Are The Authors Of These Pages Gays Or Lesbians?

The authors of these pages are all straight devout LDS with temple marriages, served missions, have current callings and temple recommends. None are gay nor have had any homosexual experiences or same-sex attraction. We all agree with the Church's scriptural stance that ANY sexual activity between ANY two people, except those in legal opposite sex marriages, is a gross sin of which people must repent - Heterosexuals and homosexuals alike.

We simply believe that legal rights belong to all equally. Some also have gay family members, friends, and co-workers and simply want them to be allowed to enjoy the legal blessings and protections of civil marriage.

Marriage benefits society because it causes people to support each other rather than having individuals rely on government for help. Alimony, Community Property laws, Child Support, etc...are all examples of how marriage causes people to help others rather than having them rely on government. Click here for a list of these rights. If women didn't have these protections, a man could divorce his wife and literally put her and the kids out on the street with just the clothes on their backs. The situation wouldn't be tolerated in today's society but it is an every day reality for gays. If a lesbian has children after moving in with another lesbian and stays home with her kids while her partner works, she can eventually be kicked out, with the kids, with no recourse. Even while they live together, she enjoys no insurance benefits, survivorship benefits, or the right not to be forced to testify against her partner as married people currently enjoy.

We also seem to forget about the children of same-sex couples. These are innocent kids who have done nothing wrong and yet society withholds their needed legal protections. These innocent victims are simply "collateral damage" in a war against equality and for subjective morality.

We simply want our gay friends and family to have the equal rights and equal protections that we married people often take for granted.