Mormons Losing Members Over Anti-Gay Campaigns

[Are_grits_groceries]

While the Mormon Church hierarchy was responsible for organizing millions of dollars and thousands of hours of manpower to pass California's Proposition 8 and Arizona's Prop 102, the church's tactics haven't sat so well with some of its members--including families, members with Mormon heritage going back 150 years, and gay members---who began speaking out in July on the website signingforsomething.org.

Many have publicly resigned from the church, citing reasons like these:

*I think the church has no right to assume the inner thinkings of its members and take such an open stand of any political issue.

*The Church's involvement in the effort to rescind a basic Constitutional right from California citizens is shameful and misguided.

*The position the church took on this particular issue went against everything I learned from the church. Not only was the church's position discriminatory, but it was also hateful.

*The leadership fights for bigotry and hate. The God I grew up with was perfect in His Love and Justice. Shame on the men who act so disgracefully in His name.

Since July almost six hundred LDS Church members have expressed their disapproval and/or resigned. In October a copy of the site's petition and emails were delivered to the Mormon Church headquarters, but the site is still accepting signatures and letters, since this is an issue that won't go away.

http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/29/mormons-losing-members-over-anti-gay-campaigns/

[Political_Junkie]

1. I applaud these people.

I imagine it is probably the hardest thing that they've ever done leaving the church that they were raised in.

[amdezurik]

2. hard to think of an orginazation

that deserves that more, except the catholic church...

[skepticscott]

3. Good for the people

who have finally come to their senses, but what church did they think they belonged to all these years? The LDS didn't just become all of the things they say they hate in the last few months..it's been that way pretty much forever, if you had your eyes and your mind open.

[Fumesucker]

4. Cognitive dissonance..

You have to have a high tolerance for cognitive dissonance to remain in some religions, this series of events just exceeded their capacity for cognitive dissonance.

Once you start asking questions cognitive dissonance often gets stronger and stronger until your model of reality breaks down.

[Chipper Chat]

5. Nice picture!

It's prolly causing Mormon church leaders a good case of diarrehea.

[progressoid]

6. 600 down 12 Million to go.