The LDS, which has been stinging since the evidence of their interference with the constitution of CA came to light, is now trying to keep a proposal for sanctioned civil unions for same sex couples in Illinois from getting out of committee and coming to a vote. There isn’t much time but if people who live in IL will speak up they may be prevented from using the money and organization of a huge institution in UT from discriminating in IL.
They raise the same sad excuses such as bathrooms and scaring kids in IL that they did in CA in response to Prop H8. [An excerpt from] the memo that went out to ward members of the Nauvoo 3rd ward follows:
This bill will legalize civil unions in the state of Illinois, and will treat such civil unions with the same legal obligations, responsibilities, protections and benefits as are afforded within marriage. In other words, civil unions will be different in name only from marriage. As has already been seen in Massachusetts, this will empower the public schools to begin teaching this lifestyle to our young children regardless of parental requests otherwise. It will also create grounds for rewriting all social mores; the current push in Massachusetts is to recognize and legalize all transgender rights (An individual in Massachusetts can now change their drivers license to the gender they believe themselves to be, regardless of actual gender, which means that confused men and women are now legally entering one another’s bathrooms and locker rooms. What kind of a safety issue is this for our children?). Furthermore, while the bill legalizes civil unions, it will be used in the courts to show discrimination and will ultimately lead to court mandated same-sex marriages.
This has to stop. (via teddytumblstoo)
OH NO! Defend the children from the homos. God even I wasn’t that stupid when I was a Mormon. Can the rapture happen already?
