Major thanks for the article post. Keep writing….

In all fairness to the teachings that the LDS Church teaches about Adam and Eve this “fallible God hint” or “at least a God who gives conflicting instructions” is based in a great deal of ignorance about LDS doctrine. The LDS concept of the choices given in the garden are pretty progressive in that they do not blame Eve for making a “bad” or “sinful” choice. In fact they teach “she did what had to be done. Adam was wise enough to do likewise.” Apostle Russel M. Nelson. They teach that there were two choices Adam and Eve were given. They could either remain in the garden and be as little children forever (being immature and innocent not knowing good and evil);or they could partake of the fruit, experience a separation from God and experience an opposition in all things. That is to go out of the garden into a fallen world to learn, to grow and to be strengthened by the experience, the riggers, the pain and the joy and difficulties of a fallen world. In other words they would have to work hard. They would become independent adults who could choose, make mistakes and learn from them. That’s a universe away from the traditional Catholic and Protestant teachings that tend to view Eve as evil and Adam as pretty dumb to follow that woman into “sin”.

Some Jewish leaders have a very similar belief about the garden of Eden and the choices placed before Eve and Adam. Rabbi Harold S. Kushner’s best selling book How Good Do We Have To Be? A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness is an excellent example of this and supports the Mormon teaching that Adam and Eve’s fall was actually a good and necessary thing.

Where the Mormon Church has failed it’s LGBT members is through instilling guilt, shame and fear about the great God given gift of our sexual orientation. They have failed society in the way they have sought to impose that fear, guilt and shame on the greater society regarding all LGBT people. This is a travesty and a terrible thing that needs to be corrected as they have truly gotten way off track in this area and they are extremely stubborn about it without any consideration to the painful and terrible effect their imposition is having on others. We need to arm and equip ourselves with facts and understanding our opposition is a crucial part of this.

Another reason this ad is a TOTAL lie is that Ref. 71 is about DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP, NOT “marriage”!

“They Lie!” —Eddie89

But you see, this is what the LDS types absolutely do not want: something that in any way could substitute for marriage, irrespective of whether you are gay or straight, but in particular if you happen to be gay.

By now everybody has figured out that all the nonsense about the use of the word marriage is just a ruse. These people do not want you to have the protections afforded by the body of law associated with marriage if you are gay, no matter what the institution or contract is called.