The Mormons Church Was Planning This Fight For The Last TEN Years

Joe My God  Nov 17 08

And they're shocked, SHOCKED, that people are pissed off at them. Not only was the LDS plotting their campaign back in 1997, they'd already decided to enlist the Catholic Church as their unprecedented ally. On Election Day, LDS Church members helped pass the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban in California. But now, a new internal LDS Church document has surfaced, one showing the Church's involvement and strategy going back more than a decade. This memo was reportedly sent from a LDS General Authority to a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. It deals with the issue of same-sex marriage and it is dated, March 4, 1997. Full story...

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