Reaction to the Mormon Church over its new change of policy …. majority of the plaintiffs in the Obergefell case … Boycott!!
A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the Mormon Church over its new change of policy. That policy not only compared the act of a loving commitment in a same sex marriage to the sin of murder, it specifically called out and ostracized our children. It was the first time a major religion targeted the children of LGBT families and treated them as pariahs.
The sting of that action has been felt far and wide by LDS members and non-members alike. One reaction to the attack was the development of a petition asking that conscientious singers and performers take a stand and decline invitations to perform with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, probably the single most positive outreach into the secular world that the LDS Church deploys. The petition has been catching momentum, and now it has 15 more very prominent signatures.
They are those of a majority of…
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I have left the church for similar reasons – it is a patriarchal society and condones violence against women and children. Everything gets handled within the hierarchy, and not the police where it belongs. I totally disagree with their policy of condemning children of same sex marriages. My view is that we are all children of God, not matter who we are and should be treated equally
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Agree!! Thanks for sharing with me!!
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