No I just believe anyone telling me and my 2 year old child that we were going to Hell because we were Christians and not Mormons to be verbally attacking us to the point of a hate crime...
What would you call it ???
Did you notice I specifically said “polite?”
If they were rude, or loud or abusive, you had every right to become offended. I’ve never met a Mormon missionary that behaved in this way, but given the number of them out there it would be very surprising if there weren’t some.
But, IMO, you should have considered the rudeness or loudness or abusive language to constitute the verbal attack, not the disagreement.
YMMV, of course.
Just one response is needed. Give them a decent head start before having them escorted off the property...
OR...
You could bring out the nuclear weapon to mormons. Throw a glass of water in their face. It will scar them forever and they will have victim stories to tell on FR.