Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 14:14:04 -0500 From: KathyWUT@aol.com For your files: Excerpt from the text of the February 1994 memorandum from the First Presidency of the LDS (Mormon) Church which was read over Mormon pulpits worldwide on February 13, 1994: "We encourage members to appeal to legislators, judges and government officials to preserve the purpose and sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman and to reject all efforts to give legal authorization or other official approval or support to marriages between persons of the same gender."