Posted on 11/25/2008 9:47:13 PM PST by goldstategop
More than 3,000 people, including longtime Mormon critic James Dobson of Focus on the Family, have signed an online petition thanking the LDS Church for its efforts on behalf of California's traditional marriage initiative known as Proposition 8.
"Anyone who participated in this process has come to admire the competence, diligence and moral courage that so many members of your faith community displayed as part of this coalition effort -- as Catholics, Evangelicals, Mormons and people of other faith communities all came together to fight this great battle for marriage," says the petition, which is addressed to LDS President Thomas S. Monson.
The petition condemns recent protests against Mormon temples and members, saying: "It is deeply unfair, and contrary to the best American traditions, that any faith community, much less a minority one, should be singled out and attacked in this way by powerful, well-funded political forces determined to 'make them pay' for participating in the normal political processes of democracy."
The online effort was created by the National Organization for Marriage, a nonprofit group in Princeton, N.J., organized to lobby, organize and collect donations on behalf of ballot measures defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
"We wanted to do something to show we are united in our condemnation of religious bigotry of any form," Brian Brown, NOM's executive director, said Tuesday.
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people of various faith groups, including Catholics, and Evangelicals. Matthew Holland, son of LDS Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, is on the board of directors.
The letter to Monson was written Nov. 15 and signed by representatives of several pro-family groups in addition to Dobson's, including Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association, Charles Colson of Prison Fellowship, Tony Perkins of Family Research Council, Paul Weyrich of Free Congress Foundation, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Gary Bauer of American Values. It was presented to Monson almost immediately.
This week, organizers posted the petition at abovethehate.com and invited the public to sign.
"We've been amazed by the outpouring of support," Brown said. "People are so grateful that we are standing side by side with [Mormons]."
Organizers will continue to collect signatures for another month, he said, and present the final list to Monson sometime after that.
Also on Tuesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote to Monson, offering "prayerful support and steadfast solidarity" to the LDS Church for its efforts on behalf of Proposition 8.
"We have been especially troubled by the reports of explicit and direct targeting of your church personnel and facilities as the objects of hostility and abuse," the bishops wrote. "We pray that prudence and healing may prevail."
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
thank you LDS
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Bump
I’m there, the LDS did a remarkable job of helping to defend Marriage, they should receive thanks and a well done from everyone who cares about defending Marriage.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
bumped and signed
Signed
I signed. I hope the reaction by the religious bigots give enough people a wake up call to remind them of the battle we wage for our children.
Not signing anything like that, but I thank all rightful folks for voting YES on Prop 8. That’s all that matters. And the CA Supremes better keep the Vote of the people.
I signed, then I sent the link to my Christian friends and family members. I asked them to forward on after signing.
I’ll ping the lists tomorrow AM.
Signed it.
Wonderfully worded post too goldstategop. :-)
Is there a link I can email to my cyber list?
Are we becaming one? just as Christ told. Is Jesus coming soon?
Praise the Lord
P.S. thank LDS, we are standing with you in the nature and in spirit. “Is God is for us who can be against us”
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good work, LDS-folk.
On a slightly more depressing note: I asked the head of a local Southern California Calvary Chapel to endorse Proposition 8 and to make note of it in a sermon. It’s not one of the Calvary Chapel mega churches, but they have at least 500 members. Although I’m evangelical, I don’t attend that church and I asked friends if proposition 8 was ever mentioned from the pulpit, and they said the most that was done on any front was a voter guide and registration in the foyer.
Done!
Register Gays not Guns.
The fact that an investigation into the church’s financial affairs is even considered, brings to the forefront the ignorance of the public about how the Mormon Church is organized and how it operates.
The primary complaint that the homosexual activists came up with is that the Mormon Church did not report the equivalent in dollars of the time spent backing the proposition. For instance if a Bishop of a ward (minister of a local church) spent a portion of his time backing Prop 8, he should have reported a portion of his salary and declared it for IRS purposes.
1. Except for a very few, no one is paid in the Mormon Church. From the janitorial staff up to and including most of the Leaders of the World Wide Church, they are paid nothing, zero, nada. Therefore, there is nothing to report.
2. Except for writing a letter to it’s members( partisan politics is never discussed during church services) only generic constitutional politics such as being the duty of church members to exercise their vote and to research all ballot issues and candidates to ensure that the candidates/issues do not conflict with biblical teachings the Church itself was not involved in the political process.
3. Members of the church willingly and earnestly follow the admonitions of the church leaders. The history of the church and how it survived many organized attacks to destroy the church not only survived but is one of the fastest growing churches in America today is a testement to their faithfullness.
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