Beg gay and mormon is a unique experience. Growg up wh the church's teachgs on the LGBTQ+ muny is tough for LGBTQ+ mormons.
Contents:
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
- MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG
- 1484: THE GAY MORMON REFORMATN
- WORK OF ART: GAY MORMON DIASPORA EXPLORG THE ACT OF TTIMONY AND BELIEF
- RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- MORMON CHURCH LEARS CUT MICROPHONE AFTER YOUNG GIRL ANNOUNC SHE'S GAY
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. * mormon gay testimony *
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.
MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
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. * mormon gay testimony *
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. ” But the proclamatn served a sendary legal role as the church planned s offensive agast gay rights. 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.
Sex, or “procreative powers, ” are only for married men and their wiv (no gay sex unr any circumstanc).
MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG
provis misterial materials for members * mormon gay testimony *
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. He sgled out one openly gay BYU alum particular, former valedictorian Matt Easton, who me out as gay his 2019 mencement speech. In simply intifyg himself as gay the urse of the speech, Holland alleged, Easton had “manered” the 2019 ceremony.
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. At BYU, some of the celt technologi have been ed to attempt to end the gay surge. 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.
1484: THE GAY MORMON REFORMATN
* mormon gay testimony *
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.
WORK OF ART: GAY MORMON DIASPORA EXPLORG THE ACT OF TTIMONY AND BELIEF
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.' * mormon gay testimony *
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.
RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Topil Gui, “Homosexual Behavr”. Gui to the Scriptur, “Homosexual Behavr”.
“What is the Church’s posn on homosexualy?
Is OK to be iends wh people who have homosexual feelgs?, ” New Era, January 2012. “Church Updat Official ‘Mormon and Gay’ Webse, ” Newsroom. 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.
MORMON CHURCH LEARS CUT MICROPHONE AFTER YOUNG GIRL ANNOUNC SHE'S 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.