The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, monly known as the Mormon church, unveiled a new webse – and new approach – to gay and lbian Mormons.
Contents:
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
- MARRIED. GAY. AND MORMON. (PART 1)
- RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
- MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH, BUT ACTIVISTS SAY ISN'T ENOUGH
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
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. * gay and lds *
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. " 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.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
provis misterial materials for members * gay and lds *
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. The parent of a child who experienc same-sex attractn or intifi as gay should choose to love and embrace that child.
Those who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n fully participate the Church. 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.
' 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.
MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
* gay and lds *
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.
Mormon and gay: Church says you n be both.
MARRIED. GAY. AND MORMON. (PART 1)
A muny of support for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Mormons and those who love them. * gay and lds *
LDS Church has lnched a new sectn of s official webse, tled "Mormon and Gay". Self-intified gay Mormon: The church's shift on this issue is "monumental". As a creative director for church public affairs, Rosas was asked to help sign the church’s latt mpaign: a new sectn of s official webse tled “Mormon and Gay.
RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Stori and rourc for and about gay current and former Latter-day Sats or Mormons. * gay and lds *
As the office’s attentn fixed upon homosexualy, Rosas sctized himself.
Now he and his wife Elizabeth are featured promently on “Mormon and Gay, ” discsg how they have grown together as the new materials gave them the tools for “a healthy dialogue. No issue the last has divid church as eply as homosexualy. As public opn – and scientific unrstandg – on sexualy has shifted wh remarkable speed, many nomatns, cludg Mormon lears, have had to grapple wh a difficult qutn: How do they mata tradnal doctre that homosexual acts are sful, while acceptg and misterg to gay and lbian Mormons who scerely wish to rema part of their church?
GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
Mormon lears do not speak of a gay or lbian sexual orientatn, though they now fully acknowledge that many people 'stggle wh same-genr attractn.' * gay and lds *
Unveiled on Tuday, “Mormon and Gay” is one answer to that qutn. The web page featur vio msag and says om five church members, cludg Rosas, who intify as same-sex attracted, gay, lbian or bisexual. Senr church lears ll the new materials “simply an update” om the webpage “Mormons and Gays, ” released 2012 on a doma unaffiliated wh the church’s official webse.
(“Mormons and Gays” now redirects to the new “Mormons and Gay” page.
Mch Mayne, a proment gay Mormon and blogger, said, “Above and beyond gettg to the ntent of the webse, the URL is absolutely fantastic – ’s an clive statement.
MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH, BUT ACTIVISTS SAY ISN'T ENOUGH
While the prev se promently displayed the church’s doctral stance agast homosexual activy on s homepage, the new materials feature the stori of gay members. “Church Teachgs” is loted on a separate page; roughly 1, 700 words and five vios on “lovg one another” prece the first direct statement that “homosexual activy is a s. Fulmer, who self-intifi as a gay Mormon and is featured on the new webse, said the new materials “give a steppg stone to have more open munitn about this and to te others on how to help and how to rpond to somebody who is gay.