Posted by one of the bloggers at Feminist Mormon Housewives: “My Prop 8 Manifesto.” There are two stories about the Prop 8 campaign and passage that are rumbling through media stories and LDS blogs. One is the post-election targeting of Mormons and Mormon buildings for angry protests and boycotts, reflecting the view of those who opposed Prop 8 that Mormons are somehow uniquely responsible for its passage (conveniently ignoring the fact that 52% of the electorate voted in favor). The other is the difficulty that the official call to support Prop 8 caused within the LDS Church itself for Mormons who support gay marriage or who are on the fence, as seen in the FMH post.

This quote from the post shows how conflicted some Mormons were about the Prop 8 issue:

I have given a great deal of thought to the issue of Prop 8 and I sympathize greatly with both sides. Obviously, I was not eligible to vote on Prop 8, but if I had been, I would most likely have refrained from voting on it. To be honest, YES and NO felt neither entirely right nor entirely wrong to me. I wish that there could have been some middle ground, but there wasn’t.

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