I'm not at all convinced that this is what he's saying.

I mean, push to shove, the law is there to protect all of us from all of us, if we're worried about being stoned. Despite some real vindictiveness from some JWs, I don't think they have the stomach for public executions any more than they want to offer up cow viscera to the elders.

And the point remains that, as guano-loco as they are as a group, they don't mess around with trying to get invasive and inappropriate laws passed. Yes, it's because they're too passive to get anything done, but that's what makes them harmless in that arena.

So, Engardio's point - that Mormons or any other unpopular minority are shooting themselves in the foot and diminishing their own rights by working against another minority - is a valid one. It's not all that hard to imagine the worm turning, I mean, if we're already imagining pioneers lobbing rocks through our windows.