Provis Misterial Materials for Members and Fai

Contents:

• GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
• CHURCH RELEAS NEW WEBSE: MORMON AND GAY
• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT

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.

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. 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.

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

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.

CHURCH RELEAS NEW WEBSE: MORMON AND GAY

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. 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. ” 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

” 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. 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 will need to 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. 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.

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.