American Mormon church injects itself into Argentina's battle for same-gender marriage, PART II

[Bluebear]

via Americablog:

Earlier this week, we noted that the Catholics, with an assist from their homophobic allies in the Mormon Church, were fighting Argentina's marriage law.

But, guess who is now lying about their involvement? The Mormons:

Despite the LDS Church’s claim last week that it had not taken a stand on Argentina’s move to allow gay marriage, a high-ranking church official did join other religious leaders there to plan opposition to the bill.

Carlos Aguero, LDS public-affairs director for Argentina and a former Area Authority Seventy, attended a July 7 meeting with leaders from several conservative Christian churches and traditional family organizations, according to a Buenos Aires newspaper.

Aguero did not respond to phone or e-mail queries Thursday, but LDS spokesman Scott Trotter said Aguero’s participation in the protest planning should not be seen as a church endorsement of the opposition.

Got that? Church leaders were part of the coalition to fight the marriage legislation, but that doesn't mean anything. It gets better:

“The Church has made its support of traditional marriage clear but it does not involve itself institutionally in every same-sex election contest,” Trotter said. “The church took no official position on the marriage legislation in Argentina and did not organize its members to participate in opposing the legislation.”

Okay, so this is what the Mormons mean when they say "no official position":

Instead, Mormon leaders in Argentina on Sunday read a letter from the Utah-based church’s governing First Presidency, reiterating its support for traditional marriage, to all congregations in that South American country. The letter did not ask members to contribute time or money to the opposition, as it had in California’s Proposition 8, which opposed gay marriage.

So, a high-ranking official went to anti-gay coalition meeting. And, the President-Prophet sent a letter to be read at all Mormon churches. But, that doesn't count.

There is a tenet of Mormon religion called "lying for the Lord." They lie about gays all the time. In California, they got busted for lying about Prop. 8. And, now, they're lying to cover their homophobic tracks in Argentina. Can't wait to find out who actually funded NOM's efforts in Maine.

http://gay.americablog.com/2010/07/mormons-keep-lying-for-lord-of-course.html

[WVRICK13]

1. Mormons, Catholics, Muslims

are all the same. Trying to control the world through religion. Religion has no place in government. End of story.

[Raineyb]

2. Clearly our religious institutions have too much free money on their hands.

We need to start taxing the motherfuckers.

[SocialistLez]

3. +1 NT

[Bluebear]

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