Policy Chang Announced for Members Gay Marriag, Children of LGBT Parents - Church News and Events

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• POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
• NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS
• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS

Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr may now be blsed as fants and baptized The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats whout First Princy approval, Print Dall H. Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr may be baptized, if the ctodial parents give permissn for the baptism and unrstand both the doctre that a baptized child will be tght and the venants he or she will be expected to make, said Print Oaks. Instead the “immoral nduct heterosexual and homosexual relatnship will be treated the same way, ” he said.

NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

“I want anyone who is a member of the Church who is gay or lbian to know I believe you have a place the kgdom and I regnize that sometim may be difficult for you to see where you f the Lord’s Church, but you do. “There are many polil, legal, and social prsur for chang that would change the fn of marriage or -emphasize s importance, nfe genr, or homogenize the differenc between men and women that are sential to acplish God’s great Plan of Happs. Oaks almost immediately drafted a memo argug that “the terts at stake the proposed legalizatn of so-lled homosexual marriag” were “sufficient to jtify a formal Church posn and signifint efforts opposn.

In 2021, after several high-profile cints at BYU — cludg a valedictorian g his graduatn speech to pronounce that he was “proud to be a gay son of God” and dozens of stunts lightg the school’s famo mountasi Y wh rabow lors — popular apostle Jefey Holland chastised BYU faculty members for “supportg ias that many of feel are ntradictory to gospel prcipl.

Someday, gay marriag (sealgs) WILL BE performed Mormon templ.

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

CES jt issued a letter attemptg to clarify s removal of the Honor Co sectn entled “Homosexual Behavr. And look, even if we want everythg we do to lead toward eternal marriage, our gay and lbian (and, I assume, transgenr) brothers and sisters are not head that directn as long as we ntue to lim temple marriag to oppose-genr upl.

We’ve stopped enuragg our gay and lbian members to get to straight marriag as some kd of cure: a signifint number of s, those marriag are damagg to both partners. “Homosexual behavr vlat the mandments of God, is ntrary to the purpos of human sexualy, distorts lovg relatnships, and priv people of the blsgs that n be found fay life and the savg ordanc of the gospel, ” stat the Handbook of Instctns of the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. Homosexual behavr n be fiven through scere repentance.

Packer, referred to homosexualy throughout a sharply word sermon as “wrong, ” or “basilly wrong, ” “wicked, ” “impure, ” “unnatural, ” “immoral, ” “agast nature, ” “evil, ” and as a threat to civilizatn. I tled my addrs, “Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price, ” based on the notn that homophobia is pervasive throughout society and we are all at risk of experiencg s harmful effects.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

She ultimately exprsed how much my words had moved her, and through her sobs, told me the story of how her stepson, a young gay man, had killed himself three years earlier.

“I have a ne-year-old son, whom I am que certa is gay, ” she told , as tears also streamed om her ey.