Your religion deserved and deserves the rights of every other. I'm an atheist and I agree that Mormons are discriminated against and have been for a long time. The federal government has bullied your religion for decades.
I also think you shouldn't bully other minorities that want a basic right to be happy and enjoy the same human rights others have enjoyed.
First, let me say that I am very glad that this scare was a "fake" and no real harm came to anyone. That is most important.
Second, I feel bad for whoever did it. They have them on video camera, and they just have to track them down. They are going to prison for terrorism. They ruined their lives by trying to use fear to get what they want from a church that will never stand down from their position on this issue.
They are by no means "bullied". They may feel that way because they know people oppose it out of pure disgust. They want others to accept their choices so they can accept themselves. And excuse me If I'm being presumptuous or obtuse, but gays deep down inside know what they do is wrong. That's why they want people to accept their choices so they can rationalize to themselves it's "Okay" and not live in guilt.
Homosexuals that don't need others approval aren't out holding picket sites as we speak downtown.
About 13 years ago, the curch released a document called "The Family: A Proclomation to the World" Give it a read. The church proclaimed this with upmost seriousness with the intention of never detracting from it :
We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.
All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.
In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.
The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force.
We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.
We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.
Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.
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. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.
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.
And people want the Church to withdraw this internationally distributed document? They will never. And not out of hatred or bigotry against anyone. That's ridiculous.
But because the church stands for and promotes righteousness in the ways of god. Given the view point that it is the Church of Jesus Christ, it is the duty of the church to establish the kingdom of god whereever possible and protect god's work and the eternal destiny of all of god's children.
People don't have to like it. I don't give a crap.
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