10-31-2008, 05:01 PM | #1 |
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Closing Temples
Admittedly, I am happily far far away from the Prop 8 situation in California. However, being LDS and on a ward mailing list somehow does not prevent me from getting all of the emails about prop 8. I haven't done a ton of research into it, but I heard from someone the other day that if gay marriage was legal in California, the church might be forced to close its temples.
I guess my question is two fold: 1)Has anyone else heard this? 2)For you many lawyer types...does the legalization of gay marriage in CA put a clock ticking on someone suing to get married in one of our temples? Thus the need for closing? I would think that nobody would try that because we don't let our own members in sometimes for various reasons...and to my knowledge nobody has tried to sue over that...so why would this be any different? Thanks.
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Are there any countries where the church has Temples and the gospel is moving forth where gay marriage is allowed?
I am just uninformed on the subject and am curious if countries where gay marriage is allowed a great blight has fallen upon the land. |
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Those kind of emails and that kind of fear tactic seems extremely manipulative and immature. |
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That was voted down a long time ago. But they recognize civil unions. Not "marriage."
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The threat of closing temples is a little extreme. It could potentially come to that, I suppose, but that would be the nuclear option.
More likely would be lawsuits that would force churches (not only ours) to perform gay marriages. Yes, I know ... I've read all the lawyers who say it's impossible. I don't believe them. I also don't believe that just because that hasn't yet happened in Massachusetts, it means it couldn't.
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If you talk to tooblue he will say its only a matter of time till he gets thrown in jail for preaching homosexuality is evil from the pulpit (hate speech). I was in canada 2 weeks ago and it looks the same to me.
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Fear mongering. As usual, truth is no impediment to any position.
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Heterosexual marriage is legal and to my knowledge, the church hasn't been forced to marry any straight people yet. Why would gay marriage be different?
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