So, the passing of Amendments to State Constitions by a majority of voters through a democratic process was not enough. The gays are blaming the LDS Church that we are taking away their marriage rights. They are protesting in the streets, rioting around temples, destroying and defacing Church property.
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So, when the LDS population is less than 2% in California, yet there is 52% that vote for the amendment to declare marriage between a man and a woman. (Wonder if the LDS Church is using the same ACORN voter registration tactics as the Obama campain). 2% is a lot of power for Mormons; I guess we need to realize just how powerful we are and see what else we can accomplish. The Church made an official response:
It is disturbing that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being singled out for speaking up as part of its democratic right in a free election.
It’s ironic that most of the people that voted for this were Obama supporters. Maybe these gay people would like to complain to Obama for not being more clear on his stance on this issue. Obama opposes gay marriage; supports civil union & gay equality. He also said leave it up to the states.
What I don’t understand is why gay people think they are a protected minority class. Homosexuality is not something you are born with; it is a chosen lifestyle. You have agency, you make choices, and you deal with the consequences!
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Gays and lesbians have no more civil rights as a protected class than child molesters. It is a lifestyle choice, and as you said, they must deal with the consequences accordingly. The majority of the people have spoken, and it is now part of the state constitution and is enforceable law.
I don’t think it’s as simple as you put it. Putting myself in their shoes, I can understand how they feel (especially those who don’t have the gospel). We LDS believe that God blessed us with trials to make us stronger – one such trial is feeling attraction for the same sex. Honestly, I can’t imagine having a more difficult trial – having to go throughout your whole life denying those feelings. Most homosexuals aren’t familiar with our doctrine and they don’t realize that it is a choice. They don’t have the moral laws that we do. For them, it is something they are born with, and when told that they must deny instinctive feelings, I can understand that they would be frustrated and angry. We need to stop judging them by laws that they haven’t been given.
Erin Carleton:
What horrible false doctrines they teach you at BYU. Go get a real education and stop wasting time at the TMCB computer lab!
God does not bless people with a trial of attraction for the same gender, nor is it something that you are born with. To say so, you must also make claim that child molestors, rapists, and murders are born with those feelings. And even if they did have those feelings, they acted upon them and violated the law. God has moral laws against such which is clearly evident if you actually read the scriptures. The punishment of such crimes and against such law were much more severe than they are today.
Homosexuality is absolute wickedness and has been decreed as such by God since before Sodom and Gomorrah. In fact, He destroyed the entire city! Maybe the Church should have any members that currently reside in San Francisco leave immediately so that it can be burned and destroyed.
Anyone that gives any sympothy toward allowing same sex marriage is missing the point. We are not taking away their freedom to do such things in the privacy of their homes and what not. They can go on doing that if they feel so tempted to do so and to submit themselves that temptation.
We all have different temptations that affect us one way or another, the point is to not give in to them and over come them with help. Once we except this and say it doesn’t effect anyone else is really naive, right now where it has been put into law, it could be taught to their little children that there is nothing wrong with this type of behavior and to submit yourselves to doing this is perfectly ok.
Why should we expose our children to such practices that may destroy them and not only that, teaching them to be gay is just wrong. I am sorry, but I think this is just a no brainer. Children should be raised in a balanced home where there is a Mom and a Dad. We know just by statitics that that is true. We should raise our voice to protect our children more than anything.