The Church does not object to rights (already established in California) regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights, so long as these do not infringe on the integrity of the family or the constitutional rights of churches and their adherents to administer and practice their religion free from government interference. (Divine Institution of Marriage)
Legislation introduced on January 28, 2009 and passed by the [Washington] Senate on March 10, the [Washington] House on April 15, and sent to Gov. Gregoire on April 23, aims to extend the laws to encompass all state–level benefits of marriage. The new legislation would amend many of Washington's laws and place domestic partnership on an equal footing with civil marriage. Some of the additions to the 2009 SRDP laws include:
- The right to use sick leave to care for a domestic partner
- The right to wages and benefits when a domestic partner is injured, and to unpaid wages upon the death of a domestic partner
- The right to unemployment and disability insurance benefits
- The right to workers’ compensation coverage
- Insurance rights, including rights under group policies, policy rights after the death of a domestic partner, conversion rights and continuing coverage rights
- Rights related to adoption, child custody and child support
- Business succession rights. (Wikipedia)
And then the LDS Church produces this commercial on behalf of the Protect [Heterosexual] Marriage Washington group.
So the state of Washington wants to grant all of its residents equal rights, (but not marriage), and suddenly the LDS Church is opposed. I wish I was surprised by the LDS Church's lies, but I'm not. In case you didn't recognize the artwork used in the commercial, they are LDS paintings. In fact, the Adam and Eve painting is copyrighted by the LDS Church. Don't tell me they are not involved. Just more of the same from the Mormons, and sadly what we have come to expect.
Oh, and the first person to tell me how rejecting equal rights for gay and lesbian families "protects children" wins a prize.
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So it has been brought to my attention that this video has been pulled off YouTube. Interesting. It's almost like the LDS Church thought that the commercial would not be so easily linked to them. Looks like they were trying to avoid another PR mess.
Drat. And being a WA resident I haven't yet seen this one but heard many things that the church was secretly behind it.
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