Mormons grant gays the right to exist in rare move of non douchebaggery.

Great, now I am Mormon AND gay. Tricky bastards...

It’s official everyone! The Mormons have blessed us by coming down from the mountain top and have allowed us the honor to live unfettered and free. Of course, we still can’t  get married and they plan on continuing their witch hunt and vile diatribe against us, but hey, they said we can work without fear of being fired for our sexuality! …or at least they support such a thing, but they don’t plan on spending millions on such a ballot measure. I don’t know about you but… THAT’S AWESOME! Nothing says, “Sorry for shitting on your rights with our crazy underwear religion” than extending the olive branch of common fucking sense.

Sarcasm aside, this was an arrogant and foolish move. I can only imagine they are still suffering backlash from prop 8 and are worried that the new Prop 8 documentary will continue the blood loss. The problem with this is that they are continuing their member exodus by driving another wedge down the middle of their church. After reading the comments on the Deseret web site, there are plenty of Mormons who are upset or even furious with this move. Apparently their are Mormons who feel we should, not only be treated like a second class mother in law, but that we are not even worthy of equal housing protection. It’s bad enough that they design such gaudy and ugly temples for God, but now they can’t even appease the nuts at their base. I suggest a massive influx of magical underwear and polygamy, STAT!

I am hoping this is just the start of something grand and we continue to see the church suffer from a lack of civic responsibility and constitutional understanding. I would say it’s about time that we revoke their tax exempt status, but in the United States of Jesus Land, faith speaks louder than fact and bogeymen are quickly made into gods.

In a rare public appearance before Salt Lake City lawmakers Tuesday night, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints supported two proposed ordinances protecting gay and lesbian residents from housing and employment discrimination.

An LDS Church representative read a supporting statement at a public hearing before the Salt Lake City Council regarding the ordinances proposed by Mayor Ralph Becker.

“The church supports this ordinance because it is fair and reasonable and does not do violence to the institution of marriage,” said Michael Otterson, managing director of the LDS Church’s public affairs office.

Otterson added that the statement of support is consistent with the church’s prior position on such matters, as well as its stance on marriage. Both are found in the church’s August 2008 statement titled “The Divine Institution of Marriage.”

That statement, released prior to California’s Proposition 8 vote last year on a constitutional amendment defining marriage, says the LDS Church “does not object to rights regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights, so long as these do not infringe on the integrity of the family or the constitutional rights of churches and their adherents to administer and practice their religion free from government interference.”

And in his comments Tuesday night, Otterson underscored the LDS Church’s position on marriage.

“The church remains unequivocally committed to defending the bedrock foundation of marriage between a man and a woman,” he said.

I must have misunderstood the purpose of marriage and for that, I should be severely punished. I was always under the impression that the bedrock of marriage was commitment, love and support. Apparently all a marriage requires for a solid foundation is the presence of a penis and a vagina.

This explains Donny and Marie.

Read the entire article at The Deseret News

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