A backlash is growg over l that bar children of same-sex parents om baptisms and clar members gay unns apostat subject to exmunitn.
Contents:
- POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
- NEW POLICY ON GAY COUPL AND THEIR CHILDREN ROILS MORMON CHURCH
POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
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. Oaks announced Thursday morng, April 4. * lds lgbt policy *
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. 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.
NEW POLICY ON GAY COUPL AND THEIR CHILDREN ROILS MORMON CHURCH
Mormon lears do not speak of a gay or lbian sexual orientatn, though they now fully acknowledge that many people 'stggle wh same-genr attractn.' * lds lgbt policy *
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. This approach appears to be creatg a siar two-tier system of membership that pertas to lbian and gay Sats: You are wele to attend, and we regnize that you’re God’s children, but if you want to enjoy the blsgs of the temple and of full ward participatn, you are not wele any way to act on your inty. " Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr may now be blsed as fants and baptized.
" The church said that "immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual relatnships will be treated the same way. " "[If] homosexual sex wh marriage is wrong and heterosexual sex wh marriage is great, we're not treatg 'immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual the same way, ' " as one person noted on Twter. The PoX got majorly walked back — which is FANTASTIC — although I’ll pot out that if homosexual sex wh marriage is wrong and heterosexual sex wh marriage is great, we’re not treatg “immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual the same way” — jaclyn (@j_n_foster) April 4, 2019.
* lds lgbt policy *
" wrote Calv Burke, who is gay and a stunt at Brigham Young Universy, which is operated by the LDS church.