Although the prophet is considered the mouthpiece of God on the earth, Mormon's do not walk lockstep with his opinions on many issues. I know many pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage mormons, who also oppose the war on terrorism. A key element of the mormon faith, is that all people of the earth can know God's will in their life through the ministrations of the holy ghost. These are personal revelations that are not given through church leaders, but rather through ones feelings. A mormon should determine for themselves, if the prophet's statements are true. If that is the case, then they are morally obliged to act on these principles.
I appreciate the sensitivity of your comments towards the mormon faith while expressing a real concern. I am however shocked at some of the hateful comments in this thread. At a time in American history when the soul of a nation is on the line, several ignorant and hateful individuals seem to find greater reward in attacking people of common principle than overlooking superficial differences and working towards a common goal.
I'm not.
Recently our lib governor in AZ has been trying to visit with our church. She used some Authorities' opinions about SLC's light rail system to try and get LDS legislature members to vote for the light rail system here. Implying they were going against our church. They were still against it. She fails to see that we do think for ourselves.