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Prop 8 involvement a P.R. fiasco for LDS Church
âThe Olympics had this nice afterglow for Mormons and, boy, is that goneâFrom a story in The Salt Lake Tribune
November 2008Although they live a continent away from California, LDS Church members Gregory and JaLynn Prince, of Washington, D.C., still have felt the backlash from their churchs involvement in the traditional marriage initiative known as Proposition 8.
Their daughter, Lauren, a Boston University student, has lost friends over the issue, while their son, an LDS missionary in San Bernardino, Calif., has had a disproportionate number of potential converts cancel appointments.
About two weeks ago, during a first-ever class on Mormonism at Wesley Theological Seminary, where the Princes have built bridges for years, students pointedly asked them: âWhat was your church thinking?â
âWe are not taking sides on the issue, but the way this was done has hurt our people and the churchs image,â JaLynn Prince said. âIt reminds me of the naive public relations strategy we had regarding the Equal Rights Amendment.â
In some minds, the so-called âMormon momentâ heralded at the start of 2008 has stopped short.
Just 10 months after the death of LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley, who spent nearly 70 years burnishing his churchs public image, goodwill toward Mormonism that culminated during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games seems to have faded in a haze of misunderstanding and outright hostility.
Mean-spirited critiques of Mormonism during Mitt Romneys unsuccessful presidential campaign were followed by persistent news-media reports linking Latter-day Saints to the FLDS polygamous sect raided by Texas authorities. Now, angry opponents of Proposition 8 are demonstrating at Mormon temples, accusing the church of being anti-gay.
New President Thomas S. Monson faces a daunting public-relations challenge. He follows the well-respected Hinckley, who observers say had an intuitive gift for balancing the churchs need to speak out on moral issues with the need to avoid appearing too extreme. âThe Olympics had this nice afterglow for Mormons and, boy, is that gone,â said Sarah Barringer Gordon of the University of Pennsylvania, who studies LDS history and culture.
LDS Church apostles declined to be interviewed for this story.
http://www.affirmation.org/news/2008_084.shtmlDie Befürworter des Ehe-Verbots müssen jetzt bis zum 19. Dezember erklären, warum das Gericht Proposition 8 nicht für ungültig erklären soll. Die Kläger müssen bis zum 5. Januar umfangreiche Erklärungen abgeben. Die mündliche Verhandlung kann dann im März beginnen, erklärte eine Gerichtssprecherin.
Anfang November haben die Kalifornier in einem Volksentscheid erstmals die Ãffnung der Ehe für Schwule und Lesben wieder rückgängig gemacht (queer.de berichtete). Daraufhin kam es zu hunderten Protestaktionen im ganzen Land. 18.000 gleichgeschlechtliche Ehen wurden bereits in Kalifornien geschlossen.
http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=9652Es wird also noch spannend!