Gotta agree there, SCREW YOU, LDS.
These damn churches think they're gonna win us over with their pretty, friendly words. Then, they go and blow it by ending with quotes like this:
“This is an opportunity for the Church to take a position of leadership, to declare an end to the hostilities that have divided our country and our families, to welcome all of God’s children into the Church of Jesus Christ.”
No, no, NO. I am NOT headed into your church, we have not been ASKING to be welcomed into your church, many of us have NO F*****G INTEREST in any part of ANY church. Don't you get it? We are trying to welcome YOU into the 21st century! You cannot take a "position of leadership" because you are not my leaders!
I'm glad they're realizing that their church "does not have the right to impose its unique standards upon those of other faiths”(or no faith), but the REASON for that realization is explained in the very next paragraph.
“Too many millions of dollars have been spent; the Church has been the punch-line of too many jokes"
I don't know how many millions of dollars or how many jokes were okay until now, but it's obvious that their "change of heart" is the result of a simple COST ASSESSMENT, and not the result of realizing that they've been treating people like S**T! They haven't realized that their behavior is wrong, they just can't afford it anymore!
Our freedoms are not to be balanced against what the church can afford! As was said above, put your money where your mouth is! How many millions of dollars is it okay for you to SPEND before your church can really say that it ACTUALLY HELPED END INEQUALITY?