Reply #121: I do not know much about LDS church either..

[HillbillyBob]

Being a gay man who lives by the Golden Rule as it as applies in the Bible.
I try to be respectful of others until they prove undeserving.
You are being treated like many treat us, being stereotyped by the actions of some or many in the church, and that includes churches of many religions.
I feel that if I live by the Golden rule, and as that applies to the animals and our planet too If there is a heaven, I'll be in the lot. If no heaven exists I will still have done good works while I am here. Then again the way others act if they are going to heaven..i don't want to be there where they are, I have had to deal with too many here. I have seen some examples of what appears to be Karma too.
Aother thing should be said and this should apply to all as well Judge not.
The first poster is rightfully angry, but he should not light into you right off the bat like that.
We all tend to generalize, it is just the way our intellect (or not) works.
It seems to be a trait shared by most mammals. ask a canine behavior specialist of other species specialist.
I being out for 27 years have been lumped in with molesters and rapists, I am nothing of the sort. The term is Consenting Adults.
We also value children for they are our future.
I know many homosexuals that have been treated badly as children whether verbal, physical or sexually, and there are none I know of personally that would harm a child in anyway.

Of course there are some bad apples , there are in every bunch.
and I am trying to be civil, and help you understand our plight and anger.
My partner and I have been together almost 13 years. He puts up with me when I am sick or cranky, which can be frequently, I am a 25 year hiv survivor. I have seen longer term couples that their family is religious and not speak to them for years.
One partner gets sick, in many places the other cannot go see them at the hospital, I have experienced that personally. I have had friends that were together up to 50 years whose family had no contact for years and years, but one dies, even with legal wills and deeds/titles in both names the blood family takes every thing leaving the remaining one alone, without a home they have put just as much into as the other partner, out on the street, broke, homeless, and probably sick, surely grieving. That is not right. We are asking for legal rights, not religious rites.
A lot of the congregations of many churches are confusing the fact that there are
Civil legal marriage rights, we have no interest in suing churches to make them have a ceremony where we are not wanted.