Church Releas New Webse: Mormon and Gay - LDS Livg

Contents:

• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
• CHURCH RELEAS NEW WEBSE: MORMON AND GAY
• LDS CHURCH RELEAS UPDATED ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
• 350: THE LDS CHURCH’S NEW MORMON AND GAY WEBSE
• ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE LNCHED TO HELP LDS LGBT MEMBERS
• NEW MORMON AND GAY WEBSE FEATUR SERI OF VIOS OM LDS CHURCH MEMBERS
• CNN REACTS TO CHURCH'S NEW "MORMON AND GAY" WEBSE
• MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

This ment, and many others like , is clud an updated versn of "Mormon and Gay, ” an official webse om The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats.

CHURCH RELEAS NEW WEBSE: MORMON AND GAY

The first versn of this webse lnched December 2012 unr the tle "Mormons and Gays. " The new appellatn, "Mormon and Gay, " reflects the realy that a person don’t need to choose between the two inti — one n, fact, be gay and live fahful to the teachgs of Christ.

Speakg directly to Latter-day Sats who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay, lbian or bisexual, Elr Clayton says, “We want you to know we love you. One qutn addrs the e of “same-sex attractn” stead of “gay.

Church lears have typilly ed this term to be clive of people who are not fortable g a label, not to ny the existence of gay, lbian, or bisexual inty. This ment, and many others like , is clud an updated versn of 'Mormon and Gay, ” an official webse om The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. The first versn of this webse lnched December 2012 unr the tle 'Mormons and Gays.

LDS CHURCH RELEAS UPDATED ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

' The new appellatn, 'Mormon and Gay, ' reflects the realy that a person don’t need to choose between the two inti — one n, fact, be gay and live fahful to the teachgs of Christ. Some intify as gay or lbian while others do not. Materials on make clear that is possible to be both gay and Mormon and that God lov those who are.

Rourc clu helpful answers to equently asked qutns, tips for parents, new vios, and firsthand acunts om gay members, spo, fay, and eccliastil lears. The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats recently lnched a new webse, Mormon and Gay, which provis rourc for Church members who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual and their ward and fay down to three sectns, the webseptur the stori of Latter-day Sats who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual and their fai; outl the Church's official beliefs regardg same-sex attractn; and offers rourc to help members better unrstand sexual orientatn and fd answers to equently asked returned missnari to victims of sexual abe to parents of gay and lbian children, the stori Mormon and Gaytells are btally hont yet betiful their openns and sights. People who live God's laws n fully participate the law of chasty appli to all of God's the "Unrstandg" sectn of the webse, the Church clarifi and distguish terms like sexual orientatn, sexual attractn, emotnal attractn, lbian, gay, bisexual, and inty.

Bee the webse foc on homosexualy and same-sex attractn, do not discs genr dysphoria or transgenr issu. As Mormon and Gay stat, "same-sex attractn and genr dysphoria are very different.

350: THE LDS CHURCH’S NEW MORMON AND GAY WEBSE

"Acpanied wh vios om our apostl, Mormon and Gay leav the overall msage that "God lov all of . Those who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual.

Clearly people who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n make and keep promis to God. The LDS Church released an updated Mormon and Gay webse on Tuday, Oct.

‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE LNCHED TO HELP LDS LGBT MEMBERS

The webse is meant to be a rource for gay LDS members and their fai. ()The LDS Church released an updated Mormon and Gay webse last Tuday as a rource for members and out of the LGBTQ and Gay is an updated versn of the webse Mormons and Gays, origally released 2012.

NEW MORMON AND GAY WEBSE FEATUR SERI OF VIOS OM LDS CHURCH MEMBERS

“The new appellatn, Mormon and Gay, reflects the realy that a person don’t need to choose between the two inti — one n, fact, be gay and live fahful to the teachgs of Christ, ” the church news release featur of the webse clu personal narrativ om fai, iends and church lears of those wh same-sex attractn. There are also portns of the webse wh equently asked qutns, explanatns of how to unrstand sexual orientatn, tips for fai and advice for those alg wh prsive and suicidal portns of the webse clu equently asked qutns, explanatns of sexual orientatn, tips for parents, guidance for rpondg to prsn and suici, and rmatn about self-mastery and sexual is also part of the LDS Church webse makg unlike the prev Mormons and Gays webse, which had led some people to wonr about the se’s print Addison Jenks, a BYU senr studyg geography, thks the webse will be most helpful for parents and eccliastil lears of LGBTQ members.

CNN REACTS TO CHURCH'S NEW "MORMON AND GAY" WEBSE

On October 25, 2016, the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats released a new webse, “Mormon and Gay” () an update of s prev se articulatg LDS posns on var aspects of same-sex attractn.

Jana Ris, “Re-tooled LDS Webse Says People Can Be Mormon and Gay–But They Need to Stay Celibate, ” Flunkg Sathood blog, 25 October 2016.

MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH

SALT LAKE CITY — Mormon lears are tellg gay and lbian members a new webse lnched Tuday that attractn to people of the same-sex isn’t a s or a measure of their fahfulns, but remdg them that actg on those feelgs by havg sex vlat fundamental doctral beliefs that will not change. The msage is part of a “Mormon and Gay” church webse that clus dozens of articl, teachgs, vios and stori om church members who intify themselv as gay and lbian. It is a remake of a se first created nearly four years ago that marked the relign’s most signifint outreach to gays and lbians.