Dear Governor Schwarzenegger –
Even the Church of Latter-Day Saints is beginning to have a change of heart. Traditionally the church has focused on man-on-woman relationships (occasionally several) and the consequences of being gay were excommunication, homelessness and suicide. Under new Church President Thomas Monson, though, LDS have agreed to a historic meeting with Affirmation, a group which represents 910,000 gay and lesbian Mormons.
“I firmly believe that within my lifetime the church will welcome gay brothers and sisters as full members in the church. I don’t think that will happen today or tomorrow, but it will eventually happen,” Affirmation assistant senior executive director David Melson says. “Anytime that we teach homophobia as a family value, it means we are missing the mark and not doing the job that we should be doing as a people, as a church.”
The race is on – will you or the Mormons be the first to admit that everybody deserves the same freedom, the freedom to marry?
Yours,