Mormons and Gays

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

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weled members who intified as LGBTQ+, though reerated s stance that marriage is between a man and a 2019, the church repealed a 2015 le that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and said gay marriage is a s worth expulsn om the church.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”.

“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.

GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY

“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.

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.

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.

MORMON CHURCH AND GAY RIGHTS

The Human Rights Campaign scrib beg gay as beg emotnally, romantilly, or sexually attracted to members of the same genr. 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.

MORMONS AND GAYS

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.

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

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.

Intifyg as gay, lbian, or bisexual or experiencg same-sex attractn is not a s and do not prohib one om participatg the Church, holdg llgs, or attendg the temple.

” In Salt Lake Cy, for example, the Church supported ordanc to protect gay rints om discrimatn hog and employment.

MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE

"The Church’s affirmatn of marriage as beg between a man and a woman “neher nstut nor ndon any kd of hostily toward gays and lbians. They may exprs genue love and kdns toward a gay or lbian fay member, iend, or other person whout ndong any refn of marriage. 16, 2022The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats gave s support on Tuday to a feral bill that would provi creased protectns for same-sex marriage, a limed but notable step om a church that historilly has aggrsively opposed gay move me on the same day senators announced a relig eedom amendment to the legislatn hop of securg broar support.

People, acrdg to the Public Relign Rearch church’s latt posn shows s long and slow parture om s public support of Proposn 8 California, which banned gay marriage the state and was later stck down urt. The lear of the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats has reaffirmed the relign’s opposn to same-sex marriage, sayg God’s law dictat that marriage is rtricted to unns between a man and a church print, Rsell M Nelson also said durg a speech to stunts at the church-owned Brigham Young Universy that the relign’s love for everyone regardls of sexual orientatn led to the repeal earlier this year of a 2015 policy that banned baptisms for children of parents same-sex relatnships and labeled gay upl as sners eligible for said love also motivated the origal policy as he and other lears attempted to prevent ictn between the beliefs of gay parents and their children. ”Nelson ntend that lears n’t change God’s laws but have the thory to adjt church remarks were the latt move a ntug effort by the Utah-based fah wily known as the Mormon church to rve out a passnate stance toward LGBTQ people while adherg to opposn of gay marriage.

The 2015 policy angered many and led to protts and some church nsirs homosexual relatns a s, forcg gay and lbian members to avoid timate relatnships to rema full-fledged, 95, said a basketball arena packed wh nearly 19, 000 stunts that they mt follow God’s laws if they want exaltatn. Fewer than half (42%) of Mormons now say ’s acceptable to allow small bs owners such as florists and bakers to refe gay people their servic, while a majory (52%) now oppose such refals.