Why Do Mormons Side With Anti-Mormons?

I’ve been following two stories in recent weeks about lingering anti-Mormon bias in American life, and the Mormons who support it.

First there’s the story of the Mormon couple in North Carolina who were ejected as leaders of a Boy Scouts of America Cub Scouts troop based at Christ Covenant Church (PCUSA). The Stokes weren’t fit to serve, the church said, because Mormons weren’t really Christians. And then went on to email church members a link to a webpage expostulating on how very un-Christian we Mormons are. How nice.