ON the News tonight ... I won't admit what news ...

They were talking about how the Mormans are being targeted by the gays because of their support of prop. 8 . The gays are furious that the Mormans put in millions of dollars and at each Morman church ... they asked the members to do all they could do to defeat Prop. 8

This may be a good reason for our church to avoid getting into politics. I think it is counter productive. I wouldn't want thousands of protesters at the GC .

What say you?

I totally agree that it shows why our church shouldn't get involved in politics. Our real purpose for being is to give the gospel, and political issues can prevent the church from being able to do that essential work effectively.

It would be interesting to find out if Mormon "missionaries" feel the campaign against Prop. 8 has helped or hurt in their mission work. Maybe the publicity has been good among the kind of people they want to contact. But I can see how it could also possibly be dangerous for them

But if we aren't "invovled" in politics by voting..then we have no say in the president of the USA either. Once one goes to vote, as individuals you have to vote your conscience, right?

I don't think the Mormans are in trouble for voting their conscience ...
No one would know who to protest if it was as simple as that ...

Ellen White said we were not to urge others to vote in a certain way or to even indicate how we are going to vote. I think some of that in a balanced way ... is wise.

By "involved," I mean the church as an organization taking official positions or campaigning for various political/social causes such as Prop. 8. I didn't mean to imply that individually we shouldn't take personal positions or vote. (I do see some exceptions, as for instance, on the Sabbath/Sunday issue, but I think that generally speaking our church needs to be very careful about taking sides in politics.)

If Mormons are not going to go for polygamy they are not going to go for homosexuality either.

but the cults within mormonism do go for polygamy.....and they hate homosexuality....

What may be surprising to a lot of people is the fact that Mormons still believe that God's ideal is for men to have multiple wives. That has not changed. They believe the practice will be continued after God sets up His eternal kingdom. From their viewpoint, it has only been delayed by sinful, human governments.

You would think that the Mormons would then be for prop. 8, because once marriage is re-defined then anything would go. And it would open the doors then for polygamists---right?