Protest the passage of Prop 8

[sistermagpie]

> [Lee]:
> Okay, I will not be popular I'm sure after this post, but I have to 
speak in
> defense of churches who do not condone same-sex marriages.  My own 
personal
> convictions do not lean toward them.  I have no problem with civil 
union,
> but I must adhere to the Biblical standard when it comes to the 
bonds of
> marriage.  I don't believe the government has a right to dictate in 
this
> regard, but I do believe the churches have the right to refuse to 
perform
> ceremonies and they do have the right to proclaim their beliefs as
> vigorously and rigorously as those in favor of same-sex marriage.
> Intimidation tactics are wrong on either side as they serve no 
purpose but
> to offend.  Respect needs to be shown even if both sides must agree 
to
> disagree.

Magpie:
I agree. But then, Prop 8 doesn't force churches to do anything and 
some people claimed that it did to make religious people vote for it. 
Churches all get to decide their own conditions for marriage, and 
they also are allowed to have their own beliefs of right and wrong. 
They can believe homosxuality is wrong--they can also believe inter-
racial relationships are wrong, that certain races are inferior, etc. 

Of course when the Mormon church as an institution made a big, 
financial effort to get civil rights taken away from people of course 
they got a response. I don't think it's inappropriate to respond back 
to the church as an institution. I don't think it's right to 
interrupt church services (individual Mormons may or may not have 
given money or supported the proposition), but picketing the church 
outside peacefully makes sense to me. People have the right to vote 
whichever way they want on the Proposition.

-m