Provis Misterial Materials for Members and Fai

Contents:

• MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
• RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
• GAY MORMONS

MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE

" "[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. I believe & look forward to more wonrful surpris the futureI know there will e a pot my life when I will stand wh my fellow Sats & be able to say that I have not been nied any blsgs now or Eterny bee I am gay.

But, by no longer nsirg same-sex marriag “apostasy, ” the church has sentially lifted the threat of exmunitn for gay upl, church experts said.

RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

Nov 15 (Rters) - The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats said on Tuday supports proposed feral legislatn tend to protect gay-marriage rights, as long as also protects the right of relig groups to believe such unns are agast God's Utah-based church said a statement posted on s webse s doctre related to marriage - that God mand be between a man and a woman - would rema the church said would support the legislatn after a bipartisan group of senators negotiated an amendment to the versn passed by the U. Supreme Court do not end gay marriage rights, which nservative Jtice Clarence Thomas med was possible when the urt June end the natnal right to abortn by overturng Roe vs. But Print Oaks ma clear that the Church was not revisg s doctre on homosexualy, which teach that havg same-sex attractn is not a s, but actg on is.

Mormons Buildg Bridg is a muny of Latter-day Sats dited to nveyg love and acceptance to all those who intify as LGBTQI and those who experience same-sex attractn or genr Fay Fellowship is a service and support group for Mormons wh gay and lbian fay members. It holds that “gay and lbian Mormons n be great blsgs the liv of their fai, and that fai n be great blsgs the liv of their gay and lbian members. Among Amerins general, 79% say they are favor of “laws that would protect lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people om discrimatn jobs, public acmodatns and hog.

This likely reflects the effect of the “Utah Compromise” of 2015 and LDS lears’ attempts the last several years to publicly support nondiscrimatn laws while also ntug to teach that homosexual behavr is wrong. On the other hand, Mormons generally feel that ’s permissible for “a small bs owner your state to refe to provi products or servic to gay and lbian people, if dog so vlat their relig beliefs. At that time, they tied whe evangelils for last place opposg “religly based refals, ” wh only 38% of both groups who thought was wrong for bs to be able to cle goods and servic to gay ctomers.

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

Overall, then, Mormons have broaned their support for LGBTQ rights three key areas, though they still lag the natn supportg the right of gay upl to get married — or to walk to any bakery the untry and buy themselv a weddg ke.

Conveng a rare prs nference on Tuday at church headquarters Salt Lake Cy, Mormon lears pledged to support anti-discrimatn laws for gays, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people, as long the laws also protect the rights of relig groups. Public prsure on a Mormon gymnast to step down as an Olympic liaison 2011 bee he had supported California’s Proposn 8, which banned gay marriage 2008. Doctors, landlords and bs owners would still be allowed to discrimate agast gays and lbians, as long as they ced a relig reason, she said.

GAY MORMONS

Officially known as the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, the Mormon church, like other relig groups, has tried to strike a lite balance on gay rights.

Mormons have fought the legalizatn of same-sex marriage, for example, while tryg to avoid the “anti-gay” label sometim affixed to nservative fahs. Nearly two-thirds of Mormons say homosexualy should be disuraged by society, acrdg to a 2012 survey nducted by the Pew Fom on Relign & Public Life.

At the same time, Mormon lears have taken an creasgly civil tone towards gays and lbians recent years, and gay rights groups cheered the church for endorsg the Boy Suts’ cisn to allow gay suts 2013. Notably, however, Mormon lears said Tuday that they would not – and uld not – alter their opposn to gay marriage, llg such unns, “ntrary to the laws of God.

AffirmatnAs members and iends of the gay and lbian muny, is our tentn to work for the unrstandg and acceptance of gays and lbians as full, equal and worthy persons wh the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and society, and to help them realize and affirm Acceptance Project - Fay Edutn Materials to Help Mormon Fai Support LGBT ChildrenAs wh other fay tn booklets om the Fay Acceptance Project, Supportive Fai, Healthy Children has been signated as the 1st “Bt Practice” rource for suici preventn for LGBT people by the natnal Bt Practic Registry for Suici Preventn and is the only such rource for Latter-day Sat (Mormon) fai.