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Originally Posted by MudphudCoug
How many times is the Church going to be on the wrong side of history?
The Church has been wrong on the key civil rights issues of the 20th century: dead wrong on equal rights for women and dead wrong on civil rights for blacks. And now the Church is on the wrong side of the gay marriage issue. If it doesn't seem disgraceful now, it will seem that way 30 years from now.
If marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, and marriage between two men or two women is not ordained of God, then why can't the Church simply maintain that position without fighting legal recognition of gay marriage.
I fail to see how allowing gays to be legally marriage could affect LDS theology. Roe v. wade didn't force the Church to accept abortion (not that abortion is the moral equivalent of gay marriage). Besides, gay couples ALREADY refer to themselves as "married," so what's the big deal?? Is the main fear that gays will be accepted by society?
I think the Church is afraid that it will be a slippery slope to allowing gay marriage in the temple, but that fear seems irrational to me.
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One quibble off the top: The church was not wrong about equal rights for women. It opposed the ERA, which was not adopted and has not been adopted. It supported other rights for women. It also was not opposed to civil rights for blacks, unless you think it is a civil right to have the priesthood, and I doubt you do. If you have something else in mind, spell it out.