Mormons just don't learn from their mistakes

[William769]

Mormons make case for Utah, Okla. marriage bans

The Mormon Church joined other major Christian groups on Monday in filing a legal brief supporting bans on same-sex marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, although they rely on a study that authors say shouldn’t be used as evidence against same-sex marriage.

The 53-page document urges the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold bans on same-sex marriage on the argument that children are better off when raised by opposite-sex parents.

“Every child has a father and a mother,” the brief states. “Procreation within a stable male-female marriage gives a child a uniquely full human context that accounts for both the child’s biology and the deeper intentions and commitments of the child’s parents. The male-female ideal in marriage and parenting provides children security and other irreplaceable benefits.”

To bolster this argument, the brief on page 24 relies on a 2002 study from the D.C.-based non-profit Child Trends, titled “Marriage from a Child’s Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children and What Can We Do About It?” The study makes no explicit reference to same-sex marriage.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/02/11/mormons-make-case-utah-oklahoma-marriage-bans/

Here we go again, same old shit again.

[shenmue]

1. They keep on losing these cases

because they can't show how they've been harmed. Because they haven't. Jimony cricket.

[William769]

2. Agreed.

[rocktivity]

3. But marriage is not needed for procreation

procreation is not needed for marriage, and procreation is not needed for staying married!


rocktivity

[LiberalEsto]

4. Wait a minute. These are the same folks whose religion says

a marriage can be between a man and a woman and a woman and a woman and a woman and maybe a couple of teenage girls?

[Bluenorthwest]

5. To be fair it's also the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, not just the Mormons.

It's the entire cast of Prop H8 and NOM creeps.

[William769]

7. Agreed.

But the Mormons tried to reconcile after prop 8. so they are number 1 on the list again. At least with the Catholic bishops there is no misunderstanding.

[justiceischeap]

6. So, with their way of thinking

And this line of attack, if they were to win what do they do about single parent homes? Force marriage on them?

[Fearless]

8. Let 'em piss away their money.

It's not that a change is gonna come.

It has come.

And it's not going back in the closet because it makes a few stuffy shirts uncomfortable.

[unhappycamper]

9. Yup. Every fucking penny.

k&r

[BeeBee]

10. Argh. I wish they would just go away. n/t

[dbackjon]

11. Fuck the Mormons and the Other Religious Bigots