This is a cut and paste of an article on http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/03/mormon-machine-working-against-civil.html.

I’m reproducing it here for a number of reasons. The first being that blogger.com looks awful (white text on black background with a Microsoft perversion of the Helvetica font), secondly because blogger has been super unreliable in the past few weeks for me—and even getting this story to load took two attempts thanks, in part, to the digg / reddit effect.

The most important reason, however, is that when I originally began researching the impact of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, for my book, and their involvement in unlawfully influencing the outcome of Proposition 8, I could hardly believe how blatant they were being about their prejudice—not to mention showing a complete disregard for the law.

This latest evidence would seem to suggest certain wards have been even further emboldened by having essentially got away with their actions in that campaign and are now seeking to influence the The Civil Union Bill (HB 2234).

I’d also like to add, that since becoming involved with this on-going story, several of the contributors to the comments thread on various postings here, have continued to debate with me via email. Almost all of them have shared their great embarrassment at the amounts donated to Yes on 8 by their individual churches and wards and wish that the whole thing had never been allowed to happen.

To these people I simply say that this is your chance to speak up. Don’t be afraid to do the right thing. You know that this has nothing to do with the central tenets of your faith. The fact that I don’t happen to agree with any of the things you believe doesn’t change the fact that this is wrong.

If LDS wants to transform itself into political lobby group that’s fine, but hiding these extremely intolerant views behind religion; views which were they being expressed by an Islamic group everyone would be rightfully angry about, should be and I believe one day will be, a very serious criminal offence.

From queersunited.blogspot.com, Wednesday, March 4, 2009: