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COMMENTS: Mormons and Marriage
ABC's Dan Harris contrasted nuptials in Connecticut with street protests outside Latter Day Saints temples nationwide. The common theme was same-sex marriages. They are now being solemnized in New England even as they have been halted in California by a popular vote on that state's Proposition 8. The protests, Harris explained, were inspired by the Mormon Church's activism in support of California's ban: "No other church went to these lengths, having so many members donate so much time, and money for TV ads." There is a second reason why gay rights activists should single out the LDS Church for especial protest--its "troubled history with polygamy" as Harris put it, when its marriages, too, were singled out for prohibition.
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