Hate IS A Family Value

Sheri Dew gave the invocation at the Republican National Convention yesterday. This, from Affirmation, describes what she had to say about gay marriage earlier this year.

In one of the most hate-ridden moments of the event, Sheri Dew, President of the LDS-owned Deseret Book, likened those who do not oppose gay marriage to those who did nothing to oppose Hitler's rise to power. Ms. Dew, who is unmarried and has never raised children, also described a picture of a same-sex couple with infants which she saw in Newsweek magazine (see 1 March 2004, pp. 40-41). She said, in disgust, "I just can't stomach this—the thought of those girls being raised in that kind of a setting." Meridian Magazine <http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/040310defenders.html> later reported her remarks as being that she was "heartsick"—a more genteel version of her actual remarks.

A Google News search of Sheri Dew returns, of course, that no major news organizations have picked up on this yet.