Mormon Church feels the heat over Proposition 8
The church, which has long sought to be seen as part of America's mainstream, joins with other religious organizations to back California's ban on gay marriage. But now it has become a political target.
In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision. They called on California Mormons to donate their time and money to the campaign for Proposition 8, which would overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that permitted gay marriage.
That push helped the initiative win narrow passage on election day. And it has made the Mormon Church, which for years has striven to be seen as part of the American mainstream, a ...
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I have family members who are intelligent, productive members of society but shun me for being gay now that they are Mormons. The evangelical, fundamentalist christians that make up the majority of my family believe the Mormons are in a cult, but they all agree on one thing - being gay is the worst possible thing in the world. Hate, disguised as tough love, is the glue that holds the majority of my family together.