George Washington said, "...reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle..." So much has been attempted, and been successful, to subvert religion in this land. You see one religion, one denomination after another sacrificing their long held principles and standards for the sake of what is popular at the moment. I don't recall God ever caving in to the masses be it great or small when it concerned being obedient to his commandments. Second, this quote comes from a series of books I read recently authored by Chris Stewart and entitled, "The Great and Terrible". "...Now listen to me, people, for this is the key – evil can be twisted into virtue if you phrase it just right. Any vice is acceptable if you cloak it as an issue of freedom. Any immorality is worth fighting for if you tell them they are fighting for choice, if you wrap it in the mantle of privacy and freedom. So take their moral agency and turn it on them. But be patient…be patient…it takes time to turn the truth upside down..." This comment speaks so accurately to the state of our society in America. Lastly, Mosiah 29:26-27 states, 26"...Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law—to do your business by the voice of the people. 27 And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land..." As of right now, I believe the voice of the gay community is the voice of "the lesser part of the people". They are just loud and obnoxious so they get lots of press. One day we might find that the majority voice of the people desires the same thing as the lesser part does right now. If and when that time comes the warning is given in verse 27 above. The voice of the people in California spoke and despite the attempts of a biased court, won out in the end because of the nature of the government which we have in this country. It is too bad that other states who consider legalizing gay marriage/rights don't put the matter up for a vote among it's citizens. Rather, they try to pass these laws in their legislature thereby circumventing the peoples' voice. BTW, 1,360 signature on the petition mentioned in this article is small beans. Heck, I put a petition online in support of Utah State Senate Bill SB81 just a few months ago and received over 1,000 signatures alone with the majority of those being KSL readers. To think that 1,360 signatures were obtained through a website that reaches people on a nationwide scale, that's not much at all. If anything, the gay community owes the LDS church an apology for targeting them unfairly. There were so many other churches and organizations that supported Prop. 8. Not to mention the fact that the majority of voters in California voted their conscience in favor of Prop. 8. The LDS church isn't going to apologize for their stand much less change any policy. These people know that. By taking these steps it just gives them one more thing to gripe about to the liberal press and present something good and right, like the church, as an evil entity.