Fools mock but...

So, apparently there's a new policy in place regarding who can and can't purchase certain items through LDS outlets. I think that's a great idea, because I've never been happy with the idea of someone selling something that's so important and sacred to me.

Also, I believe that those who participate in activities that cheapen, belittle, or mock the religious views of another show themselves to be without human feeling, and of little moral character. Whether or not I agree with people of other religions (and I've dealt with quite a few, including Moslems, Hindus, Wiccans, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baptists, Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, etc.), I still respect them as people, and I still respect their right to worship (or not) whomever they choose.

A while ago, I found a site about a booth set up at the last Burning Man Festival that revealed and mocked LDS temple ceremonies. I haven't linked to it here, because a) I don't want to send that kind of thing traffic, and b) beause of some nastily inappropriate pictures on the site. When I hear about people performing this kind of activity, I typically have two reactions. The first is anger. How dare they do that with something I feel is so sacred? The second is to wonder how someone got that bitter and horrified with life in the first place. If this policy makes it more difficult for someone like that to get the tools to mock my faith, so much the better, not because we can't take a joke, but because some things are just not funny.