Pride Parade SLC 2012 - Mormons building bridges

[_Drifting]

Is this Mormon Building Bridges movement an officially sanctioned programme of the Church or a group of Mormons working from the basis of their own personal feelings and opinions?

I'm not denigrating their action, which I see as exactly what Christ would be advocating. I'm highlighting how embarrassing it is for the Church leadership when members display far more Christ like attributes than they do.

The head honcho's were at the opening of a bank and at the opening of a shopping mall, but when it comes to fighting for people to be treated equally where are they?

According to your argument on Zee's thread, if the members participating in Mormon Building Bridges are tithe payers, are they homophobes?

My argument, is that tithe paying Mormons are funding homophobic actions taken by the Church. Tithe paying Mormons going on this march are akin to shareholders in Jack Daniels going on a march to try and stop the evils of whiskey drinking.

In actual fact, it would be a much bigger statement of support if the members involved in Mormons Building Bridges openly withheld their tithing and other donations unless and until the Church allows equality for gay people. Sort of "put your money where your mouth is".

[_LittleNipper]

<< John 8:11 >>


New International Version (©1984)
"No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

New Living Translation (©2007)
"No, Lord," she said. And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."

English Standard Version (©2001)
She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

International Standard Version (©2008)
She said, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "I don't condemn you, either. Go home, and from now on do not sin any more."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
But she said, “Not even one, LORD GOD”; and Yeshua said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on, sin no more.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The woman answered, "No one, sir." Jesus said, "I don't condemn you either. Go! From now on don't sin."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more.

American King James Version
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more.

American Standard Version
And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.

Darby Bible Translation
And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

English Revised Version
And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.

Webster's Bible Translation
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Weymouth New Testament
"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."

World English Bible
She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."

Young's Literal Translation
and she said, 'No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, 'Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.

[_angsty]

I'm not really sure what to think about this. If they mean what convention would suggest they should mean when they march in a pride parade-- then right on. But, that's pretty incompatible with the current LDS position on homosexuality, which is pretty clear.

If they qualify their support with anything resembling "love the sinner, hate the sin" or "It's okay to be gay-- now be celibate," or "Technically, gay sex is an abomination, but I'm not going to personally judge you because it's between you and God," that's another story entirely. My skepticism probably has something to do with how proud a certain LDS relative of mine was of that BYU "It Gets Better" video. To him and his Provo friends it was a sign of monumental progress and hipness-- but they still think marriage equality poses a threat to the family, and that gay people should just be celibate, and/or have enough faith to engage in the institution of heterosexual marriage.

by the way, I enjoyed those Onion quotes.