In Utah, little girls can't dress as Harry Potter for Halloween

Looks like the haters can't even leave Halloween alone.....sad.

I have no love for the LDS church, or any other church. However, please keep in mind a "ward" is a congregation. This is not the work of the government in Utah, but rather standards that they have declared for their church parties.

I dislike the religious right intensely and demand that the separation of church and state be strengthened to what it used to be. After all, it was the Federal Government that stopped Utah from granting educational credits to LDS students in public schools for course work at seminary. We all have the right to not approve of their values, etc.

That being said, we have got to stop hating on the religious right in their terms -- it only strengthens them and reduces the secular left. I would suggest that a better approach would be to strengthen our secular institutions and government so that we can enforce the separation of church and state.

All who believe in one brand of magic view others' magic as evil. Look it up. It's in the encyclopedia of irony.

What would you expect? Religion is involved, the biggest voodoo cult on the planet.

yes, I live in an LDS town and they officially change Halloween to Saturday when it falls on a Sunday. They are not allowed to "Trick & Treat" on Sunday.

I guess no one will be able to be Chaz Bono.

Will girls be allowed to go out as hookers?

Or maybe they should just go trick or treating in nothing but that magic underwear they force mormans to wear.

Remember, these trogladytes field candidates for public office AND ...they vote.
Now that's scary!

"An LDS ward in Sandy, Utah, came out with a POLICY" A Policy? What's that intended to do? Scare parents into excommunication if they allow their kids to violate this crap?

More moronic intimdation from the Morman church. Wouldn't it be great to see every kid throughout Utah dress up on Halloween night in costumes that clearly violate their 'policy'. Then stand back and watch these so called 'adults' who created this crap squirm!

Religion is all about control. If they can get the sheep to follow even the stupid rules just because they made them up, they can get sheep to keep unquestioningly handing over their money to support the church. It is one big scam. As long as people keep buying into it, it will always exist.

So, what happens if they simply ignore all this nonsense? Are goon squads in riot gear going to handcuff little kids from the street on Halloween night and haul them off to jail? Idiocy should be painful.

That's what little brainis do. Talk about 'magical thinking'! Isn't it ironic that on balance, more harm has been 'caused by' and 'in the name of' organized religion than anything else in human history.

what next banning girls dressing like a witch or snooki on halloween (lol).

DA FUCK

Why don't they all just put on sheets and claim their the "HOLY GHOST" I'm sure that will Satisfy their primitive mentality!

How about if you want to dress up as a Mormon? Now that's scary!

Thank you, everyone, for making this a No. 1 story. I think it's important to highlight just how silly and ludicrous the bigotry out there really gets.

This sounds like "BIG GOVERNMENT" at its best! what tha???? Mr. Boehner, please trim down this big government takeover of our beloved holloween! I am guessing those who made this decission were righties.... who else! so rediculous! Too bad the US congress is out of its jurisdiction in this case, otherwise Mr. Boehner would have kicked some serious azz (his own of course).

I can think of a way that the kids can metaphorically fuck with the jackasses who came up with this rule. Dress up as something your own gender, such as a cowboy for a boy, and define your costume as a girl cross dressing as a cowboy.

Methinks they doth protest a bit too much. :rolling eyes:

Just another example of LDS telling women (girls) what to do - or not to do.
are u surprised??

Pffft!
How ironic that these ignorant bigots are trying to control what kids wear for one day, while they walk around all year masquerading as "community leaders."

America is in the Dark Ages

Yesterday, I tried to make a connection between early education about tolerance and "religious: position to it. ( http://current.com/community/93514532_attack-on-gay-student-by-bully-at-high-sch... ) One poster indubitably jumped solely on the religious aspect rather than the education part.

This ban is clearly anti LGTB as per one of their leaders, "LDS Bishop Dennis Toone — leader of the Crescent 16th Ward, which hosted the party — did not write the flier, but he defended the prohibition against cross-gender costumes, saying "it’s church policy."

Mostly it's a sad cometary about how far we need to go to achieve tolerance.

but I bet they can dress as sister wife number 3....

WTF???