Mormons for Marriage

And poking a stick into a turtle’s shell won’t make the turtle come out any time soon, it will only kill the turtle.
With the high emotions surrounding this issue, it’s unfortunately probably inevitable that there will be individuals who take it upon themselves to mete out vigilante justice and threats.  Whether the threats are hate [...]

Guest Poster Joanna is a California Mormon who has recently been speaking out against Prop 8.
I am Mormon, and I voted no on Proposition 8. It was painful for me when the Proposition passed, and it is equally painful to me now to see Mormon temples as the focal points of large protests in Oakland, [...]

Guest post by Mario J. Aranda
Mario J. Aranda lives with his husband Greg in Marin County, California. Semi-retired, he most recently was Director of Clinical Services for a large family services organization, where he counseled families affected by domestic violence. He has been an educator, civic leader, an entrepreneur, and newspaper publisher.  He was born [...]

An anonymous commenter has summed up much for us here. Thanks
It looks like Prop 8 is gonna win, but let’s try not to despair. This battle may be lost, but I strongly believe that the seeds of ultimate victory have already been sown. They are just gonna need time to sprout. [...]

When the phone banking, donating, meeting, emailing, facebooking, sign posting, interviewing, u-tube uploading, twittering, blogging, talking, myspacing and bumper sticking is over we are still sisters and brothers.
All of my family and extended family, most of my fellow church members and some dear friends are against gay marriage. It has been hard to be different.
It [...]

Otherwise known as All Souls’ Day.  And, in America, the Sunday before the election.  And in Mormon America, the Last Chance to Bear You Testimony before Election Day.  Since testimony meetings are supposed to focus on the Savior, and since you won’t be able to speak broadly about politics on Sunday, here’s your chance to [...]

Four* LDS people discuss their feelings about Prop. 8. We welcome submissions of other videos expressing respectful opposition to LDS church involvement in California’s Proposition 8, or Arizona’s Proposition 102.
*Around a month after these four videos were posted, two of our guests were contacted by their local church leaders, and those local leaders asked the [...]

Guest post by Morris A. Thurston
An anonymously-authored document titled “Six Consequences the Coalition Has Identified if Proposition 8 Fails” is currently being distributed by a coalition of churches and other organizations in support of Proposition 8, an initiative on the November 2008 California ballot. The intent of Proposition 8 is to overturn the California Supreme [...]

Several versions of a document entitled, “The [insert number here] Consequences of a Loss on Prop 8″ have been circulating on blogs and emails for about a month now.  There are many places online where rebuttals have been posted, with varying degrees of rancor, including here.
For a link to Part 2, the document created by [...]

I’m wondering if there’s anyone who could share a story or suggestions for how to effectively respond to this issue when it comes up during church.
This website forum is great, but the most frustrating thing is to sit in Relief Society when a ward leader is reading an announcement about it and not know what [...]

Between now and early November 2008, we will be releasing a steady stream of posts, articles, and videos from members of the LDS Church in support of gays and gay marriage, and in opposition to California’s Proposition 8.
The 3 purposes of this site are:

To let the world know that not all Mormons (LDS Church [...]