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. Oaks announced Thursday morng, April 4.
Contents:
- GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- NEW LDS HANDBOOK CHANG: BYU PROFESSOR CONFIRMS GAY DATING IS ALLOWED AT BYU?
- POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
- MORMON, GAY, AND DATG
GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
In this terview, Tom Christofferson, a gay Latter-day Sat, talks about the so-lled "excln policy," which was stuted November 2015 and rcd 2019. He also discs what has happened The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and s LGBTQ members sce then, cludg the ntroversial speech by apostle Jefey R. Holland. * lds gay dating *
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. The policy later was abandoned, but the pa among LGBTQ members and their alli has the excerpts om The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Mormon Land” podst, Tom Christofferson, a proment LGBTQ member and thor of “That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Fah and Fay, ” discs the November 2015 policy and subsequent were you when the new November 2015 policy beme public and what did you thk at the time?
Are you a gay Mormon who is sgle and lookg for love? Created by Andrew Markle, “Origs” seeks to give gay Mormons an onle social work to meet others like them for “marriage or long-term mment. Acrdg to Markle, the webse will act both as a tool for datg and as a rource for LGBTQ Mormons lookg for acceptance wh a church that’s still evolvg on s stance on homosexualy.
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. * lds gay dating *
Markle stated that Origs will also “nnect gay Mormons wh alli and help them rencile their [relig] beliefs wh their liftyle. ” Markle believ that Origs is about buildg a gay Mormon muny and timat that there are around 22, 000 practicg gay Mormons.
NEW LDS HANDBOOK CHANG: BYU PROFESSOR CONFIRMS GAY DATING IS ALLOWED AT BYU?
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In December, the Mormon Church lnched “Mormons and Gays, ” a webse voted to “discsn on same-sex attractn. ” Acrdg to the webse, the church’s changg stance on gay members do not mean that the church accepts “homosexual behavr” as acceptable but regniz that homosexualy is not a choice.
Like Origs, Mormons and Gays acts as a ndu for nversatn and acceptance of LGBTQ dividuals, so that church members n “rpond sensively and thoughtfully when they enunter same-sex attractn their own fai, among other Church members, or elsewhere. Mormons And Gays. Markle realiz that the missn of Origs, which helps LGBTQ sgl nnect for the purpos of a relatnship, diverg wh the church’s new stance on homosexualy — which is of the “love the sner, hate the s” variety.
POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
For Markle, Origs will act as a further step the right directn for gay Mormons — movg om prelimary dialogue to a place of actn.
In orr to act as a force for good the liv of s Mormon members, the church mt ntue evolvg and makg amends to the gay fahful.
As a practicg Mormon and weekly churchgoer, Markle unrstands his posn may be ntroversial for many the church and that he may face exmunitn or disfellowship for his volvement Origs — as advotg homosexual relatnships may be grounds for expulsn om the church. “Beg gay don’t translate to sex, ” he said.
MORMON, GAY, AND DATG
Feelgs of same-sex attractn are not a s, but actg on same-sex attractn is not a s, n be a who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n fully participate the church believ that the experience of same-sex attractn is a plex realy for many people, Print M. So a lot of people who are gay, bisexual, etc., they want to f , they have a ttimony and want to belong, but they don’t know how, so they leave, ” he said.