The Mormon church announc pro-homosexualy policy — but gay parishners slam as not enough

Contents:

• MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE
• RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
• THE MORMON CHURCH ANNOUNC PRO-HOMOSEXUALY POLICY — BUT GAY PARISHNERS SLAM AS NOT ENOUGH
• MORMON CHURCH AND GAY RIGHTS
• MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG

MORMON LEAR REAFFIRMS RELIGN'S OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE

Jt two years ago, the church received much public praise for rcdg a 2015 policy, ntroversial among Mormons at the time, that clared the mor children of gay people uld not be baptized to or jo the church as members—at least not until they were 18 years old, and only then if they would nounce their parents’ marriage and nmn their sexualy. Given how ntent the qutn of gay rights has been among Mormons sce the church threw s whole weight behd California’s anti-gay-marriage Proposn 8 2008, the post-2019 perd has been one of wele relative quiet om the church.

C., Holland’s speech was the first time I tly worried that my future kids might attend public school wh peers who would be tght about the evils of beg gay, week and week out at church. The church clud the proclamatn as evince of s doctral mment to a heterosexual fay s amic brief agast gay marriage Hawaii jt two years later.

Mormonism is now facg a world which not only the majory of outsirs, but also a signifint portn of their own membership—cludg s own universy’s faculty—seem to regnize that doctre for what is: a list of proposns phrased as irrefutable tths, issued by a group of men who grew up wh homophobia suffg every stutn their liv.

RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

He sgled out one openly gay BYU alum particular, former valedictorian Matt Easton, who me out as gay his 2019 mencement speech. The same day Holland issued his revanchist addrs to the faculty, BYU’s admistratn was openg and publicizg s new Office of Belongg, a long-sought-for refuge not only for BYU’s growg number of openly gay stunts, but also s relig and racial mori, who are reported to face wispread bias and prejudice on mp, acrdg to a report issued by an ternal Commtee on Race, Equy, and Belongg.

Still, today, the church funnels members who nfs to feelg “same-sex attractn” to support groups that enurage members to enter heterosexual marriag, wh promis that the gay feelgs will be overe after sufficient fahfulns, or at least, ath.

Matt Easton has ced the wily publicized 2016 ath by suici of one of his classmat at BYU, Harry Fisher, as part of the reason for his cisn to e out as gay his valedictorian speech.

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

Due to Mormon teachgs that there is no way to have romantic relatnships wh those of the same sex and be exalted the afterlife, gay Mormons face high rat of lonels, suicidaly, and prsn. But, by no longer nsirg same-sex marriag “apostasy, ” the church has sentially lifted the threat of exmunitn for gay upl, church experts said. What I argue is that the roots of rhetoric of the foc on fay go back to the emergence of the anti-gay polics of relig nservativ startg the 1970s.

At the time, several preachers and anti-gay activists such as Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye and others creasgly spoke out agast the gay rights movement as a threat to “fay valu” that would unrme society. In 1977, evangelil activist Ana Bryant lnched a natnal mpaign agast the gay rights movement, specifilly to keep gays and lbians out of schools, and succsfully rallied nservativ to this e. Bryant’s mpaign was a simple slogan, “Save Our Children, ” which picted gay men and lbians as pedophil recg young people to “perversn.

" "[If] homosexual sex wh marriage is wrong and heterosexual sex wh marriage is great, we're not treatg 'immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual the same way, ' " as one person noted on Twter.

THE MORMON CHURCH ANNOUNC PRO-HOMOSEXUALY POLICY — BUT GAY PARISHNERS SLAM AS NOT ENOUGH

The PoX got majorly walked back — which is FANTASTIC — although I’ll pot out that if homosexual sex wh marriage is wrong and heterosexual sex wh marriage is great, we’re not treatg “immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual the same way” — jaclyn (@j_n_foster) April 4, 2019. I believe & look forward to more wonrful surpris the futureI know there will e a pot my life when I will stand wh my fellow Sats & be able to say that I have not been nied any blsgs now or Eterny bee I am gay. 17, 2019, 8:01 PM UTCPROVO, Utah — The lear of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats is reaffirmg that the relign mt stick to s opposn of gay marriage bee God's law stat that marriage should only be between a man and a print Rsell M.

Nelson also said Tuday a speech to stunts at the church-owned Brigham Young Universy that a 2015 policy banng baptisms for children of parents same-sex relatnship was rcd earlier this year bee lears took note of the "heartache" said the policy was motived by love and tried to prevent ictn between the beliefs of gay parents and their speech follows an ongog ph by the fah, wily known as the Mormon church, to rve out a passnate stance toward LGBTQ people while opposg gay ascend to print January 2018 and has been a transformative print for the church. Conveng a rare prs nference on Tuday at church headquarters Salt Lake Cy, Mormon lears pledged to support anti-discrimatn laws for gays, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people, as long the laws also protect the rights of relig groups.

MORMON CHURCH AND GAY RIGHTS

Public prsure on a Mormon gymnast to step down as an Olympic liaison 2011 bee he had supported California’s Proposn 8, which banned gay marriage 2008.

Doctors, landlords and bs owners would still be allowed to discrimate agast gays and lbians, as long as they ced a relig reason, she said.

MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG

Officially known as the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, the Mormon church, like other relig groups, has tried to strike a lite balance on gay rights.

Mormons have fought the legalizatn of same-sex marriage, for example, while tryg to avoid the “anti-gay” label sometim affixed to nservative fahs. Nearly two-thirds of Mormons say homosexualy should be disuraged by society, acrdg to a 2012 survey nducted by the Pew Fom on Relign & Public Life. At the same time, Mormon lears have taken an creasgly civil tone towards gays and lbians recent years, and gay rights groups cheered the church for endorsg the Boy Suts’ cisn to allow gay suts 2013.

Notably, however, Mormon lears said Tuday that they would not – and uld not – alter their opposn to gay marriage, llg such unns, “ntrary to the laws of God. Gay marriage has proved far more succsful than anti-discrimatn laws, spe opposn om nservative groups, cludg the Mormon church.