Many of you know I used to be a Mormon. I went on a mission, served in the bishopric, etc. Whenever people ask me about the LDS church, I always shrug and say that I’m not worried about them. You see, to me, the LDS church has always been a very ” live and let live ” religion. Why did I think this ? Well their own articles of faith says just as much….

We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

So you see, to me, this is supposed to be about acceptance. In fact, for my whole life in the LDS church I was taught that it was okay to visit other churches because I would just learn how great the LDS church was. I was encouraged to bring friends to church but not to get pushy. It was okay if they didn’t want to come. Live and let live. Don’t judge. These were the lessons I learned.

Then a few days ago I read this article re posted on the Atheist Network. ” Mormons lead the way in financing anti-gay legislature. ” according to the article from the Sacramento Bee, Mormon members make up more then 40% of the financing. Some even took out loans on their houses to help finance their bigotry. My heart sank and for the first time in a long time, I looked at my previous religion ( even though I now reject it ), the culture that I was raised in, with shame.

It doesn’t make any sense to me. How can a person who believes that people have the right to worship and live the way they want to, be against giving others the same rights and privileges they expect in return ? To the LDS, the most sacred building that they have is their temple, where marriages are preformed in privacy and without interference. Now when homosexuals want to be married, the LDS want to interfere with the private, and possibly sacred ceremony of two loving people. Instead of allowing them the right to worship and live their lives, they seek to undermine them and to subjugate their rights. To me, this is hypocrisy, and the LDS should be ashamed of themselves.

So to all of you LDS members out there who are supporting this hate, shame on you. Shame on you for your hate, shame on you for your bigotry, shame on you for your hypocrisy. All of your fears about gay marriages are based on unfounded and ignorant fears. I can and have smashed every single argument against gay marriage. Its all based on crap. Nothing is going to change about your marriage if homosexuals are allowed to marry. Your kids aren’t going to want to become gay just because Mark and Tom got married. Nothing, absolutely nothing is going to change the importance of your PRIVATE and SACRED relationship.

Shame on you.