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If you really think your assessment is accurate, why were the Mormons among the forefront pushing prop 8 in California, and before that, other props in Hawaii and Arizona. For those here that think the Mormons would embrace the chance to see the aftermath of Gay Marriage, it makes no sense!

This might help you understand the issue better, coming from the LDS perspective.

The Family, a Proclamation to the World.

http://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation

This was published to the word in 1995, long before Prop 8 was a blip on the horizon.

Here’s a snip, from the end:

“we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.

WE CALL UPON responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.”

This might help you understand the issue better, coming from the LDS perspective. The Family, a Proclamation to the World. http://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation This was published to the word in 1995, long before Prop 8 was a blip on the horizon. Here’s a snip... [Ripliancum]

Boogieman, ALL, please pay attention to this one graph in the 1995 Lds "Family Proclamation to the World" by the Mormons:

"ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a DIVINE NATURE AND DESTINY."

Normally, we only hear this gobbly goop from the New Agers; the Hindus; and the esotericists..

That "we ourselves are the 'godself'...'divine nature'"...

"And we only need to 'realize' our divinity...as we merge with divinity."

"ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female...each has a DIVINE...DESTINY."

But, leave it to the Mormons to toss out their "gospel" of...
...universalism here (no hell) ["each has a divine...destiny"]
...and this "divine...destiny" = supposedly becoming gods...
...even as Mormons know damn well within their own theology...
...that (a) all never-married singles aren't eligible for either divinity OR living with Heavenly Father -- at all;
(b) the over 80% of Mormons who don't have temple recommends aren't eligible for either divinity or living with Heavenly Father --at all;
and (c) ALL NON-Mormons aren't eligible for either divinity or living with Heavenly Father -- at all.

"Divine...destiny???"

How misleadingly false even from a mere Mormon angle????

“If you really think your assessment is accurate, why were the Mormons among the forefront pushing prop 8 in California, and before that, other props in Hawaii and Arizona.”

Well, one doesn’t need to be in favor of gay marriage to be in favor of polygamy. One might open the door to the other legally, but it doesn’t follow that everyone who supports one will necessarily support the other.