Say a little prayer for those of us who live in California, won't you? We're still fighting to protect traditional marriage and the battle is far from over. It may never be over. The people have spoken - twice, but that's not good enough for opponents to Prop 8. Go here to follow the defense's progress of Perry v Schwarzenegger and keep them in your prayers. This and this were a couple of compelling and heartening reports on how things are going in the court room. And to my gay and lesbian friends: Even though we disagree on this one little point...I love you and will always be your friend.Love,
Em-Cat
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I feel like this is a bit of a misunderstanding. You see, one side thinks it's about civil rights and the other side thinks it's about semantics and changing a definition of something that has been defined as such for thousands of years...
Official stance of the LDS church:
"We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage between a man and a woman. And there's a huge difference between those two points," Elder L. Whitney Clayton, of the Presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy told a Utah news agency.
The Church's First Presidency also released a statement, which reads, in part, that the Church "does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights or probate rights."
I also have lots of gay friends and I have explained this to them and they get it. Life is not as black and white as the media makes it out to be. Being "for" something should not be equated with being against so many other things. We want everyone to have equal rights and to be treated civily... we believe this can be achieved without changing what "marriage" has *always* meant.
There must be a "third" alternative that can appease both sides. (Thanks for letting me share!!)
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