In California in 2008 civil rights were put on the ballot. This should have never happened, you cannot let people decide who deserves civil rights and who does not. Today a federal judge said the same thing. When the lawyers who were supporting prop 8 were asked what harm same sex marriage would cause they could come up with no answer.
Orin Hatch said that today's decision was sad, that it was wrong to "make up " rights found in the constitution. I hate to break it to Sen. Hatch but the right to life liberty and happiness is granted to all of mankind.
I am very happy to see this offensive proposition struck down, I was saddened by the LDS churches involvement in passing a law that does nothing but spread intolerance.
Civil rights decisions need to be made inside government bodies, not left up to the people. If the Americans with disabilities act had been a ballot measure it never would have passed.
The fact is, even though the fight for gay rights is not yet over it soon will be. Conservatives fought against woman's rights and they fought against ending segregation. We will win this fight and leave those full of ignorance and hate in the dust.
It concerns me that you are taking the stand you are on this matter. The proclamation on families clearly states what marriage is, this came from the prophet of God, His spokesman on the earth. This is not a civil rights thing, it's a morality thing. The fall of every great civilization came because of the need for more power, greed or the moral decline of the people. Why do you think the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed? God took this land away form the native americans, (Lamanites), He will take it away form us too if we continue to allow this kind of moral decay to continue.
ReplyDeleteThe prophet also said in the 1970's that the church would not tell us how to vote.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing immoral about two adults wanting to marry. If the church was so concerned about immorality they would come out against polygamy.
The fact is that this is a civil rights issue, as well as a human rights one. Do you realize that in the 1930's I would have been sterilized so as not to contaminate the gene pool. We have in this country a separation of church and state, if you do not engage in a same sex relationship that is your right. In the articles of faith is says that we allow people to worship as they will, that we will not interfere in the lives of others. Not one gay person is asking for the church to marry them, they want the right to a civil wedding.
The LDS church believes that the only marriage that counts is the one in the temple, so why do they care so much about a civil marriage that will end at death.
The fact is, gay people exist and they deserve the same rights as everyone else. How would you feel if your spouse were dying and you were not allowed to visit them. You are right dad it is a moral issue, think about that.