People were enraged last week when California passed Proposition 8 to ban same-sex marriage [1], but now opponents are lashing out at the Mormon church for its well-funded campaign against it. And Mormons themselves are speaking up.
OK, so they're not saying this [2] (warning! NSFW profanity), but they are mad enough to resign from the church and post letters of disappointment on Signing For Something [3]. Their reasons? Hatred, bigotry, and discrimination are cited the most, and claims are backed up with LDS doctrine [4], which says "We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government."
How can Mormons be blamed for a statewide vote? Besides misdirected anger, it didn't help that church authorities asked members [5] to "do all [they] can to support the proposed constitutional amendment." And with that righteous request came millions of donated dollars [6] to fund a campaign against Prop. 8 and produce what are clearly well-funded videos [7].
I've also heard some rumblings about straight people boycotting marriage. Would you ever leave your religion or not get married because gay people cannot?
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