Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Temples to shut down in California?! Is this a Reality? read on...

For those of you who don't know, there is a huge issue occurring in California right now. Proposition 8 will appear on the November ballot that states, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in the state of California." I tell you this because if this does in fact fail, it will spread across the country, and Arizona is next. I am playing an active part in the protect marriage campaign and have been really studying this out and have come to the realization how much this will truly affect and significantly change society. There are many people who say, "well why do i care if two gay people get married, it doesn't affect me and if they truly love each other, then what is wrong with it!" This is not even about two gay people getting married, not at all. This is a battle on religious freedom. Religious people of every denomination will lose countless numbers of freedoms, you can't even begin to imagine. There are hundreds of lawsuits going on right now for this very reason. One, for example, in Massachusetts right now, the Catholic church was forced to shut down their adoption agency because two gay people wanted to adopt a child and they wouldn't allow it. Well, they sued and won. A gay couple walked into a photography company and wanted to get their wedding pictures shot by them. The company said sorry we don't do homosexual couples but we can refer you to a place that does. Well the couple sued and won. 7 out of 9 judges say that if this fails, every lawsuit to do with gays against religion, the gays will win every single time. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of examples happening right now! In England right now, mormons have to get married civilly first with a state representative present and cannot get married in the temple because it is "discriminating" against homosexuals. The mayor of San Francisco actually said that Christians have no place there. This just shows how sick our society is becoming and how their ultimate goal is to make the United States become a secular society. Homosexuals already have all the "civil rights" that they want without validating marriage. They are trying to devalue marriage and eventually destroy the family. Doctors will be forced to perform in-vitro fertilization procedures on gay and lesbian couples or they will lose their licenses. Bishops and pastors could be arrested or sued if they mention that homosexuality is an abomination to God, it would be considered "hate speech". And the saddest thing, temples will be shut down because when gay people can't get married in there, they will sue and win. And we will be forced to shut them down and we will have to get married civilly. I haven't even mentioned about what the schools will be teaching our children! The prince can marry the prince or the princess. Right now, they are taking out the word "mother" and "father" out of text books in school because it discriminates against homosexuals. Also, in California, they are trying to make a legal holiday for gays and lesbians. Our children are going to have to learn that gays and lesbians are supposed to get married, its "normal". It just makes you sick to think of everything that will happen, things you can't even begin to imagine. The more you research about this, the more it becomes very scary. President Monson has actually asked that we do everything we can to donate to this.  www.protectmarriage.com

2 comments:

Amy said...

It just makes me sick. Good for you for being active. Thanks for the good info.

Tracey said...

I keep checking for pictures from Laguna - where's the update?