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:
- POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
- NEW POLICY ON GAY COUPL AND THEIR CHILDREN ROILS MORMON CHURCH
- LGBTQ MORMONS LOSE FAH CHURCH AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANTI-GAY POLICY
- NEW MORMON POLICY ON GAY FAI IS DIVIDG EVEN THE FAHFUL; CHURCH CLARIFI STANCE
POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
* lds gay policy change *
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. “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.
" Children of parents who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr may now be blsed as fants and baptized. " The church said that "immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual relatnships will be treated the same way. " "[If] homosexual sex wh marriage is wrong and heterosexual sex wh marriage is great, we're not treatg 'immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual the same way, ' " as one person noted on Twter.
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 gay policy change *
The PoX got majorly walked back — which is FANTASTIC — although I’ll pot out that if homosexual sex wh marriage is wrong and heterosexual sex wh marriage is great, we’re not treatg “immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual the same way” — jaclyn (@j_n_foster) April 4, 2019.
" wrote Calv Burke, who is gay and a stunt at Brigham Young Universy, which is operated by the LDS church. I believe & look forward to more wonrful surpris the futureI know there will e a pot my life when I will stand wh my fellow Sats & be able to say that I have not been nied any blsgs now or Eterny bee I am gay.
Instead, the immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual relatnships will be treated the same way.
LGBTQ MORMONS LOSE FAH CHURCH AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANTI-GAY POLICY
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.' * lds gay policy change *
But, by no longer nsirg same-sex marriag “apostasy, ” the church has sentially lifted the threat of exmunitn for gay upl, church experts said. 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.
NEW MORMON POLICY ON GAY FAI IS DIVIDG EVEN THE FAHFUL; CHURCH CLARIFI STANCE
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.