Some LDS members leaving church over same-sex marriage controversy

[skooooo]

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - The strong backlash against the LDS Church over Proposition 8 is taking a new twist. LDS members - sometimes whole LDS families - say they are now leaving the Church because of its opposition to same-sex marriage.

On just one anti-prop 8 website, they reportedly number in the hundreds. Some say they've already resigned; others are apparently about to.

Linda Stay from St. George is one of those resigning from the LDS Church, and is doing so because the Church opposes gay marriage, like the one her son Tyler is in.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=ccfb0624-e720-4504-be2d-5e8c1d6dba1d

[Canuckistanian]

1. Wow, backlash within the belly of the beast

I suupose they'll issue another press release about "the haters" again.

[DeepBlueC]

2. Cool. Didn't expect that.

Welcome to the 21st century.

[FreeState]

3. I resigned today n/t

[ourbluenation]

5. well done. n/t

[HeresyLives]

7. Good for you!

:applause:

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Thank you for making a moral stance..... n/t

[SidDithers]

12. Well done...nt

Sid

[Maat]

18. Good for you.

We're here to support you if you feel some sadness about it. There are many other welcoming and affirming places to be spiritual. I found the Unitarian Universalist church, in which we all have our own individual beliefs, yet focus on our seven principles, 30 years after I left the Presbyterian Church at about 15 years of age.

(www.uua.org)

[readmoreoften]

20. Thank you.

[helderheid]

25. Hugs, friend

:hug:

I am so sorry your church abandoned you.

[gratuitous]

4. That's gonna hit 'em where it hurts most

Right in the offering plate!

[gollygee]

6. This is the kind of thing that happens when people protest

You give up quietly, and everything goes back to normal. You protest, and there's huge backlash, including right within the church.

Protests are good.

[readmoreoften]

21. Yes. Protests are way good. To hell with false 'unity' and 'can't we all get along?'

If a group of people are ruining their day off chanting in the street, there's probably a good reason or two.

[ourbluenation]

8. I think maybe some only needed a nudge. Just a guess on my part.

might have been a long time coming.

[Starry Messenger]

10. This is good.

Hopefully this will be the most effective message to the church leadership if members vote with their feet and take their tithe $$ with them.

[wryter2000]

11. Good for them!

I hope they all tell the church their reasons on their way out the door.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Agreed. I came here to only say "good for them!" But your whole comment is spot on! n/t

[Mollis]

16. Agreed

[ColbertWatcher]

14. k+r, n/t

[MadMaddie]

15. Guess LDS couldn't see that reaction coming.....

Good for those that left.

[Starry Messenger]

17. I just found this:

http://www.postmormon.org/exp_e/index.php/discussions/viewthread/10023/#169373

"So this morning, the ward leadership decided to squeeze a "daddy/daughter" campout in before the summer weather completely fades. They announce it over the pulpit and of course make sure to let all the YW know they are welcome even without a "daddy" and can bring someone else if they would like (yeah, like that doesn't alienate them at all, but that's another topic in itself.)

Skip forward to YW; the bishop is lurking in the back during opening exercises and pops up front to announce, "Nevermind. The Stake won't let us have any activities that do not benefit Prop 8 until it passes. So, we rescheduled the campout for November when Prop 8 is over." (On a side note, the bishop already inferred in RS the week prior that Prop 8 would fail.)"

Interesting thread on website I'm going to check out a little more. Sounds like this effort was totally all hands on deck. Sounds really alienating and frightening for a church.

[CraftyGal]

19. Thank you for the information...

I have been trying to figure out how to get out the LDS church for the last 3 yrs.

[LeftHander]

22. That'll stick a potato in thier ass.....nt

[Blaze Diem]

24. haaaaaaaaaa..lol..I just finished reading that stupid Vicar ordeal.

I expect it'll appear in 'mysterious ways' throughout DU.

[gardenista]

23. A friend told me that her father

left an important position in the church over this. It was not a hard decision for him. His daughter is married to another woman.

Still, it has been a painful time for him, but he has acted from his heart, and has spoken out in support of his daughter, fairness, and justice.