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.
Contents:
- POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
- WHAT THE LDS CHURCH SAID ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT LG ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHY THE LDS CHURCH ABSOLUTELY IS [NOT] GOG TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE
- MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
* lds church official statement on gay marriage *
Topil Gui, “Homosexual Behavr”. Gui to the Scriptur, “Homosexual Behavr”.
“What is the Church’s posn on homosexualy? Is OK to be iends wh people who have homosexual feelgs?, ” New Era, January 2012. “Church Updat Official ‘Mormon and Gay’ Webse, ” Newsroom.
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. Instead the “immoral nduct heterosexual and homosexual relatnship will be treated the same way, ” he said.
WHAT THE LDS CHURCH SAID ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT LG ON GAY MARRIAGE
“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. 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.
WHY THE LDS CHURCH ABSOLUTELY IS [NOT] GOG TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE
“This news is an enormo relief to fai of gay children who n now fortably shower their gay children wh the same love and support they give their straight children who marry. They also lled for clear legal protectns for both relig eedom and for gays and lbians om discrimatn hog and March, the church backed a Utah bill that balanced relig eedom and nondiscrimatn.
MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
What I appreciate about her analysis that I have not seen every analysis of the statement is that she regniz the ambiguy of what the statement actually means or impli for LDS stutnal beliefs, polici and practic toward homosexualy and same-sex marriage. I am not a prophet, seer, or revelator, so sorry for the clickba, as I will not actually solve the mystery or llapse the superposn why the LDS church absolutely is [not] gog to accept gay marriage.