Mormon Church feels the heat over Proposition 8

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In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision. They called on California Mormons to donate their time and money to the campaign for Proposition 8, which would overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that permitted gay marriage.

That push helped the initiative win narrow passage on election day. And it has made the Mormon Church, which for years has striven to be seen as part of the American mainstream, a political target.

Protesters have massed outside Mormon temples nationwide. For every donation to a fund to overturn Proposition 8, a postcard is sent to the president of the Mormon Church. Supporters of gay marriage have proposed a boycott of Utah businesses, and someone burned a Book of Mormon outside a temple near Denver.

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Proposition 8 opponents estimate that members of the Mormon Church gave more than $20 million to the effort to pass the measure.

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To support Proposition 8, the Mormon Church entered into a coalition with other religious organizations, including evangelical groups that have tended to view Mormons warily. It was a Catholic bishop, Mormon officials said, who requested the Mormon Church bring its members into the fight. Now those groups are rallying behind the embattled church.

“Being against gay marriage puts the church right in the mainstream of American religious behavior,” said Quin Monson, a political science professor at Brigham Young University.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/17/nation/na-mormons17

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http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/co...me-sex-marriage

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newsroom.lds.org :rofl:

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Think the locals had it right up here in SF:

http://cbs5.com/local/sf.mormon.sign.2.862095.html

Edited November 21, 2008 by SRVT

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What is with the attack on Mormons? They are not the only religious group or individuals that voted against gay marriage

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What is with the attack on Mormons? They are not the only religious group or individuals that voted against gay marriage

They were by far the most aggressive, both in getting Prop 8 on the ballot, and pushing religious people to vote. I don't feel bad for them at all. I think the bigots have coming to them what they deserve, and hope the protests and backlash against them goes much further.

Edited November 21, 2008 by SRVT

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Yeap, SRVT. ** the LDS.

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guilty of what exactly?

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There are lots of stories about Blacks voting for Prop 8 in droves, but the usual suspects don't want to go there. It ain't PC enough. Better to go after mostly White Mormons. They are sexier to beat up on in Lib circles.

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There are lots of stories about Blacks voting for Prop 8 in droves, but the usual suspects don't want to go there. It ain't PC enough. Better to go after mostly White Mormons. They are sexier to beat up on in Lib circles.

Blacks have always voted against gay marriage in these referendums.

What was new this time around was the aggressive financial stance of the LDS.

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There are lots of stories about Blacks voting for Prop 8 in droves, but the usual suspects don't want to go there. It ain't PC enough. Better to go after mostly White Mormons. They are sexier to beat up on in Lib circles.

So freaking true!!!!!!!!!!

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There are lots of stories about Blacks voting for Prop 8 in droves, but the usual suspects don't want to go there. It ain't PC enough. Better to go after mostly White Mormons. They are sexier to beat up on in Lib circles.

Wow, strangely, no one here was even talking about race. Insecurity rears it's ugly head once again.

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How is that insecurity?

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Think the locals had it right up here in SF:

http://cbs5.com/local/sf.mormon.sign.2.862095.html

I showed three media majors this pix at the same time in the Commons and they all reeled at it! You should have seen the jaws drop and them jump backwards.