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profxm, November 12, 2008

University of Phoenix to Pay $1,875,000 for Religious Bias Against Non-Mormons

Oh, the courts do… Now I see it. Considering the zeitgeist here has been Prop. 8, I figured another news story detailing Mormon discrimination might be of interest.

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Comments (2)

  1. Hellmut says:
    November 13, 2008 at 6:38 am

    Mormons can be incredibly generous but usually that generosity is limited to insiders or likely converts.

    There is a reason why Jesus celebrated the virtue of Samaritans who were religious outsiders.

    Reply
  2. jake says:
    November 13, 2008 at 7:35 am

    I agree, Hellmut. It has not been my experience that Mormons leave the 99 to go after the 1. Most things they do are to protect the 99.

    Reply

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