Comments about ‘Hundreds take to S.L. streets to protest, support Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage’

I have given my life to the Church. I have accepted every calling given to me. I served a fulltime mission in a foreign country that was extrememly difficult. Through the years, I have struggled to find a wife. I've done the best I can and this challenge hasn't been taken from me, yet. However, I know how Heavenly Father feels about immorality and the consequences and destruction that will come to those who practice it. Therefore, I choose not to indulge in a sexual relationship until it has been sanctified by God, to further His plan for His children. You have that same choice.

"Sometimes men love men and women love women and they want to share their lives with each other."

Gee, that didn't hurt a bit.

Gays and their sympathizers are acting like the naked king who strutted around showing his new robe that didn't really exist. The 'civil rights' they claim to be deprived of are just a delusional mental fabrication reflecting their rationalization of being able to have what ever they want.

In simple terms it's called acting like a bratty two year old who wants another kid's toy that is not theirs.

Sorry gays but marriage isn't a right. It is an institution created by religions thousands of years ago. Religions toy...... not yours.

to donalld:

Pain is hearing the hatred spewing from people like you about the "life style choice" that SSA people supposedly make. Most 8 & 10 year old kids will think that if 2 people love each other they should be together. What say ye?

I've noticed that most of these protestors are from the younger generation. They are victims of liberal media propaganda that has taught them NOT to be God-fearing. When will they be compelled to humility?

Marriage is a religious issue, not a civil one. Homosexuality is such a serious sin that two cities were destroyed by God to get rid of it.
The Mormon church was not the only church that was against Prop 8 and went public against it. Many others did too.
What is marriage should be decided by the churches, not the courts. Since the gays cannot win in the churches they have fled to the courts.
For all I care a person can "marry" a fish. But that doesn't make it a marriage.
Marriage must be recognized by God to be a marriage and God never has recognized same sex relationships.

What church are you guy going to? I am on the high counsel and visit many Wards (CA). Never have I EVER heard a negative comment regarding gays. Our Stake & Ward leaders would not tolerate it for a second. The gay community is so far off on their accusations. You are biting the hand of the most compassionate group there is!

Am I the only one that finds it ironic that 2 guys that made very serious marital vows and then openly broke those vows to satiate other desires are arguing for their right to marry?

i think it's interesting that according to the secy of state office in california, 75% of the people who voted FOR prop 8 were BLACK. why isn't anyone protesting and vandalizing their homes and businesses.

and for the math.... there are only about 400,000 lds members in california. 5 MILLION people voted for it. yup, i see where that would lead me to target the lds church. makes sense somewhere in some universe.

Let us be clear. Worship is to be respected. Prayer is to be respect. Once an organized church sets out to be a political action committee they have to understand that they can be critized, debated, called names the whole bit. My suggestion is, do not set your self up as a instutition of "faith" when actually you behaved as a political action committee. The church holds some responsiblity for the division. If the "word, the truth, and the light" would take some of the responsibility for this divide, they could begin actual healing. You can not cloak yourself "faith" while engaging politics, and then say it is inappropriate to critize a person of faith, when really you are just another politician.

Millions of people other than mormons voted for Prop 8. The gay community is targeting the LDS church with their hatred, just what they asked not to have happen to them. Funny how you throw your "positions" away when it doesn't benefit you.

Most of America doesn't support homosexual marriage. Most don't care about the rallies happening across the country. Once it passes (it will eventually pass), other issues will come up and our constitution will be hanging on by a thread. Gay marriage is wrong. Hundreds of millions will start home schooling our children before we allow teachers to teach that gay and lesbian marriage is ok.

To Gay Mormon 2:24...I have gone to church every week for 39 years and not ONCE have I EVER heard a joke about gay people, or any inappropriate joke. I wonder if you are making that up. In fact, my husband and I were talking just today about how even with all this "spewing" that is going on towards the LDS church, it hasn't even been mentioned over the pulpit. We don't bash anyone, not any person, group or religion. We focus on our beliefs only. I have to say that I am really tired of hearing about how hateful and bigoted we are. What the glbt community doesn't understand is this is OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEF. Has someone let God know lately that He is a bigot?They are His rules, we are just following them. We fear God more than man. You don't understand, WE DON'T HATE YOU. You just can't understand how we could vote against you, but not hate you and not be "bigoted". The bottom line is we really do believe we will have to answer for what we do here, and we have to stand for what we believe and have learned from the Bible.

The so-called gays are proving to one and all who the real intolerant haters really are!

Hey look at me I can type multiple emails pretending to be different people claiming that I hear gay jokes all the time at Church even by my Bishop and Stake President... Get real. The Church itself does not condone actions like this, and I guarantee that this does not happen with regularity, and if anyone did and was heard, they would be disciplined. Sorry, but the idea that because I said it in a post on the Deseret News means it is true is ridiculous. Rumor and innuendo have no place in media, even if that media is a comment board.

I live in the Bay area and have never, ever heard a single derotagory comment about gays at Church. We even had a gay man in our ward who was very much beloved. Actually, he wasn't gay. He did struggle with same sex attraction, but chose to follow God's laws concerning that type of behavior. I was very sad when he moved away. He used to frequently perform at ward and Stake functions because he was very talented. I suspect he would support prop 8 because of what it stands for and I've heard him say out loud that he eargerly awaits the day when all will be made right. He was good friends with some of the single sisters in our ward, he wasn't any lonlier than they were. There is room for everyone.

Could everybody please stop saying that gays seeking equalitable servitude of the law is nothing more than gays seeking a justification of their lifestyle??? It is incredibly short-sighted and ultimately flawed reasoning. Besides it is the religious community which felt the need to constitutionally define marriage--does that not equally qualify as seeking justification or sanction for their sense of piety?

Also the US is a republic not a democracy--meaning simply that the popular vote is not enough. If the vote of the majority seeks to deny the rights of the minority it is the role of the judicial to overturn the vote. As much as people would like to believe that a "majority" vote is the height of government, we have to realize that the very intent of our constitution is violated when a majority seeks to vote on the rights of the minority.

Marriage itself may not explicitly be a civil right, however, equitable servitude of the law is an unalienable right. If we still believe that all men are created equal, then marriage as a civically reconized institution must be for all. These amendments shouldn't stand. If we destroy our constitution in this way, everybody's rights are jeopardized.

Thanks for all the free advertizing for our church. This is going to be a boost to our missionary effort. People will know that we are for freedom of speech, democracy, God given rights, morality, and traditional marriage.

They are going to look at the losers who oppose our church and decide they don't want to be like the pro same sex marriage side.

You have all the God given rights that I have. You can marry someone of the opposite sex. Your hateful lies about our church and homosexuality are easily exposed. Same sex marriage is not normal. It is against nature, biology, and psychology. It is bad for children and society.

Your hateful attacks on our church are just bringing more people to our side against same sex marriage. You have stolen our property, vandalized our temple, beat up our supporters, and used profanity and vulgarity against us.

You won't accept democracy and the will of the people. You try to cut off all free speech against your perverted ways.

We will not crumble in our resolve against same sex marriage. You have woken up a sleeping giant that will continue to battle in this war.

The only right that prop 8 removed was to call gay union 'marriage'. Gay couples already have all the rights of married people in California!

But Prop 8 upheld the rights of parents and children to prevent the indoctrination of the gay lifestyles on children as young as kindergarten.

In the end, its this simple:
Protecting children should always trump the wants of a few!

When I read the article, I did not assume that it implied there was violence in demonstrations. From the articles I've read, the DesNews emphasized that the protests were exercising their right to "PEACEABLY assemble."

You clearly read this article just looking for something to criticize.