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Gay-marriage supporters protest at Arizona LDS temple

Let it rest.

I wish Mormons let gays live their lives in peace. It's not like gays were trying to change the Constitution to limit Mormon rights. It's a one-way street with the Mormons.

I find it refreshing to find a religion that will stand up for its tenets regardless of secular pressures. I've made an appointment with the LDS missionaries to find out a bit more about their church.

I wish gays would let Mormons live their lives in peace. It's not like the Mormons didn't use a defined constitutional process to partcipate in the vote. Maybe gays only believe in the law when it only serves them, not others.

The real story isn't that the mormons supported the vote, the real story is that gays got so angry and have resorted to violence when they didn't get their way. That's coming from a group who has begged for tolerance and acceptance for years. Turns out they can beg for it but not grant it.

I have been impressed by the devotion of Utah members of the LDS Church to family values.
I am bringing the 120 employees of my East Coast firm to Utah for our Christmas Party. Our orginal plan was to go to San Francisco but we will spend our $480,000 in Utah instead.
really.

Practice what you preach, it wasn't the 2 percent of Califonia citizens that are Mormons that voted yes that made the difference, it was the 52 percent of Califonians that voted yes, TWICE.
Now get over the fact that Americans don't want gay "marriages" and leave the Mormons alone.

Protests against mormons are being stages continually accross the country. This was minute. How about hundreds of gays in Boise, how about IF gays and friends. If you insist on hate, I insist on telling you to stop it.

Freedom of religion is a constitutional right, and LDS people have the right to stand up for what they believe in. Homosexuals should practice more tolerance for others' religious beliefs, and stop their bigotry. The media should stop reporting on the homosexual demonstrations, since the majority really don't want to hear it.

Contributing to the propositions against gay marriage is only contributing toward discrimination. I grew up believing the church worked to unite people together. What a shame the mormans and catholics put so much effort in keeping people apart. Gays havn't done enough yet to fight this discrimation that comes from bigotry!

This really isn't about hate or bigotry. It's about how people want to organize society. Some people happen to think that same-gender marriage is unwise.

The LDS church does unite people. Notice that they haven't said one antagonistic word against homosexuals or SSM supporters. They are just going about their business living what they believe is right.

They didn't call anyone "sinful" or "homo" for voting against prop 8. Those words weren't even used once in the coalition's campaign.

As for the lights. the more the merrier. they a symbol of Christ.

wish i could be there to see them and celebrate truth.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This was not one of the LDS church's great moments, and the victory will not be a lasting one. It will soon become a consensus that same-sex couples are just as worthy as different-sex couples, and as deserving of marriage. The enactment of Proposition 8 may actually hasten that day.

Prop 8 was a shining moment for LDS.
Various denominations and races worked together against the odds to achieve a huge social good.

This is definitely about bigotry. We've seen throughout history that bigots use religion to rationalize and justify discrimination.

I wholeheartedly agree with a previous poster that said:

"I wish Mormons let gays live their lives in peace. It's not like gays were trying to change the Constitution to limit Mormon rights. It's a one-way street with the Mormons."

Props 8 and 102 were about prejudice. People can try to explain it away all they want, but that truth will always remain.

As people get to know gay people, they realize that they are no threat. My brother is gay and an amazing person and deserves all of the opportunities that I have. It is too bad that my church and many of my fellow members cannot get past prejudice.

To all you gay Mormons out there. Be yourself and do not allow other people to tell you that you somehow less worthy than they are!

It's not about bigorty, it's about morality and biology.

It's funny to see cry babies whine so much about people exercising their constitutional right to vote. Because the vote went against them, homosexuals are showing their true rainbow colors of intolerance, bigotry, and discrimination. They want to intimidate people to get their point across. Sob, sob, whine, whine, boo, hoo, hoo. Take it like a man and get over it! Well, take it like grown ups and get over it! The majority of Californians have spoken on the issue, TWICE.

Tom,
I agree wtih you 100% the bigots are using religion to rationalize and justify descrimination. Just look at the bigots rationalize their boycotts and pressure for people to lose their jobs who voted against them -- and the bigots use lists of members of a religion (mine/LDS) to target their victims. As you said, this definitely is about homosexuals' bigotry against any and all who oppose them.
- manaen

Isn't it interesting that those who would have destroyed the definition of marriage so that it included homosexual couples:
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* Insisted that Prop 8's defeat would not have led to taxing the LDS Church and now they're calling for taxing the LDS Church.
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* Say that this should be decided by the courts instead of by the will of the people in an election but they didn't say this before the election, calling for Prop 8 to be removed from the ballot as in the wrong venue, but assumed they'd win the election.
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As one astute writer noted, they're innovations not only include a "right" to be included in the definition of marriage but also the right to win elections.
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-manaen

They've ruined the word GAY, they've ruined the word RAINBOW, and now they want to ruin the word MARRIGE. They've ruined enough.