Should the "protesting" outside of Mormon events be legal? ?

People have the right to feel how they do and express it. But we also have the right to ignore them. Bigotry is not illegal.

You can't start legislating what people can and cannot disagree with publicly because that is a very slippery slope that would lead to the loss of most of our personal freedoms (including the right to worship as we wish). For this exact reason, the government has never outlawed the KKK or Black Panthers or made it illegal for them to gather and protest. They only get in trouble with the law when they get violent.

As long as the protestors are not touching anyone or threatening violence, they have the right to protest. Besides which, it just makes them look like idiots, and those that ignore them look better.

I am LDS, and yes it does bug me when I see protesters.

However, one of our Articles of Faith says that we should allow others the privilege to "worship how, where, or what they may." I take this to mean that we cannot force what we believe on anyone. They are perfectly entitled to their opinions. We do our best to ignore them, and life goes on.

We believe that the United States was founded by inspired men, and that the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were inspired by God. The laws set forth by these documents are important to the survival of our freedom. They have the right to free speech. I would not dare to take it away from anyone.

The only thing that I think some of these people need to understand is that they are drawing negative attention to themselves. Their protesting doesn't cause us to denounce our religion, and they are showing that they aren't accepting of other people's differences. If they were protesting and saying that one of our beliefs was immoral or against the law, I might take a look at that belief, but protesting Mormonism in general seems pretty close minded.

Protesting anything, as long as it's peacefully, should be legal. Does that mean I'd protest mormon events, even though I believe the religion to be wrong? Nope. However, if someone else wants to, that's their business.

Maybe people should demonstrate outside of churches. After all, christians go to college campuses and push their bible. In Tokyo, christians actually protest outside of temples and shrines during the New Years Holidays. These are special days for the Japanese.

We should demonstrate outside churches on xmas and easter.

They aren't really protesting. they are merely voicing(very loudly) their opinions on what will happen to my eternal soul if I happen to be Mormon. They think it's the best way to convince me that the religion I chose is wrong. Trust me, it's a riot at Conference time and they just stand there and scream at you. I say an extra little prayer when I go just to make it to the front door without (1) laughing in their faces, or (2) loosing my temper and pummeling them.

We ran into Baptist "protesters" outside the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. Believe me, we're an Atheist family, but my kids got a much better impression of Mormonism than Baptists that day.

Nah. If we limit their freedom of speech, it will also limit ours. The majority of them are hired by big anti-mormons to do the protesting. I remember one guy who didn't even realize why he was there when he started comparing the character of the anti-mormons with that of the Mormons' charater.

Shouting hate is not going to help.

BUT...

The protestors that just try to spread the word about what happens in the temple, clothing and rituals, secretive-ness) outside the temple, are needed. IMO...

Yes, we can get along, but we CANNOT and SHOULD NOT force others to get along or not protest just because it hurts somebodies feelings.

Take that step, and next thing you know, we no longer can say something bad about the government, and so on after that.

no matter, the mormons protested in the 80's when the shetland ponies appeared in UT parade witht he buggy they were attached to and then the MIB's had to protect the LDS prophet while the prophet of th e LDS church waved at the crowd coming down the state street, quite a circus.

Just about the same as the LDS missionaries comign to our church and standing around in the back, hjope th e holy spirit grabs them and shakes them up and they get saved.