Updated LDS handbook softens language on gays - The Salt Lake Tribune

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• POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
• THE NEW HANDBOOK TAK A 'MISTERIAL,' GLOBAL APPROACHTHE CHURCH ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WOULD RELEASE A GENERAL HANDBOOK THAT WOULD REPLACE TWO OTHER MANUALS THAT PROVID ADMISTRATN GUIL FOR LEARS THE CHURCH. ONE OF THE TWO HANDBOOKS WAS PREVLY ONLY ACCSIBLE TO STAKE PRINCI AND BISHOPRICS — TOP LEARS OF LOL NGREGATNS.THE NEW HANDBOOK IS NOW PUBLIC BEE TOP LEARS THE CHURCH “TERMED THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY BENEF OM HAVG ACCS TO THIS RMATN,” ACRDG TO AN FAQ ON THE NEW HANDBOOK — BOTH OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE THE CHURCH’S GOSPEL LIBRARY APP UNR THE SECTN “HANDBOOKS AND CALLGS" AND ONLE ON THE CHURCH'S WEBSE."IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVOLUTN OF THE HANDBOOK OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS, 'S BEEN EVOLVG OM ADMISTRATIVE PROCR TO A MORE MISTERIAL VOICE,” ELR ANTHONY PERKS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH’S RRELATN PARTMENT, WHICH OVERSE THE CREATN OF THE HANDBOOK, SAID A NEWS RELEASE.“WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS PREV HANDBOOKS HAD BEEN SORT OF SIGNED FOR LARGE UNS — LET’S SAY ALPE, UTAH — AND WE NEED A HANDBOOK THAT N BE APPLIED EVEN THE SMALLT UNS.”THE HANDBOOK "WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY TO GIVE REQUISE FLEXIBILY TO HELP THOANDS OF LEARS AROUND THE WORLD ADAPT THE CHURCH’S VAR PROGRAMS, POLICI AND PROCR TO THEIR CIRCUMSTANC WH LOVG, PASTORAL RE," ACRDG TO A STATEMENT OM THE CHURCH.MANY LATTER-DAY SAT NGREGATNS AROUND THE WORLD LACK THE ROURC TO OPERATE SOME PROGRAMS FOUND LARGER NGREGATNS, AND "PREV HANDBOOKS WERE WRTEN WH LARGER UNS AS A PRIMARY DIENCE, OFTEN G CHALLENG FOR LEARS OF UNS WH FEWER ROURC,” THE CHURCH EXPLAED. THE NEW GENERAL HANDBOOK “REVERS THAT APPROACH.”NE OF THE 38 CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN PLETELY REWRTEN, AND ONE SECTN OF ANOTHER CHAPTER HAS BEEN UPDATED. THE CHANG CLU CHAPTERS ON SUBJECTS LIKE “GOD'S PLAN AND YOUR ROLE THE WORK OF SALVATN AND EXALTATN” AND “REPENTANCE AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP UNCILS.” THE NEW HANDBOOK ALSO CLUS RECENT UPDAT TO POLICY, LIKE GUIL FOR BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF LGBT AND POLYGAMO PARENTS.OTHER CHAPTERS WILL NTUE TO BE UPDATED AS THEY ARE FISHED. ALL 38 WILL BE REWORKED BY 2021.THE NEW HANDBOOK CLARIFI GUIL FOR TRANSGENR DIVIDUALSTHE HANDBOOK ALSO CLUS A NEW SECTN ON TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS. IT EMPHASIZ THAT PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS TRANSGENR SHOULD BE TREATED WH “SENSIVY, KDNS, PASSN AND CHRISTLIKE LOVE.” THE HANDBOOK DO CLARIFY, HOWEVER, THAT WHILE MOST CHURCH PARTICIPATN IS GENR-NTRAL, SOME ROL AND ORDANC ARE GENR-SPECIFIC.“PRITHOOD ORDATN AND TEMPLE ORDANC ARE RECEIVED ACRDG TO BIRTH SEX,” THE FAQ READS. “(THE NEW SECTN) PROVIS GUIL FOR WHEN MEMBERS WHO INTIFY AS TRANSGENR MAY OR MAY NOT RECEIVE THE ORDANC. IT ENURAG CHURCH PARTICIPATN FOR THOSE WHO INTIFY AS TRANSGENR.”ONLY MEN THE CHURCH ARE ORDAED TO THE PRITHOOD — WHAT FAHFUL MEMBERS BELIEVE TO BE THE POWER AND THORY TO ACT THE NAME OF GOD — AND THOSE WH THE PRITHOOD ARE THE ONLY MEMBERS WHO PERFORM CERTA ORDANC, OR RUALS, THE CHURCH. THE HANDBOOK ALSO CLARIFI THE ROLE BOTH WOMEN AND MEN PLAY RRYG OUT DUTI OF THE PRITHOOD."ALL LATTER-DAY SATS, REGARDLS OF THEIR GENR OR CHURCH ASSIGNMENT, EXERCISE LEGATED PRITHOOD THORY WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN FORMAL SERVICE OPPORTUNI THEIR NGREGATNS," THE CHURCH'S STATEMENT READS.HOWEVER, AN DIVIDUAL WHO HAS PLETED SEX REASSIGNMENT THROUGH "ELECTIVE MEDIL OR SURGIL TERVENTN REQUIR THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRST PRINCY" TO BE BAPTIZED, THE HANDBOOK READS."A PERSON WHO IS NSIRG ELECTIVE MEDIL OR SURGIL TERVENTN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTEMPTG TO TRANSN TO THE OPPOSE GENR OF HIS OR HER BIRTH SEX MAY NOT BE BAPTIZED," ADDS.THE UPDATE ACKNOWLEDG, HOWEVER, THAT PEOPLE "EXPERIENCE FEELGS OF NGENCE BETWEEN THEIR BLOGIL SEX AND THEIR GENR INTY," THOUGH THE CHURCH DO NOT TAKE A POSN ON THE OF PEOPLE INTIFYG AS TRANSGENR, THE HANDBOOK READS.MEMBERS WHO CHOOSE TO UNRGO SEX REASSIGNMENT, HOWEVER, MAY BE SUBJECT TO "MEMBERSHIP RTRICTNS." THOSE WHO UNRGO HORMONE THERAPY BUT WHO ARE NOT TRYG TO TRANSN TO ANOTHER GENR ARE "WORTHY" TO RECEIVE CHURCH ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER RPONSIBILI.IN NNECTN WH THE UPDATED NTENT ON TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS, THE CHURCH'S MORMON AND GAY WEBSE HAS MOVED TO A NEW URL THAT IS HOED UNR THE CHURCH'S WEBSE. IT IS TAILED AS "SAME-SEX ATTRACTN" AND NO LONGER THE WORD "GAY," EXCEPT THE URL.THE NEW HANDBOOK CHANG TERMOLOGY RELATED TO EXMUNITN
• UPDATED LDS HANDBOOK SOFTENS LANGUAGE ON GAYS
• THE MORMON HANDBOOK OF THE GAY DEAD

