OCT 17: Mormons to deliver Prop 8 letters, petition to LDS Church HQ
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MORMONS TO DELIVER LETTERS, PETITION OPPOSING PROPOSITION 8
Not all Mormons agree with their church's decision to forcefully support Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to same-sex marriage in California. Now they're speaking out.
Hundreds of Mormons and friends of Mormons have written letters and signed a petition at SigningForSomething.org to oppose the church's inappropriate political posturing in California. The letters and petition will be delivered to church headquarters at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, after which Mormon dissidents will be available to talk with the media about their reasons for opposing the church's political stance. Copies of the letters and petition will also be available for the press.
Signing For Something supporters will meet at a public park in downtown Salt Lake City across from the Church Office Building. It is on the northeast corner of State Street and North Temple. (This is the southernmost part of Memory Grove Park.)
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People in attendance will include:
-- Peter and Mary Danzig, who resigned their LDS membership after facing church pressure for writing a letter to the editor in support of same-sex marriage rights.
-- Andrew Callahan, a Mormon high priest from Nebraska who has been threatened with excommunication over his opposition to Proposition 8.
-- Members of Affirmation, a support group for gay and lesbian Mormons.
-- Other active Mormons who are facing potential backlash for speaking out against the church's political position.
"The Mormon church has emerged as the largest single backer of Proposition 8 in California, and we think it's important for the public to know that not all Mormons support what our church is doing politically," said Derek Price, a lifelong Mormon who helped create the Signing For Something website. "For a variety of reasons, many Mormons think it's wrong for our church to work to eliminate an existing right to marriage equality in California."
"We hold our political independence sacred and don't appreciate our church telling us which causes we're supposed to support. We're perfectly capable of making those decisions on our own," Price said. "We also don't think churches should try to write their doctrine into civil law, especially while feigning 'political neutrality.'"
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Derek Price
carcolumn@gmail.com
256-338-9692
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