If radical Mormons had initiated acts of terrorism in Manhattan, do you think their religion would be held up for mockery each night on Broadway?

Jeffrey Goldberg answers: 

ManyMuslims believe that Muhammad ascended to heaven from Jerusalemon a winged animal, which has the ring of something mystical and transcendent. If Muhammad had departed for heaven from Tenafly,New Jersey, well, that would open up Islam to some level of derision.

Check that: It wouldn’t open up Islam to derision, because some Muslims -- in particular a set of ill-tempered fundamentalists among them -- have made it quite dangerous for anyone to mock their religion. Not so with Mormons.

Liberals and other atheists are theological bullies.  They only hit you if you don't hit back.