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
- MORMON CHURCH VOIC SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
- GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
- 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 and gay marriage *
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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.
MORMON CHURCH VOIC SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
Stori and rourc for and about gay current and former Latter-day Sats or Mormons. * lds and 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.
GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
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 and gay marriage *
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. 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.
The Human Rights Campaign scrib beg gay as beg emotnally, romantilly, or sexually attracted to members of the same genr.
MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
Acrdg to GLAAD, gay is the adjective ed to scribe people whose endurg physil, romantic, and/ or emotnal attractns are to people of the same sex.
For the purpos of this page, we will foc on gay men, rervg a separate page for stori and rourc for and about lbian current or former Latter-day Sats. Rather than scribe themselv as beg gay, Latter-day Sat men who are attracted to men might scribe themselv as beg same-sex attracted.
A safe place for the velopment of iendships, the procsg of difficult reali, the sharg of stori, and ultimately, the support of our fai, however they may be the Strength of LGBTQ & SSA Youth A Facebook group to support, fort, and nnect LGBTQ+ youth (and their youth alli) gog through siar life experienc, as each creas self-acceptance and acceptance for Fay Fellowship A support anizatn, engaged strengtheng relatnships between LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Qutng) dividuals, their fai and Internacnal en Español Un gpo Facebook para los miembros habla hispana la unidad la Afirmación a nivel Gpo Português Um gpo no Facebook para membros língua portugua da unida ternacnal Afirmação. Jo Dt Larsen, an active gay member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-Day Sats, along wh Hayn Davis, René Hernanz, and their special guts each week as they discs a new gospel topic through a queer perspective.