If Mormon Leaders aren’t “Anti-Gay” Why Won’t They Support Other LGBT Bills?
Whenever a church of any kind is getting shit for something a representative of that church said or did, their first inclination is to immediately (and repeatedly) try to sway the attention from the bad that happened to the good that they assure you they are doing or have done and if that doesn’t work, they blatantly lie. The LDS church is no different, especially when it comes to the Prop 8 battle.
During the period of time leading up to the voting of Prop 8, the LDS church not only condoned, but facilitated blatant gay bashing and what has been called the biggest hate message on Earth when the words ‘Yes on 8′ were written in the sky above West Hollywood. After taking a prominent role in ending marriage equality in California, the LDS church now claims that they are in no way “anti-gay.” They claim that they are not opposed to civil unions, domestic partnerships or other LGBT rights; just marriage equality.
The Human Rights Campaign has sent an open letter to President Thomas Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asking him to sign on to Equality Utah’s “Common Ground Initiative.” Obviously the LDS church feels that all they have to do is say that they aren’t anti-gay and it will be true, but we know that isn’t the case. If the LDS church really weren’t against the LGBT community because they’re simply LGBT they would have no problem publicly signing onto the five bills that make up Equality Utah’s “Common Ground Initiative.” But since that letter has been sent, President Thomas Monson has not responded. Who isn’t surprised?
Given the story the LDS church is preaching now, there is absolutely no reason why President Monson would not agree to sign on to the five bills, which include:
- Providing domestic partnership rights and responsibilities for same-sex couples.
- Adding sexual orientations and gender identity to Utah’s anti-discrimination laws for employment, housing and health care.
- Giving domestic partners of public employees insurance and retirement benefits.
- Giving domestic partners access to the courts if their loved one is killed because of negligence or malpractice.
- Repealing the second clause of Utah’s Anti-Marriage Amendment which is used to prevent gay and lesbian couples from receiving any kind of relationship recognition in the state.
Every single human being deserves everything that these bills are outlining regardless of sexual orientation and gender, yet sadly not every human being is receiving their basic human rights. The LDS church has been given the chance to reclaim the name that they hold so dear, the name that they are trying to keep afloat, the name that they are further tainting by their own accord because they are blatantly refusing human rights to a certain group of people.
Ask the LDS church to start practicing what they preach by supporting pro-equality legislation.
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