Mormon Church Supports Gay Rights Cause

United States
November 12, 2009 6:07pm CST
The Mormon church went out of its way to support two pieces of legislation this week in Utah that would ban discrimination based on sexuality in the areas of housing and employment. The church has become known recently for its efforts in California to protect traditional marriage and ban gay marriage. They emphasize that this does not change their position on marriage. They have been stating repeatedly that they are not anti gay but are pro marriage between a man and a woman. This first act of support for pro gay legislation is apparently a step in that direction.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
13 Nov 09
Hi kevinsharris, Welcome to myLot and I hope that you will enjoy your stay here and make both some friends and money. This is a good site and although no one makes a lot of money, it can be a fun place to be and it really does pay. Now to your discussion, I'm delighted that the Mormon church has elected to support this legislation. At least it shows that they have some compassion, if nothing else. I would expect them to oppose gay marriage just as other fundamentalist churches do. I understand that they still think that being Gay is a choice, and again like other fundamentalists, send young people people who admit to being gay of to camps where they try to un-gay them. This would be funny if it didn't do so much harm to the many young involved. The only reason anyone gets away with it is because it's done in the name of religion and churches have so much power. Blessings.
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@MrNiceGuy (4141)
• United States
13 Nov 09
Where is the link? Until i see this article I wont believe it because it sounds ridiculous. The Mormon church would not, and based on their theology, should not support gay marriage.
• United States
13 Nov 09
Here are a couple links: www.sltrib.com/ci_13766464 www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=8624086
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@tdemex (3540)
• United States
13 Nov 09
You got to come out from under that rock every now and then for a reality check, don't ya think? LOL! tdemex