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I don't want to be Church bashing, for I don't do that. I know that the Church, as an institution can have some faults and kinks that need to be worked out. This, I believe, is just another of those kinks.

Elder Oaks comments about Proposition 8 and the attack and hatred directed to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I first stumbled open this article today at BYU. Elder Oaks hastily refers to Mormons as Blacks during the civil right movement of the 1960's. I would like to say that Mexicans, Blacks, Gays, and other minorities are more like the people who went through the civil rights movement in the 60's. Just because church members are exercising their right for free speech and being treated badly about it, doesn't give them the right to complain, since so many other minorities have been hurt in this process.

For example, gay people in Utah can be fired for being gay. That is wrong and unconstitutional. They need that right. I can't believe Utah still sits against this law. Has anyone even seen "MILK"?

He said members of the Church should not be deterred or coerced into silence by threats. “We must insist on our constitutional right and duty to exercise our religion, to vote our consciences on public issues, and to participate in elections and debates...” I agree 100% on this statement. If you don't like the way something is being done, then, by golly...go out and do something to change that.

I just feel as if the Church is just stirring the pot of controversy. When HBO's "Big Love" temple episode came out, the Newsroom of LDS.org sent out a statement basically saying that no one should do anything about it. And what happened? Really, no one did anything about it. So, the big CEO's of HBO didn't get their rise out of the Mormon culture as they would have liked. Maybe...just maybe...we should sit back on this one. I understand that we have the right to gather debate, but if we stop harassing minorities, maybe...they will stop harassing us.

It's just a thought.