Mormon church voic support for Senate bill to protect gay marriage | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
• MORMON CHURCH VOIC SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
• MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE

POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS

The parent of a child who experienc same-sex attractn or intifi as gay should choose to love and embrace that child.

Those who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n fully participate the Church.

Oaks almost immediately drafted a memo argug that “the terts at stake the proposed legalizatn of so-lled homosexual marriag” were “sufficient to jtify a formal Church posn and signifint efforts opposn. In 2021, after several high-profile cints at BYU — cludg a valedictorian g his graduatn speech to pronounce that he was “proud to be a gay son of God” and dozens of stunts lightg the school’s famo mountasi Y wh rabow lors — popular apostle Jefey Holland chastised BYU faculty members for “supportg ias that many of feel are ntradictory to gospel prcipl. Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr may now be blsed as fants and baptized The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats whout First Princy approval, Print Dall H.

MORMON CHURCH VOIC SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE

Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr may be baptized, if the ctodial parents give permissn for the baptism and unrstand both the doctre that a baptized child will be tght and the venants he or she will be expected to make, said Print Oaks. Instead the “immoral nduct heterosexual and homosexual relatnship will be treated the same way, ” he said.

“I want anyone who is a member of the Church who is gay or lbian to know I believe you have a place the kgdom and I regnize that sometim may be difficult for you to see where you f the Lord’s Church, but you do. “There are many polil, legal, and social prsur for chang that would change the fn of marriage or -emphasize s importance, nfe genr, or homogenize the differenc between men and women that are sential to acplish God’s great Plan of Happs.

”[23] In Salt Lake Cy, for example, the Church supported ordanc to protect gay rints om discrimatn hog and employment. The Church’s affirmatn of marriage as beg between a man and a woman “neher nstut nor ndon any kd of hostily toward gays and lbians. They may exprs genue love and kdns toward a gay or lbian fay member, iend, or other person whout ndong any refn of marriage.

MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE

[17] See Roger Trigg, Equaly, Freedom, and Relign (London and New York: Oxford Universy Prs, 2012); The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimatn agast Christians Europe, Report 2012 (Vienna, Atria, 2013); “European Parliament Rolutn on Homophobia Europe, ” adopted Jan.

Gay-Friendly Curriculums Schools, ” The New York Tim, Mar. 3, 2011, page A21A; John Smoot, “Children Need Our Marriage Tradn, ” Public Disurse, June 13, 2013;; Challengg Homophobia and Heterosexism: A K-12 Curriculum Rource Gui, Toronto District School Board (2011). The bill also prohibs stat om nyg out-of-state marriage licens and benefs on the basis of sex, race, ethnicy or natnal the church has a long history of opposg same-sex relatnships – spent $20m tryg to pass proposn 8 California, a 2008 measure which banned same-sex marriage the state – has taken a more relaxed view of same-sex marriage recent 2016, the church said that weled members who intified as LGBTQ+, though reerated s stance that marriage is between a man and a 2019, the church repealed a 2015 le that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and said gay marriage is a s worth expulsn om the church.