"Tax the Mormon Church." one protester chanted. "How dare they legislate against love." another shouted to an AP camera.

The Mormon Church issued in response a written statement calling on the protesters "to act in a spirit of mutual respect and civility toward each other. No one on either side of the question should be vilified, intimidated, harassed or subject to erroneous information," it read.

Whilst at face value the treatise appears laudable, in actual fact it denies the most important aspects of Christianity and its mission. It is based on a verse from the Qur'an, namely sura 3:64, which denies the identity of our God, the divinity, Sonship and Lordship of Christ and defines us as in rebellion against the Muslim god if we reject these doctrines.

When arbitrary numerical "goals" or "quotas" under affirmative action are not met, the burden of proof is put on the employer to prove that he did not discriminate against minorities or women. No burden of proof whatever is put on the advocates of "goals" or "quotas" to show that people would be equally represented in jobs, colleges, or anywhere else in the absence of discrimination.

Two of the four spokespersons for the NCC blast against "Obsession" are openly lesbian and presumably would not fare well under Islamist theocracy. One, Gwynne Guibord, a former official with the predominantly homosexual Metropolitan Churches denomination and now an Episcopal priest, is co-convener of the National-Muslim Christian Initiative, working closely with the Islamic Society of North America.