daddytodd | Equality Utah Press Release

I think this is brilliant!

"Throughout the recent election cycle, the LDS Church has demonstrated its willingness to participate in political issues by asking its members to do all they can do, including donating their means and their time, to support California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution and eliminated gay couples right to marry by defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

The LDS Church has articulated it is not “anti-gay” but rather pro-marriage and it “does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights.” On November 5th, Elder L. Whitney Clayton stated the LDS Church does not oppose “civil unions or domestic partnerships.” In response to these statements, Equality Utah is drafting legislation for the 2009 General Session of the Utah Legislature to address each of the issues mentioned by the LDS Church.

At a noon Press Conference today, Equality Utah is asking the LDS Church to keep its word and to demonstrate its conviction on these issues.

Read today's Press Release

Read the full transcript from today's Press Conference

I fully understand the community's anger. I share it. It's real, and it's justified. I've been concerned that we've been spending all our anger on catharsis. Catharsis feels good, but it doesn't change anything.

I've been hoping we could reserve part of our anger and turn it into the kind of action that will bring about change. This is an example of the kind of creative engagement with our enemies that we need to get better at.