Mormon Church Asked to Apologize

Current and former Mormons opposed to the church’s stance on same-sex marriage and its efforts to ban it have launched a website asking the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to soften its views, reports the Associated Press.

The site, http://www.lds.apology.org/, calls on LDS leaders in a petition to stop antigay policies and fund-raising. It also includes historical information about Mormon work to ban same-sex marriage, details about official Mormon teachings on homosexuality, and the names of gay Mormons who have committed suicide.

Anyone may sign the petition.

Organizers told the AP that the site was created in response to the Mormon Church’s role in the passage of Prop. 8 in California in November. They plan to gather signatures through the fall and then deliver the petition to LDS headquarters in Salt Lake City on November 4, the first anniversary of the Prop. 8 vote.