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Partnership registry proposed

To all who may be confused about this topic:

The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. . . .

We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, 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.

To whom it may concern...
Family - A group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head (household).
- A group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation.
- A group of persons of common ancestry (Clan); A people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock (Race)
- The basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their own or adopted children ; also: Any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family (a single-parent family)
Lets not try and redefine the meaning to your limited views, please.
One just has to look out into the reality of it all to find that limitations of any sort are a hinderance to the developement of any society, social structure or otherwise. Now, lets show our intellect a bit and move onwards to the future with compassion, love and understanding as the basis of it all. THANKS

Way to go Ralph I only wish I lived in Salt Lake City where they have A Mayor who really cares about everyone

". . . an ordinance. . . giving legal recognition to gay couples and other unmarried unions."

Brigham Young would be ashamed and appalled at the man who leads Salt Lake City in his place.

Becker said: "This is an opportunity for us to provide all of Salt Lake City's residents the same level of equality, dignity and respect."

However, later in the article, the restrictions are noted, particularly: only one domestic partner. How about those people who have two or three? Shouldn't they have the same equality, dignity and respect? Or, is this about gays?

To all those who would chose to use God as a weapon to force personal beliefs on others:

The Family IS ordained of God, however, Family is made up NOT ONLY by a man and woman but also any group of people who would believe in a higher power and commit love and support to one another without guise or deceit. Be it through legal marriage or committed union or bonded love of individuals. Man and woman, man and man, woman and woman, or single parent and their children.

No Prophetic voice has a power on the human race above the power of genuine and sincere love. Where love resides, there is no higher power present!

I commend our new Mayor for working to respect the beliefs of ALL people and not bow to a certain group who would pressure others to believe a certain way.

May we all learn from this great man and his strong example.

JUst anothe small step by the GAy/Lesbian lobby to force the GAY agenda. Bestry the ACTUAL family and society falls apart.

There's really no such thing as a "gay agenda" just a desire among gays and lesbians to be accepted and receive fair and equitable treatment for everyone, so I applaud Mayor Becker for his step in the right direction.

oF ALL THE ISSUES FACING OUR CITY THAT ARE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THIS IS A MEANINGLESS FAD IN OUR COUNTRY. mARRIAGE IS SACRED. wE CANNOT LEGISLATE MORALITY. iF IT IS WRONG WITHOUT THE MARRIAGE LICENSE, IT IS WRONG WITH ONE.

I believe it is too bad that Salt Lake City's new mayor has proposed such an ordinance. It is another step towards validating the disintegration of the traditional family. However, I definitely believe everyone should be free to choose they way they live, and who they live with. And, I do not condone any hatred towards any individual, whether they be gay, lesbian, mormon, polygamist, etc. However, my question to those who do support the mayor in his registry ordinance is, why do you need the government to validate your already professed love for each other? Is it just the economic benefits you are seeking? Do you need society to treat you as equal with the heterosexual partners? Do you just need to be more accepted in society? Why do you need all the benefits of heterosexual marriage? These are sincere questions. I just do not understand why gay and lesbian couples want the same recognition or status of heterosexual couples when they decry the same.

"Brigham Young would be ashamed and appalled at the man who leads Salt Lake City in his place."

I think that ol' Brigham doesn't have a leg to stand on when it comes to defining what a good and healthy "family" structure is.

M Creer and others you are so wrong this is a very important issue that deserves more attention. To completely discount a whole segment of america is just plain wrong no amount of god fear mongering will change it . Until you mr Creer and others take the time to truly understand what it is to be gay and told you are bad you can not talk logically about it I challenge any and all of you to sit down with someone gay and have a dialogue (not a preaching session) and try to understand them totally

It may be that in some religions family is ordained by God. But I'm a Christian, who has read the Bible daily for 50 years, and I don't find it taught in the Bible. Genesis 2 says it is not good for Adam (i.e. The Human) to live alone and decides to create another being "suitable" to help him. For a gay person this obviously would mean another gay person. The New Testament teaches that eveyone in the world is one family with Christ as our brother. Thanks be to God for the leadership of Mayor Becker. As a Christian citizen lobbyist I've seen him at work leading the Democratic caucus at the state legislature and was impressed then and am impressed now by his demeanor and honesty.

To all of you who are against this, please stop making people that cannot change feel like they aren't normal and part of society. Being homosexual is not a choice, the only choice homosexuals make is to be themselves and be happy. The only way for you to understand that is to be a homosexual yourself. I suggest you read into the topic a little more by research with facts and not opinions based on someone's idea of what a family should be. The definition is clear, a family is people who live together towards a common goal. Why should it affect you in any way, anyways? Why does someone else being homosexual affect you in any way? No one ordained you to watch for the spiritual welfare of others. The physical attraction that homosexuals share is chemical. You can read about it on Gay.com if you wish, or several medical journals out of stanford school of medicine!

I had hoped that I would be able to return to SLC in coordinating business events. Rocky was an embarrassment to the conservative basis I call home, and SLC had lost my coordinated business.

However, my personal boycott of SLC businesses continues. I do not support any government agenda to support historicallly non-traditional families. Thus the vote continues.

Somebody help me understand this: We can't pray in government meetings--which has been a tradition since the early days of this great nation...however we can support a decline in morality by supporting adultery?

Is this the direction we really CHOOSE to go?

Homosexuality is a choice.

End of Story

Please, do not even try to tell me that gays "have no choice". Yeah, serial born killers have no choice either right? That is just the way they are. Dude, everyone has a choice. I'm sure gay people feel an attraction to others, but whether they act on that choice is what matters. So please don't start with this "I don't have a choice in the mattter" stuff. And fyi, I have spent a lot of time around gay people. My best friend growing up is gay, but I still consider him one of my best friends.

I can understand why allowing homosexuals to raise children would be damaging to those kids and society. However allowing them to marry would hurt my or any other marriage is a stretch. I say, be as accomidating as possible without allowing them to hurt or distort other people.

What I don't understand is why conservatives including the LDS church focuses on gay marriage but they say nothing about allowing homo-sexuals to adopt and raise children. This is straining at a knat and swallowing a camel.

To RE: ROB, I being a homosexual myself, understand what you are saying. But you of all people should know, because you have a gay best friend that I have no sexual attraction to women, whatsoever. I have tried and I don't. I owe it to a woman to let her find a man that would truly love her and not be married to someone that is never sexually attracted to her ever! Those women deserve a man that is going to live a double life behind their back because they are sexually attracted to her, and believe me, there are many, many, married men that go to the gay clubs and other gay functions, unknown to their wives.

So much of the problem in todays society is the lack of accountability. Homosexuality is a choice. It is important to look at the person individually but I believe that you are choosing your lifestyle and I also agree that it is a moral decline in todays society.