LDS Apostle: Religious Freedom Under Attack

October 13,2009 on KSL TV (NBC):

Elder Dallin H. Oaks, an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke Tuesday of religious discrimination members of his faith experienced following the passage of California's Proposition 8. He compared it to voter discrimination African Americans suffered in the 1960s.

Respect for religion in American life is deteriorating was what Elder Oaks told BYU-Idaho students. He said people of faith must insist on their constitutional rights to practice their religion and vote their consciences.

"While our church rarely speaks on public issues, it does so by exception on what the First Presidency defines as significant moral issues," Elder Oaks said.

One of those issues was California's Proposition 8 to end same-sex marriage. Latter-day Saints in that state joined a coalition of faiths to help it pass.
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[sammyseattle]

The bully crying victim.  Typical fundamentalist tactic.

[jpc08109]

people like him is why religion is dangerous

[marcohorowitz8]

now I know where the word MORON comes from! just a misspelling of Mormon!

[anprapture]

Since we have allowed laws to be made that are based on religious institutions (legal marriage), that give financial incentives to married couples, couples in all minorities must have access to those same incentives. To think otherwise is to support discrimination.

[anprapture]

Freedom of religion and freedom from religion. Marriage is a religious institution.There should NOT be any laws tied to religious institutions. There should be no such thing as "legal marriage". Remove all marriage laws from the books and the gay marriage issue becomes a none issue. Marriage is an agreement between two people. A ceremony. The foundation of lawmaking in this country needs to be the protection of the individual rights of everyone all the way down to the smallest minority.

[chickenbuttguesswhat]

Really!?! Your freedom is being taken away!?!? YOU are fighting to take away the freedoms of gay Americans!!!! Why do you think you deserve freedom but gays do not?!? We are all Americans and we all deserve the same rights and freedoms!

[zubDabber]

Strange Oaks would reference the civil rights movement. Mormons were busy discriminating against African Americans during that era. Now, Mormons are the African Americans? No, they're just playing the same role they generally play; they side with the bullies and then say they're being bullied.

[jedipimp92]

fuck this old cunt.

[SpeedyBruin]

@ma7799 Then an very specific example with some sort of solid evidence for it shouldn't be hard to find.

[ma7799]

@SpeedyBruin

Anyone with half a brain can see what they are altering. BTW, marriage is the foundation of society.

[SpeedyBruin]

@ma7799 Whose social dynamic is that altering exactly? Who stands to be negatively impacted if marriage benefits are extended? The benefit to same sex couples is tremendous and I would be more than happy to guide you to the evidence of this. There is a great deal more to this than people wanting to 'feel better'. Do you yourself feel that your marriage would be/is simply to make yourself 'feel better'? Why would this be the case for same sex couples?

[ma7799]

@SpeedyBruin

They can marry if they wish. No one is preventing that. They just cannot marry each other, because that is altering a social dynamic so they can feel better about themselves. It almost seems like they are jealous. Talk about homo fascism.