{"id":411,"date":"2008-06-25T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T17:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=411"},"modified":"2008-06-25T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2008-06-25T17:37:44","slug":"mormons-join-the-calif-gay-marriage-fray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Mormons Join the Calif. Gay Marriage Fray"},"content":{"rendered":"

While other Christian groups and denominations may have doctrinal issues with the Latter-day Saints, they do line up on a number of political issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking California members to join the effort to amend that state’s constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

A letter sent to Mormon bishops and signed by church president Thomas S. Monson and his two top counselors calls on Mormons to donate "means and time" to the ballot measure. A note on the letter dated June 20 says it should be read during church services on June 29, but the letter was published Saturday on several Web sites.<\/p>\n

Church spokesman Scott Trotter said Monday that the letter was authentic. He declined further comment, saying the letter explains the church’s reasons for getting involved.<\/p>\n

The LDS church will work with a coalition of churches and other conservative groups that put the California Marriage Protection Act on the Nov. 4 ballot to assure its passage, the letter states.<\/p>\n

In May, California’s Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, saying gays could not be denied marriage licenses.<\/p>\n

"The church’s teachings and position on this moral issue are unequivocal. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and the formation of families is central to the Creator’s plan for His children," the four-paragraph letter states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mormons say they have 750,000 member in California, who could have a big impact.<\/p>\n

What’s not clear in all of this, regardless of the addition of the Mormons to the fray, is how California will deal with the genie they’ve already let out of the bottle; what to do with marriage licenses that the amendment would directly affect.  This quandary, brought to you by Judicial Activism(tm), is the result of liberals in government not letting the legislative process do its work and trying to usurp it.  Some complained here in Georgia that the constitutional amendment that passed here was unnecessary since we already had a law against same-sex marriage.  The California situation is a prime object lesson for why that argument was, at least, disingenuous.  <\/p>\n

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