Say No, you are making an assumption and a very big one, that these people were excommunicated from the church. I signed that petition, and I left the church on my own accord. I am a former LDS missionary and served a succesful and honorable mission. The church didn't ask me to leave or even reprimand me, as a matter of fact when I told them I was gay and told them that I wanted to remove my name, they asked me to reconsider. But I am happier for the fact. I learned a lot of good things and had a lot of good experiences as a member of the church, but it's no longer for me. And while I signed the petiition because there are others out there that still want membership in the church but have had the families turn their backs on them due to teachings of the church (not teachings of the Gospel, which are two different things entirely), I do not care what the church thinks about me and my husband and our family. My relationship is with God and no one can tell me how to have that or tell Him how it should be. It's man that tells us how God will and should act towards us. I put my faith and trust in God, and no man or religion will tell me how God looks and acts. And by the way, my spirituality is real and think it's rather audacious to try and say these people have fake spirituality.