In a speech at Brigham Young Universy, Rsell M. Nelson said The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats mt stick to s opposn of gay marriage.
Contents:
- MORMON CHURCH VOIC SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
- GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
- MORMON CHURCH AND GAY RIGHTS
- MORMONS AND GAYS
- MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
- MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE
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. * mormons 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weled members who intified as LGBTQ+, though reerated s stance that marriage is between a man and a 2019, the church repealed a 2015 le that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and said gay marriage is a s worth expulsn om the church. Topil Gui, “Homosexual Behavr”. Gui to the Scriptur, “Homosexual Behavr”.
GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
(RNS) — 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. * mormons and gay marriage *
“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.
“Homosexual behavr vlat the mandments of God, is ntrary to the purpos of human sexualy, distorts lovg relatnships, and priv people of the blsgs that n be found fay life and the savg ordanc of the gospel, ” stat the Handbook of Instctns of the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. Homosexual behavr n be fiven through scere repentance.
MORMON CHURCH AND GAY RIGHTS
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. * mormons and gay marriage *
Packer, referred to homosexualy throughout a sharply word sermon as “wrong, ” or “basilly wrong, ” “wicked, ” “impure, ” “unnatural, ” “immoral, ” “agast nature, ” “evil, ” and as a threat to civilizatn.
MORMONS AND GAYS
* mormons and gay marriage *
I tled my addrs, “Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price, ” based on the notn that homophobia is pervasive throughout society and we are all at risk of experiencg s harmful effects. She ultimately exprsed how much my words had moved her, and through her sobs, told me the story of how her stepson, a young gay man, had killed himself three years earlier.
“I have a ne-year-old son, whom I am que certa is gay, ” she told , as tears also streamed om her ey. 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.
Qutns om the Closet Podst Charlie Bird and Ben Schilaty discs qutns they are monly asked as gay members of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. 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.
MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE
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. 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.
"The Church distguish between same-sex attractn and homosexual behavr.
People who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual n make and keep venants wh God and fully and worthily participate the Church.