The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats has been cricized for s polici relatg to gay members. LGBTQ LDS members argue the church learship’s stance leads to youth suici and self harm.
Contents:
- ‘ENDURE UNTIL YOU DIE’: LDS CHURCH’S LGBTQ POLICI PUT GAY YOUTH AT RISK, ADVOT SAY
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
‘ENDURE UNTIL YOU DIE’: LDS CHURCH’S LGBTQ POLICI PUT GAY YOUTH AT RISK, ADVOT SAY
In this terview, Tom Christofferson, a gay Latter-day Sat, talks about the so-lled "excln policy," which was stuted November 2015 and rcd 2019. He also discs what has happened The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and s LGBTQ members sce then, cludg the ntroversial speech by apostle Jefey R. Holland. * lds gay testimony *
The policy later was abandoned, but the pa among LGBTQ members and their alli has the excerpts om The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Mormon Land” podst, Tom Christofferson, a proment LGBTQ member and thor of “That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Fah and Fay, ” discs the November 2015 policy and subsequent were you when the new November 2015 policy beme public and what did you thk at the time? ImageYoung Adults Together Church: Mormon and Gay Webse. In the first few months after beg lled as a bishop, I was surprised when three sets of parents my ward each approached me private to let me know that they had a child who intified as gay or transgenr.
As a new bishop, was dntg to reach out to a member of my ward who intified as gay and need spirual help. A Gospel Topics say explas: “The Church distguish between same-sex attractn and homosexual behavr.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
Five years ago, Lolly Weed wrote a blog post about how she fell love wh a gay man. She didn’t anticipate that the blog would go viral or that she and her hband, Josh, would bee the face of what she lls a “mixed-orientatn marriage * lds gay testimony *
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.
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Be reful not to lim members’ opportuni to ntribute if they intify as gay or transgenr.
is an official webse om The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. The se’s purpose is to help everyone better unrstand same-sex attractn om a gospel perspective. * lds gay testimony *
“Beg gay don’t translate to sex, ” he said. Feelgs of same-sex attractn are not a s, but actg on same-sex attractn is not a s, n be a who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n fully participate the church believ that the experience of same-sex attractn is a plex realy for many people, Print M. So a lot of people who are gay, bisexual, etc., they want to f , they have a ttimony and want to belong, but they don’t know how, so they leave, ” he said.