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• MORMON GIRL, 12, IS STOPPED OM SPEAKG AS SHE EXPLAS WHY SHE IS GAY TO CHURCH
• MORMON GIRL WHO SAYS SHE IS GAY HAS MICROPHONE CUT OFF, STIRRG PROTT
• UTAH TEEN SPEAKS AFTER VIO OF HER TTIMONY ON BEG MORMON AND GAY GO VIRAL
• IN WHICH A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAME OUT AS GAY MORMON TTIMONY MEETG
• MORMON CHURCH LEARS CUT MICROPHONE AFTER YOUNG GIRL ANNOUNC SHE'S GAY
• MICROPHONE CUT AFTER MORMON GIRL REVEALS SHE’S GAY
• MORMON GIRL REVEALS SHE'S GAY AT CHURCH, MICROPHONE CUT OFF
• GAY ACTIVISTS ‘SEXUALIZE AND EXPLO’ YOUNG GIRL AFTER ‘G OUT’ AS LBIAN MORMON CHURCH SERVICE

MORMON GIRL, 12, IS STOPPED OM SPEAKG AS SHE EXPLAS WHY SHE IS GAY TO CHURCH

It has highlighted an issue that gay Mormons have been stgglg wh for years: how to balance their sexualy wh the teachgs of a church that prohibs gay blog’s founr, Brt Jon, said he was surprised the story went on to get so much attentn. Savannah first told her parents she was gay shortly after she turned 12, said her mother, Heather Kter, who asked that Savannah’s last name not be intified to protect her ttimony meetgs, which are often held by Mormon church on the first Sunday of every month, worshipers are enuraged to give “verbal exprsn of what he or she knows to be te ncerng the divy of J Christ, the rtoratn of the fulns of his gospel our time, and the blsgs that e om livg s prcipl, ” acrdg to the Encyclopedia of Kter said that her dghter had been askg for months to intify herself as a lbian at one of the gathergs. ”Savannah said she cid to make her speech bee life n be difficult for people who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

”In October, the church’s official webse rolled out a new sectn dited to gay or bisexual Mormons and their fai. “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, ” the webse that language me ls than a year after the church unveiled a policy equatg gay marriage wh apostasy and barrg children of gay parents om jog the church until the age of 18.

Sign up to our Eveng Headl email for your daily gui to the latt newsSign up to our ee US Eveng Headl emailSpeakg at the church’s monthly Fast and Ttimony ssn, the girl, Savannah, said she was a child of “heavenly parents” who had “ma me to be gay”, acrdg to a vio taken by someone the dience which has been watched by more than 200, 000, as she was speakg at the church near Salt Lake Cy, the microphone was turned off and she was asked to s down. They did not ms up when they gave me eckl or they ma me to be gay.

MORMON GIRL WHO SAYS SHE IS GAY HAS MICROPHONE CUT OFF, STIRRG PROTT

I nnot make someone else gay and beg around me won’t make anyone else this way.

The top 15 worst untri to be gay EuropeShow all 15“I know I n have all of the thgs as a lbian and be happy. They say ’s possible to be “Mormon and gay. I want them to know that ’s OK to be Mormon and be gay.

UTAH TEEN SPEAKS AFTER VIO OF HER TTIMONY ON BEG MORMON AND GAY GO VIRAL

She also wanted to garner more rpect for gays her church, somethg she feels is lackg.

IN WHICH A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAME OUT AS GAY MORMON TTIMONY MEETG

Then Savannah said ; she me out as gay ont of her ngregatn. On a Mormon Church webse tled “Mormon and Gay, ” offers the followg advice on Mormons who want to e out: “If you ci to share your experienc of feelg same-sex attractn or to openly intify as gay, you should be supported and treated wh kdns and rpect, both at home and church.

A vio of a young Mormon girl Utah tellg her ngregatn that she is gay and still loved by God, before her microphone is turned off by lol church lears, has sparked a new round of discsns about how the relign handl LGBTQ 13-year-old girl, named Savannah, spoke on 7 May Eagle Mounta, Utah, durg a once-a-month portn of Sunday servic which members are enuraged to share feelgs and beliefs.

MORMON CHURCH LEARS CUT MICROPHONE AFTER YOUNG GIRL ANNOUNC SHE'S GAY

“They did not ms up when they gave me eckl or when they ma me to be gay, ” she said, wearg a whe shirt and red tie. Heather Kter asked that Savannah’s full name be whheld to protect her Mormon relign is one of many nservative fah groups upholdg theologil opposn to same-sex relatnships amid wispread social acceptance and the US supreme urt’s 2015 cisn legalizg gay vio, which Kter said was taken by a iend of Savannah’s who me to support her, was circulated onle this month and featured a Mormon LGBTQ podst. “I nnot make someone else gay … I believe that God wants to treat each other wh kdns, even if people are different, pecially if they are different.

”A news report on the 2008, the Utah-based Mormon church was the subject of a cril backlash after helpg lead the fight for California’s Proposn 8 nstutnal ban on gay marriage.

That was terpted 2015 when the church adopted l banng children livg wh gay parents om beg baptized until the age of October, church lears updated a webse created 2012 to let members know that that attractn to people of the same sex is not a s or a measure of their fahfulns and may never go away. But the church also remd members that havg gay sex vlat fundamental doctral beliefs that will not Gordon, print of FairMormon, a volunteer anizatn that supports the church, said would have been OK for Savannah to e out as gay durg ttimony, but that she crossed the le when she mischaracterized church teachgs by sayg God would want her to have a partner and get married.

MICROPHONE CUT AFTER MORMON GIRL REVEALS SHE’S GAY

[iame allowfullscreen="" class=^{{"giphy-embed"}}^ ameborr="0" height="270" width="480"]Durg a Fast & Ttimony meetg on May 7th 2017, Savannah bravely me out as gay to her entire ngregatn.

MORMON GIRL REVEALS SHE'S GAY AT CHURCH, MICROPHONE CUT OFF

"They did not ms up when they gave my eckl or when the ma me to be gay.

GAY ACTIVISTS ‘SEXUALIZE AND EXPLO’ YOUNG GIRL AFTER ‘G OUT’ AS LBIAN MORMON CHURCH SERVICE

I was happy bee I uld fally get out to everyone and show that gays aren't weirdos. "While the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats claims to accept the gay muny, LGBTQ church members are still expected to m to a lifetime of celibacy or marry partners of the oppose sex. “I want the Mormon Church to know that gay people are betiful, they are jt as good and whole as everyone else, and they serve life long love, ” she explaed.

Savannah stepped up to the microphone and proceed to liver a heartfelt speech revealg that she is gay. As turns out, she also happens to be gay.