This article was on the website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the newsroom. The link is listed at the bottom of this post.
SACRAMENTO 7 November 2008 (This news release was issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento) The following statement was released today by Bishop William Weigand, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and former Bishop of Salt Lake City, in response to attacks on (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) for supporting California’s Proposition 8, defending the traditional definition of marriage:
“Catholics stand in solidarity with our Mormon brothers and sisters in support of traditional marriage — the union of one man and one woman — that has been the major building block of Western Civilization for millennia.
“The ProtectMarriage coalition, which led the successful campaign to pass Proposition 8, was an historic alliance of people from every faith and ethnicity. LDS were included — but so were Catholics and Jews, Evangelicals and Orthodox, African-Americans and Latinos, Asians and Anglos.
“Bigoted attacks on Mormons for the part they played in our coalition are shameful and ignore the reality that Mormon voters were only a small part of the groundswell that supported Proposition 8.
“As the former bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, I can attest to the fact that followers of the Mormon faith are a good and generous people with a long history of commitment to family and giving to community causes.
“I personally decry the bigotry recently exhibited towards the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — coming from the opponents of Proposition 8, who ironically, have called those of us supporting traditional marriage intolerant.
“I call upon the supporters of same-sex marriage to live by their own words — and to refrain from discrimination against religion and to exercise tolerance for those who differ from them. I call upon them to accept the will of the people of California in the passage of Proposition 8.”
SOURCE: Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/catholic-bishop-decries-religious-bigotry-against-mormons
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Catholic Bishop Decries Religious Bigotry Against Mormons
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This is great. I have beginning to feel like the early saints with all the persecution. Hopefully many will read this article.
I've been amazed at the irrationality of the anti-Mormon sentiments that we've heard so much over the past few days. It's nice to hear from a non-Mormon defender.
I just thanked my catholic friend for this, even though she's from Indiana, lives in California, and thinks gay people should be able to do what they want. But I had to thank someone, right?
Can we have a post somewhere about the bad stuff that has been going on? Is it worse than Prop 22 was?
Amen to that!! I dont understand why we're being targeted.. its' not like we are the only ones who voted yes on it. silly.
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