Tuesday, February 7, 2012

LDS Church--Responce to Calf decision

Email Print 07 February 2012 — Salt Lake City


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement today regarding the decision on Proposition 8 by a federal appeals court in California:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regrets today’s decision. California voters have twice determined in a general election that marriage should be recognized as only between a man and a woman. We have always had that view. Courts should not alter that definition, especially when the people of California have spoken so clearly on the subject.

Millions of voters in California sent a message that traditional marriage is crucial to society. They expressed their desire, through the democratic process, to keep traditional marriage as the bedrock of society, as it has been for generations.

We recognize that this decision represents a continuation of what has been a vigorous public debate over the rights of the people to define and protect the fundamental institution of marriage. There is no doubt that today’s ruling will intensify the debate in this country. We urge people on all sides of this issue to act in a spirit of mutual respect and civility toward those with a different opinion.

6 comments:

  1. Aww, no commentary? This is a blog post, after all ;).

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  2. "We have always had that view"*

    *and we don't like to talk about this, but we allowed and encouraged marriages between one man and multiple women for a long time until the very existance of our religion was threatened by our untraditional views on marriage...

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  3. "And, if the voters had voted against Proposition 8, we wouldn't want to have everyone respect the decision of the voters ... " Blah, blah, blah.

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    1. Proving once again, that no matter what is said by the Church, some will find fault with it.

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  4. Rather ironic the church "regrets" this decision. Are they aware that the DECIDING vote was cast by an ACTIVE MORMON put in by George Bush AND went to BYU? Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Randy_Smith
    Interesting. Seems the universe is balancing it all out.

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