tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post3436772431526029813..comments2023-10-19T09:36:41.506-05:00Comments on A Mormon Enigma: Gay marriage revisitedAbelard Enigmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-58406710598464050212008-04-12T23:37:00.000-05:002008-04-12T23:37:00.000-05:00My Dad doesn't want to his tax money to go towards...My Dad doesn't want to his tax money to go towards same sex marriages...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226208429329312021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-69731511405436681762008-04-12T16:39:00.000-05:002008-04-12T16:39:00.000-05:00First let me say I'm also one with qualms on the c...First let me say I'm also one with qualms on the church's view of same-sex relationships. however, in light of that view, i think their stand on legislation concerning same-sex marriage makes sense. In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites' righteousness is measured by their choice of judges. Once the majority had fallen from the Church, they began picking unrighteous judges, and their downfall Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907496870032967563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-27298004309921961562008-04-11T22:56:00.000-05:002008-04-11T22:56:00.000-05:00Just so I'm clear, I don't have any problem with t...<I>Just so I'm clear, I don't have any problem with the doctrine of a celestial marriage, between a man and a woman in the temple, being the only marriage that will be recognized beyond the grave - that all other marriages (same sex or opposite sex) are only for mortality.</I><BR/><BR/>Although I do not share this belief or the claim that such is core to the Plan of Salvation, I do not have a chednerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963974112297032614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-63194509387772688432008-04-11T19:21:00.000-05:002008-04-11T19:21:00.000-05:00what it is ... that is so threatening to the churc...<I>what it is ... that is so threatening to the church, and to the Christian right in general</I><BR/><BR/>That is the $1,000,000.00 question. I don't buy the "homosexuality is a sin" argument. There are lots of sins in the world (by the Christian definition) that the radical right turns a blind eye towards. I don't like calling them the "Christian Right" because they are most decidedly Abelard Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-2148333738868510382008-04-11T17:15:00.000-05:002008-04-11T17:15:00.000-05:00I recently purchased a home with my partner of 4 y...I recently purchased a home with my partner of 4 years, and though I'd been pro-gay-marriage prior to that, this new step has brought about all sorts of new complications that make me feel very adamantly pro-gay-marriage. There are so many things that limit us from really being able to provide for each other. We can fill out expensive legal paperwork, but still if one of us should die, there is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-68407853363416527692008-04-11T16:54:00.000-05:002008-04-11T16:54:00.000-05:00it seems inevitable that a democrat is going to be...<I>it seems inevitable that a democrat is going to be president</I><BR/><BR/>Different topic, but I don't think it is that inevitable. I think all of the snipping between Clinton and Obama is turning people off. Virtually all republicans will vote for McCain - and McCain is moderate enough to pull some democrats over to his side.<BR/><BR/>I agree that if a democrat does take the white house Abelard Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-18268922680549669742008-04-11T14:04:00.000-05:002008-04-11T14:04:00.000-05:00thanks for posting this Abe.I think the Church is ...thanks for posting this Abe.<BR/><BR/>I think the Church is literally trying to stop the inevitable, and I still don't understand why these legal unions can't exist other than things like "the Prophet said so."<BR/><BR/>I agree that these unions do not have to be recognized by the Church as well.<BR/><BR/>The whole tithing issue is still something I am trying to figure out, but I am thinking Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226208429329312021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-41287294460260701562008-04-11T12:49:00.000-05:002008-04-11T12:49:00.000-05:00honestly I don't have a problem with same sex marr...honestly I don't have a problem with same sex marriage either.A.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13798297081032559012noreply@blogger.com