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

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 approach appears to be creatg a siar two-tier system of membership that pertas to lbian and gay Sats: You are wele to attend, and we regnize that you’re God’s children, but if you want to enjoy the blsgs of the temple and of full ward participatn, you are not wele any way to act on your inty. ”Usg this intifier, he said, “is a step backward om the posive vernacular Print Nelson ed his September 2019 speech at Brigham Young Universy referrg to policy adjtments impactg “those who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

THE NEW HANDBOOK TAK A 'MISTERIAL,' GLOBAL APPROACHTHE CHURCH ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WOULD RELEASE A GENERAL HANDBOOK THAT WOULD REPLACE TWO OTHER MANUALS THAT PROVID ADMISTRATN GUIL FOR LEARS THE CHURCH. ONE OF THE TWO HANDBOOKS WAS PREVLY ONLY ACCSIBLE TO STAKE PRINCI AND BISHOPRICS — TOP LEARS OF LOL NGREGATNS.THE NEW HANDBOOK IS NOW PUBLIC BEE TOP LEARS THE CHURCH “TERMED THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY BENEF OM HAVG ACCS TO THIS RMATN,” ACRDG TO AN FAQ ON THE NEW HANDBOOK — BOTH OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE THE CHURCH’S GOSPEL LIBRARY APP UNR THE SECTN “HANDBOOKS AND CALLGS" AND ONLE ON THE CHURCH'S WEBSE."IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVOLUTN OF THE HANDBOOK OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS, 'S BEEN EVOLVG OM ADMISTRATIVE PROCR TO A MORE MISTERIAL VOICE,” ELR ANTHONY PERKS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH’S RRELATN PARTMENT, WHICH OVERSE THE CREATN OF THE HANDBOOK, SAID A NEWS RELEASE.“WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS PREV HANDBOOKS HAD BEEN SORT OF SIGNED FOR LARGE UNS — LET’S SAY ALPE, UTAH — AND WE NEED A HANDBOOK THAT N BE APPLIED EVEN THE SMALLT UNS.”THE HANDBOOK "WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY TO GIVE REQUISE FLEXIBILY TO HELP THOANDS OF LEARS AROUND THE WORLD ADAPT THE CHURCH’S VAR PROGRAMS, POLICI AND PROCR TO THEIR CIRCUMSTANC WH LOVG, PASTORAL RE," ACRDG TO A STATEMENT OM THE CHURCH.MANY LATTER-DAY SAT NGREGATNS AROUND THE WORLD LACK THE ROURC TO OPERATE SOME PROGRAMS FOUND LARGER NGREGATNS, AND "PREV HANDBOOKS WERE WRTEN WH LARGER UNS AS A PRIMARY DIENCE, OFTEN G CHALLENG FOR LEARS OF UNS WH FEWER ROURC,” THE CHURCH EXPLAED. THE NEW GENERAL HANDBOOK “REVERS THAT APPROACH.”NE OF THE 38 CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN PLETELY REWRTEN, AND ONE SECTN OF ANOTHER CHAPTER HAS BEEN UPDATED. THE CHANG CLU CHAPTERS ON SUBJECTS LIKE “GOD'S PLAN AND YOUR ROLE THE WORK OF SALVATN AND EXALTATN” AND “REPENTANCE AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP UNCILS.” THE NEW HANDBOOK ALSO CLUS RECENT UPDAT TO POLICY, LIKE GUIL FOR BAPTISM OF CHILDREN OF LGBT AND POLYGAMO PARENTS.OTHER CHAPTERS WILL NTUE TO BE UPDATED AS THEY ARE FISHED. ALL 38 WILL BE REWORKED BY 2021.THE NEW HANDBOOK CLARIFI GUIL FOR TRANSGENR DIVIDUALSTHE HANDBOOK ALSO CLUS A NEW SECTN ON TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS. IT EMPHASIZ THAT PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS TRANSGENR SHOULD BE TREATED WH “SENSIVY, KDNS, PASSN AND CHRISTLIKE LOVE.” THE HANDBOOK DO CLARIFY, HOWEVER, THAT WHILE MOST CHURCH PARTICIPATN IS GENR-NTRAL, SOME ROL AND ORDANC ARE GENR-SPECIFIC.