If you’ve followed the Prop 8 trial, you know that evidence was admitted that showed just how entrenched the Mormon church was in making Prop 8 a success. From our own friends and family members reporting that their friends or family were being strong-armed into donating thousands of dollars to the Prop 8 campaign, some with threats, to the curtain being pulled back during the Prop 8 case, the LDS church abused its power.

Now they are experiencing a backlash within the church by members who feel that they don’t have the freedom to express their disent of what the church leaders had done. In a press release sent to id Magazine titled: Controversial protest of LDS Church sparks uprising from members in the church.

It continues: Sharp division in the state of California and the relenting onslaught of LDS volunteers, organizers, and fund raisers ultimately meant the end of marriage equality in the state but sparked a much deeper debate within the halls of the Mormon Church that has found its way to the echelons of Salt Lake City. While leaders claimed victory in the polls, they are only now beginning to feel the backlash from their aggressive campaign for Prop. 8 in the form of a grass-roots protest, ExcommunicateTheChurch.com

Seth M. Densen, a member of the LDS Church and activist for Mormon rights took issue with the stance of the church and ultimately threw his support behind the Excommunicate The Church protest sending an email to organizers that read, “the last year has been very rough for me with regard to prop. 8 and the Church’s role which I do not agree with.”

Along with the Excommunicate The Church protest, Mr. Densen has joined hundreds of LDS Church members in petitions, open letters, and emails condemning the breach of integrity many members experience from their leaders. “Our protest is giving a voice to a large population of the LDS Church that feel ignored,” said Mr. Beckett when asked about the response from church members. “What we set out to do was bring attention to the actions of these particular leaders, we had no idea that the side-effect would be to empower the sub-culture of the church and give them another way to let their opinions be heard.”

In this day and age, it is refreshing to see this kind of backlash from the very group that spear-headed a ballot measure in another state to strip a group of minorities their rights as equal people.