The Scientologists have been easy targets for some time. I’ve taken more than my share of shots at your average Christ lovers. And I’ve even taken my life in my hands and made some jokes about Mohammedans. Now it’s high time I turned my attention to the Mormons.
In 1857 the Fancher Party was headed out West to settle. As the passed through Utah Territory, they came under siege by a group of Mormons, aided by Paiute Indians. The Mormons had grown paranoid that the Feds were going to swoop in and break up their independent theocratic and polygamous society. To top it off, it became rumored that one of the men in the train had killed a Mormon leader.
After five days of the siege the Mormons sent in a peace party under a white flag. They used the ruse to slaughter the 120 settlers, including many women and children. To make their heinous atrocity worse, the scurrilous Mormon bastards tried to pin the massacre solely on the Paiutes.
The details of this crime can be found in Jon Krakauer’s book Under the Banner of Heaven, along with the details of much more Mormon madness. This is one fucked up religion, historically speaking.
And this massacre is going to be the subject of September Dawn. The indie film will set a love story against the tragedy, and is written and directed by Christopher Cain, who I’m told is Dean’s dad. John Voight is playing the lead of the Mormon killer group, while Lolita Davidovich will play a wagon-trainer who stands up to him. The movie has started filming this week in Canada.
By the way, September Dawn will portray the Mormons as renegades – some evidence shows that Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormons, gave the OK for the killings.