certainly no match for the oppression, "reparative" therapies and condemnation from pulpits and parents alike. And yet the Mormon hierarchies aren't satisfied with tormenting those who were unfortunate enough to live in their state. They funded and supplied countless volunteers to pass Proposition 8 back in 2008. Needless to say, the pool of Mormon sheep blackmailed with excommunication amounted to tens of thousands of flyer-distributors, yellers and election-day "advisors." As anyone well-versed in political science is well aware, dedicated (or in this case, at least partially-coerced) volunteers can run circles around a smaller but more well-funded opposition.Families sacrificed their children's' college funds, retirement funds, and whatever else was demanded of them by comfortable, affluent and above all lazy clergy. And for what? For holding back social justice, compassion and understanding for a few years until the Judge Walker of California's district court declared it unconstitutional. Are the families going to receive aid from their conservative leaders who fleeced them of so much money? I highly doubt it. Utah will be profoundly dependent on the government teat (i.e. welfare) for the near future. So much for right-wing conservatism and personal responsibility. This was religious blackmail at its most pernicious.Or consider this - convicted mass murderers on death row and sex offenders can marry the person of their choice, but gays and lesbians cannot. That likens them to slaves in the Antebellum South, who were not allowed to marry. Like the emancipated African Americans before them, members of the LGBT community gathered in throngs to get married. To equate them to slaves and imply that they are worse than murderers is both profoundly callous and bigoted. Such discriminatory laws have no place in secular societies.By sticking its unwanted neck into the public sphere, the Mormon community unequivocably and unforgivably violated the first amendment of the US Constitution. There can be no freedom of religion without freedom FROM religion. The Mormons would no doubt throw childish hissy fits if their tax-exempt status was revoked and they were held accountable for their pernicious actions in shoving their baseless religious beliefs on the rest of California. Yet that would only be fair. There should be no governmental representation without taxation. This guiding axiom of democracy must work both ways for healthy societies to function and thrive.I am ecstatic that NOM is now under investigation for violating the US tax code. Justice for them, and the rest of society, is past its due date, but better late than never. Hiding financial figures and the names of one's donors is a clear sign of guilt (or at the least, a profound fear of embarrassment). As the recent 2012 referenda showed, it is only a matter of time before social justice spreads across the developed world. Religion cannot stop it, and their efforts to try only make things worse for us all (how many foster children could have been helped by the money thrown down the toilet on Proposition 8?).I would highly recommend Marriage On Trial's re-enactment of the Prop 8 Trial to see just how flimsy and unsupported the case against marriage equality is. Black, Cowan and Greenstreet deserve our respect and admiration for bringing these clandestine truths to light.

gavin6942 Let me get this out of the way. The film has some factual errors. The narrator claims that Latter-day Saints believe God was once a human being and that after he died he "became a god where he began marrying spirit wives and having spirit offspring" and that "we, too, can become gods on our own planets, filled with our own spirit wives and children." In reality, they believe that marriage must be performed on Earth, not after death, and that women will be resurrected as well as men (hence no "spirit wives").Also, the film mentions that gay children "can't have children biologically". Nothing biological stops a homosexual from reproducing. This was really more of a misstatement on the narrator's part, though, as their intention was clear (that gay sexual practices do not lead to procreation).I think money in politics is a serious issue, and religious money in politics is even more questionable. The Mormons own an NBC affiliate, too? That seems very odd to me. And yes, the film has an agenda. It clearly has lot of bad and no good to say about he Mormons, and is strongly pro-homosexual rights.Indeed, it puts an unfair amount of blame on the Mormons for Prop 8. While they did contribute a large amount of cash, they were not alone. But still, the church making people donate their life savings for such a stupid thing... awful. And the Mormon torture chair? When you watch this, if you keep in mind it is only one side of the issue, I think it is a decent film. Nothing is really factually incorrect about it, and even if you do not support same-sex marriage, you might have a problem with religious views permeating politics. And that is clear here.

juincey74 Though this movie brought up valid points towards how religion takes too much of a "front seat" approach to bringing their own clouded views to a political issue as gay marriage, most of the movies "knowledge" of the Mormon church was greatly misleading. I being a Mormon myself do support gay marriage. Unfortunately this movie is little about being pro gay anything and more about masking a church's belief into a 1939 Nazi propaganda film. This whole notion that was forced throughout the film on how the Mormons are easily brainwashed into believing anything that's told to them by the church is ridiculous. The majority of the time watching this I cringed on how wrong they got the Mormon teachings and added nonsense that would be found in the mind of George Lucas. I gravitated to this film on the notion it would talk more about the issues of gay marriage and church standings, but unfortunately it turned into a religious bashing almost halfway through it. I will say I enjoyed the beginning where they did show how the Mormon church's involvement in banning gay marriage in Hawaii, but turned stale when they attempted to dive deeper into the Mormon belief and psyche. See it if you're curious but I doubt you would get anything out of it, if you're smart enough not to believe the "Religious" part.

jubatus69 Its so obvious a hate film. And cowardly. But never the less ingenious to change the focus from "right or wrong" to accusations. Funny how you haven't heard about your fake government advising churches what to preach but some idiot makes a movie about how horrible it is for a church to lead its members. The majority of Americans are Conservative wither you like it or not. It is pathetic and weak and typical of liberals to be loud and to attack one group for standing for there beliefs when the majority of Americans have the same belief. Obama has emboldened you anti-Americans...... but the sleeping giant has awakened and America WILL BE RESTORED.