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Originally Posted by Clark Addison
For me, no, I'm not rethinking anything. My opposition to Prop 8 does not stem from a desire to make Gay Marriage part of the church's doctrine, but rather because civil marriage, to me, has little to do with Eternal Marriage. I don't expect the Church to change the definitions and requirements for a temple marriage, and don't have any desire for them to do so. Civil marriage has always encompassed a lot of things that would not be acceptable for a temple marriage, such as open marriages. I don't believe that open marriages should be accepted by the church, but I have no argument with people who want this for themselves, or at least no legal argument.
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That pretty much captures my feelings on the subject, other than I think that ideally, marriage (homosexual or heterosexual) shouldn't be sanctioned by governments at all, but should be a purely religious ceremony. But that's just semantics, I guess. I do suspect that there are a few who feel that marriage in the eternities is just a union of two people, regardless of gender. I'm not sure how you could be gay in the church and not want the church to change its definition of marriage.