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Post #1154614

Author
yhwx
Parent topic
Ask the member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints AKA Interrogate the Mormon
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Date created
5-Jan-2018, 6:40 PM

darth_ender said:

First, I don’t share the same views as my church on most matters in this regard.

Second, my point is that people misconstrue the kindness my church tries to extend. Yes, my church does believe that gays should not have the right to marry. But that is not the same as discriminating in the workplace, in medical care, or elsewhere. My church, in spite of that belief, tries to be very embracing and tries to stifle intolerance. There is clearly a difference with believing something is immoral and actively trying to harm or stifle the person doing that something.

So, your church believes that gay people should have some rights but not all of them? That seems like unnecessary fence sitting. While it isn’t directly harming gay people, saying they shouldn’t marry does harm their right to liberty and pursuit of happiness — and there’s no good reason to not let them marry.