“PRITHOOD ORDATN AND TEMPLE ORDANC ARE RECEIVED ACRDG TO BIRTH SEX,” THE FAQ READS. “(THE NEW SECTN) PROVIS GUIL FOR WHEN MEMBERS WHO INTIFY AS TRANSGENR MAY OR MAY NOT RECEIVE THE ORDANC. IT ENURAG CHURCH PARTICIPATN FOR THOSE WHO INTIFY AS TRANSGENR.”ONLY MEN THE CHURCH ARE ORDAED TO THE PRITHOOD — WHAT FAHFUL MEMBERS BELIEVE TO BE THE POWER AND THORY TO ACT THE NAME OF GOD — AND THOSE WH THE PRITHOOD ARE THE ONLY MEMBERS WHO PERFORM CERTA ORDANC, OR RUALS, THE CHURCH. THE HANDBOOK ALSO CLARIFI THE ROLE BOTH WOMEN AND MEN PLAY RRYG OUT DUTI OF THE PRITHOOD."ALL LATTER-DAY SATS, REGARDLS OF THEIR GENR OR CHURCH ASSIGNMENT, EXERCISE LEGATED PRITHOOD THORY WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN FORMAL SERVICE OPPORTUNI THEIR NGREGATNS," THE CHURCH'S STATEMENT READS.HOWEVER, AN DIVIDUAL WHO HAS PLETED SEX REASSIGNMENT THROUGH "ELECTIVE MEDIL OR SURGIL TERVENTN REQUIR THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRST PRINCY" TO BE BAPTIZED, THE HANDBOOK READS."A PERSON WHO IS NSIRG ELECTIVE MEDIL OR SURGIL TERVENTN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTEMPTG TO TRANSN TO THE OPPOSE GENR OF HIS OR HER BIRTH SEX MAY NOT BE BAPTIZED," ADDS.THE UPDATE ACKNOWLEDG, HOWEVER, THAT PEOPLE "EXPERIENCE FEELGS OF NGENCE BETWEEN THEIR BLOGIL SEX AND THEIR GENR INTY," THOUGH THE CHURCH DO NOT TAKE A POSN ON THE OF PEOPLE INTIFYG AS TRANSGENR, THE HANDBOOK READS.MEMBERS WHO CHOOSE TO UNRGO SEX REASSIGNMENT, HOWEVER, MAY BE SUBJECT TO "MEMBERSHIP RTRICTNS." THOSE WHO UNRGO HORMONE THERAPY BUT WHO ARE NOT TRYG TO TRANSN TO ANOTHER GENR ARE "WORTHY" TO RECEIVE CHURCH ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER RPONSIBILI.IN NNECTN WH THE UPDATED NTENT ON TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS, THE CHURCH'S MORMON AND GAY WEBSE HAS MOVED TO A NEW URL THAT IS HOED UNR THE CHURCH'S WEBSE. IT IS TAILED AS "SAME-SEX ATTRACTN" AND NO LONGER THE WORD "GAY," EXCEPT THE URL.THE NEW HANDBOOK CHANG TERMOLOGY RELATED TO EXMUNITN

Intifyg onelf as gay, lbian, or bisexual is “not agast church policy or doctre, ” Kchen said. 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.

UPDATED LDS HANDBOOK SOFTENS LANGUAGE ON GAYS

ImageYoung Adults Together Church: Mormon and Gay Webse. In the first few months after beg lled as a bishop, I was surprised when three sets of parents my ward each approached me private to let me know that they had a child who intified as gay or transgenr. As a new bishop, was dntg to reach out to a member of my ward who intified as gay and need spirual help.

A Gospel Topics say explas: “The Church distguish between same-sex attractn and homosexual behavr. People who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual n make and keep venants wh God and fully and worthily participate the Church. Intifyg as gay, lbian, or bisexual or experiencg same-sex attractn is not a s and do not prohib one om participatg the Church, holdg llgs, or attendg the temple.

THE MORMON HANDBOOK OF THE GAY DEAD

Be reful not to lim members’ opportuni to ntribute if they intify as gay or transgenr. 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.