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 word.
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
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 church official statement on gay marriage *
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WHAT THE LDS CHURCH SAID ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT LG ON GAY MARRIAGE
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.
WHY THE LDS CHURCH ABSOLUTELY IS [NOT] GOG TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE
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.
MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
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.