(RNS) — Mormons have broaned their support for LGBTQ rights three key areas, though they still lag the natn supportg the right of gay upl to get married — or to walk to any bakery the untry and buy themselv a weddg ke.
Contents:
- GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
- WHY THE LDS CHURCH ABSOLUTELY IS [NOT] GOG TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE
- NEW POLICY ON GAY COUPL AND THEIR CHILDREN ROILS MORMON CHURCH
- CAN LATTER-DAY SATS DISAGREE WH THEIR CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE? CASE OF THE LOST WALLET MAY OFFER CLU.
GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
Stori and rourc for and about gay current and former Latter-day Sats or Mormons. * lds church on gay marriage *
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WHY THE LDS CHURCH ABSOLUTELY IS [NOT] GOG TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE
* lds church on gay marriage *
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Qutns om the Closet Podst Charlie Bird and Ben Schilaty discs qutns they are monly asked as gay members of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. What I appreciate about her analysis that I have not seen every analysis of the statement is that she regniz the ambiguy of what the statement actually means or impli for LDS stutnal beliefs, polici and practic toward homosexualy and same-sex marriage.
I am not a prophet, seer, or revelator, so sorry for the clickba, as I will not actually solve the mystery or llapse the superposn why the LDS church absolutely is [not] gog to accept gay marriage. Among Amerins general, 79% say they are favor of “laws that would protect lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people om discrimatn jobs, public acmodatns and hog.
NEW POLICY ON GAY COUPL AND THEIR CHILDREN ROILS MORMON CHURCH
A backlash is growg over l that bar children of same-sex parents om baptisms and clar members gay unns apostat subject to exmunitn. * lds church on gay marriage *
This likely reflects the effect of the “Utah Compromise” of 2015 and LDS lears’ attempts the last several years to publicly support nondiscrimatn laws while also ntug to teach that homosexual behavr is wrong. On the other hand, Mormons generally feel that ’s permissible for “a small bs owner your state to refe to provi products or servic to gay and lbian people, if dog so vlat their relig beliefs. At that time, they tied whe evangelils for last place opposg “religly based refals, ” wh only 38% of both groups who thought was wrong for bs to be able to cle goods and servic to gay ctomers.
Overall, then, Mormons have broaned their support for LGBTQ rights three key areas, though they still lag the natn supportg the right of gay upl to get married — or to walk to any bakery the untry and buy themselv a weddg ke. 13, 2015The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats is facg a growg backlash om Mormons upset about a new policy that bars children livg wh same-sex upl om baby-namg ceremoni and baptisms and clar members gay marriag to be apostat subject to church, while standg by s new policy, issued a clarifitn on Friday, sayg that the l affected only children whose “primary rince” was wh a same-sex uple — not those who might have a gay parent livg elsewhere.
Another change to the handbook adds “same-genr marriage” to a list of ndns nsired apostasy and grounds for Mormon Church has long opposed gay marriage.
CAN LATTER-DAY SATS DISAGREE WH THEIR CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE? CASE OF THE LOST WALLET MAY OFFER CLU.
Some Mormon ngregatns have quietly weled gay upl and their Bowmer/Associated PrsUntil the clarifitn on Friday, the only official explanatn the church had offered was a 10-mute viotaped terview wh D. There is an onle petn askg artists to ncel their performanc wh the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at s Christmas were immediate objectns on Friday to the church’s clarifitn, wh some Mormons sayg that puts unfair prsure on the children of divorced parents to choose to live wh heterosexual parents over gay on if they hope to rema the church.
Her father, Donald Braegger, recently me out as gay and cid to rign this year before a disciplary hearg that uld have rulted Braegger, 55, said his story was the same as that of many gay Mormons whose children would be affected by the new policy: Even though he knew as a young man that he was attracted to men, he married a woman bee his church tght that homosexualy was sful, and he was a fahful believer. He had seven children and spent years tryg to overe his homosexualy through prayer and reparative therapy.