What I didn't like about the Church's newsroom release

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

It is exactly what they articulated. They say it, plain as day. I can't speak for the church, but here's my guess based on this press release how they would respond to you, if you wrote a letter saying:

"Gays should be allowed to marry." No action taken.
"The constitution protects the right of gays to marry." No action taken.
"No amendment should prevent gays to marry." No action taken.
"Encourage your Congressmen to vote against the amendment preventing gays from marrying." No action taken.

"The Church doctrine on gay marriage is wrong." Problem.
"The Church's doctrine on gay marriage violates my conscience." Problem.
"The political actions the Church has taken to prevent gay marriage are wrong." Problem.
"The political positions the Church has taken taken to prevent gay marriage are wrong." Problem.
"Oppose the Church's policies on gay marriage." Problem.

This is not rocket science. It's very easy to see the difference, both in those statements and in Danzig's letters (to say nothing of what he wrote/said LATER). And this is easy to see in the press release as well.

You're trying to blur the lines because you'd LIKE to make this a "the church is oppressing my political views" issue, when it isn't.



For people like you.

All you are doing is obscuring the issue, which isn't helpful.

You say this is a problem statement.

"The Church doctrine on gay marriage is wrong." Problem.

But this is ok.

"Gays should be allowed to marry."

What is the church's doctrine on gay marriage? That they shouldn't be married, right?

As a result, it becomes challenging to see much of a difference between the two statements, and church enforcement of a prohibition on speaking out begins to appear quite arbitrary.