Posted on 11/07/2008 3:39:59 PM PST by Notoriously Conservative
Late this afternoon, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a statement in response to recent calls for protests and boycotts from opponents of California's Proposition 8.
Opponents of the proposition are angry about the Church's involvement in its passage.
Today, the Church responded with a statement that reads, in part: "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.
"While those who disagree with our position on Proposition 8 have the right to make their feelings known, it is wrong to target the Church and its sacred places of worship for being part of the democratic process.
"Once again, we call on those involved in the debate over same-sex marriage to act in a spirit of mutual respect and civility towards each other. No one on either side of the question should be vilified, harassed or subject to erroneous information."
(Excerpt) Read more at ksl.com ...
Blacks voted no on prop 8 by 70%. Why aren’t they protesting black churches?
That’s not gonna happen in this lifetime.
P.S. Are there any Mormon freepers? If so, are you as proud of your church as you have a right to be?
i am, but am not in california so had nothing to do with it.
Message to the pervs of California...it was the *black* voters of the state that passed it.That’s a proven fact,So it looks like your “days of rage” should be directed at “black” churches.And while you’re at it maybe you’d want to gather 100,000 pervs at the state’s NAACP Headquarters.
Mormons don’t just talk the talk. They walk the walk. One can disagree with them on some doctrine, but you can’t say that they haven’t been a phenomenal force for good on moral issues.
Anti-Mormon? With the topic being that of Prop 8 the only negative comments you’re going to get will be that we haven’t seen enough boys in white shirts on 10-speeds to high-five lately. Thanks for what you folks did to preseve decency in California and the USA. Seriously. Thank you.
There's a lot of racism in the gay community.
It’s not a matter of being proud, it’s doing what’s right!
Jews and Christians once sanctioned polygamy (it’s in the Bible). Muslims still do.
I would suspect Hispanic voters went for this in large numbers also.
The LDS Church? These folks know churches are easy targets these days.
This is extremely inappropriate.
I think the LDS have a lot to be proud of. I fault the other rather conservative/evangelical congregations such as Southern Baptist, Assembly of God, etc for not standing as tall as they did. The Catholic Church did OK but were conflicted by their internal splits as to which way to go.
Clean up in aisle nine.
Good question. I guess they are afraid to go down into those neighborhoods and protest.
I agree 100%. Thanks, LDS. Thank you very much.
They know we won’t kill them or beat them senseless. They really need to prance down in Watts or Compton against the churches there just to see how brave they are.
I have the utmost respect for the LDS. My wife has many homeschool mother friends who are and they are wonderful people. This is a fine example of their devotion to what is good and sacred. Other Christians should thank them for doing the heavy lifting in this fight instead of “throwing them under the bus”.
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