tumbledore asked: I think I saw you mention that you're Mormon. What are your thoughts on Prop 8?

Recently someone asked me this question in my tumblr ask box. FEEL FREE TO AXE ME QUESTIONS BTW. Since I wrote more than 300 characters and more LDS people read this blog ... I thought I'd post here too.

I try to focus my energy and intensity on a few things and Prop 8, gay rights really aren’t a huge “cause” of mine. I try not to stress myself out over things I have little control over and don’t impact me to a great deal (gay marriage, abortion, etc).


Currently I’m leaning more towards gay couples being allowed to marry for two reasons:
1. Social pressure (I'd be lying if I didnt acknowledge this)
2. Gay couples should be allowed to freely adopt children.

But one side of this argument that really holds me back would be the ability of churches to be able to refuse a gay couple from marrying within their walls. If churches would be able to do so, then I’d support the legalization of gay marriage. If not, then I would have to favor something closer to a civil union than marriage. 


There needs to be respect across both sides of the issue. Certain sects of Christianity need to respect and realize the sexual realities of the world. But as for the ACLU marching into some Baptist church and suing it for a civil discrimination because said church refuses to perform gay marriages is just as uncompassionate as the other side of the fence.

I believe gay couples deserve more than theyre getting now. I’m just not familiar enough with the legal system and the true repercussions of fully legalizing gay marriage to speak about this intelligibly so I keep most of this stuff to myself. Again, I dont really care enough to really seek out an answer.  It’s not an easy Google search. Most of the information that I browse is highly biased and I refuse to make a final choice based on opinions parading around as fact.

Ultimately, forbidding gays/homosexuals to marry will fall out of favor with public opinion and legalization of gay marriage will happen and there’s nothing to be done about it.

An example of an issue that might rile me up - I don’t think The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints should have gotten involved (financially) with the whole Prop 8 thing in California.  I don’t like it when churches get involved in political (and ESPECIALLY scientific) disputes with the community. I was told the Church did not use tithes and fast offerings for this endeavor and that’s really the only reason I still have a shred of respect for the religious institution.  And if you look at an actual LDS tithe slip, you can apporpriate where the money goes...

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