It’s time Mormons and others like them, take their savior’s words to heart and start living them instead of finding ways to feed their fears and hatred of those whom they know nothing about. “As I have loved you, love one another.”
Jesus did not love the sin. A sinner who insisted upon sinning was condemned. He loved the repentant. He came to call sinners to repentance, not to tolerate the sin.
For instance, He advocated drowning child molesters in the sea.
When it came to homosexual relations, he never came out against it specifically, but the implication is clear that he condemned non-marital relations and that he advocated marriage alone as the sole basis for intimate relations. (He talked about not committing adultery in your heart; not divorcing except for adultery; "for this purpose" man and woman were to be married.)
But, if there was any question on the subject, Paul made it clear that homosexuals and fornicators had no place in the kingdom of heaven. He also, using the analogy of castration, described the process of removing from the Church those who wouldn't toe the line.
And, if there is any question about Paul's teachings, the ante-Nicean fathers, when they referenced homosexuality, it was always -- no exception -- a condemnation and such were to be excluded from the body of Christ. I have many references. See my exchange with Chris Smith,
here. Interestingly, Smith who I think posts here, is an erudite fellow, but his response was that the Church simply erred from the earliest date.
So, the concept of Jesus loving all is a new-age view of Jesus. Jesus was, in reality, a preacher of strict Mosaic morality and condemned the Jews for hypocritically following minute details and ignoring the more important things. With the woman taken in adultery, he did not condone her sin but condemned her tormentors as being guilty themselves.
The Mormon church today has a duty and a right to assert its views of morality and to advocate moral legislation. The Catholic Church uses its weight to press for a repeal of capital punishment laws. The Catholic Church has an active lobby to overturn Roe v. Wade through its influence in the selection of judges. The Evangelical right has a long history of anti-drinking advocacy, anti-abortion advocacy and the like.
So, the Mormon Church's voice against same-sex marriage is a legitimate voice in a pluralistic society. Its voice is protected by the First Amendment. The wall of the separation of church and state goes only one way, and does not bar Church advocacy for legislation.
You may disagree with the Mormon Church's view of homosexual relations, but you won't be able to base your disagreement upon a scriptural foundation.