LDS View of Same Sex Marriage and Proposition 8 in California

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Rebuttal to Thurston's "Commentary" on the Six Consequences There is much information being circulated against Proposition 8 that is misleading, erroneous, and downright deceptive. One example is a document that was written by an LDS lawyer named Morris Thurston entitled "Commentary on the Document 'Six Consequences...if Propostion 8 Fails.'"	2234
Same-Sex Marriage and Proposition 8 Official LDS Newsroom page with links to many facets of the issue.	1599
Church Responds to California Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision	1507
Church Response to California Supreme Court Decision on Proposition 8	309
LDS Church issues statement on same-sex marriage DESERET NEWS By Carrie A. Moore "Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently released a six-page statement on why the faith is opposed to same-sex marriage. The document, titled "The Divine Institution of Marriage," has garnered both praise and derision from Affirmation, a group of gay Latter-day Saints..."	3219
Official Viewpoint: The Divine Institution of Marriage The Church has produced the following document, “The Divine Institution of Marriage,” and provided the accompanying links to other materials, to explain its reasons for defending marriage between a man and a woman as an issue of moral imperative.	1309
Religious Freedom Concerns are Real with Same-Sex Marriage Meridian Magazine By William C. Duncan In California, right now, there are groups working to defeat Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional amendment that would protect the institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Part of their sales pitch is their religious identity.	869
Same-Gender Attraction The continuing public debate over same-gender marriage has prompted many questions from the news media, the general public and Church members in relation to the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the marriage issue specifically and on homosexuality in general. The following interview was conducted with Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church, and Elder Lance B. Wickman, a member of the Seventy.	1205
Students join fight for Proposition 8 BYU NewsNet, By Kevin Earl - 29 Sep 2008 BYU students get involved in a Prop 8 forum and calling bank.	880
The Family: A Proclamation to the World 1995 - Official declaration about the family from The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	518

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