A valedictorian at Brigham Young Universy me out his addrs as a ‘gay son of God.’ And his admissn met wh loud applse. An expert explas how big a change this is for the Mormon Church.
Contents:
- UPDATE — JANA RIS: THERE ARE MORE YOUNG LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL LATTER-DAY SATS THAN PREVLY BELIEVED
- RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
UPDATE — JANA RIS: THERE ARE MORE YOUNG LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL LATTER-DAY SATS THAN PREVLY BELIEVED
Jt two years ago, the church received much public praise for rcdg a 2015 policy, ntroversial among Mormons at the time, that clared the mor children of gay people uld not be baptized to or jo the church as members—at least not until they were 18 years old, and only then if they would nounce their parents’ marriage and nmn their sexualy.
Given how ntent the qutn of gay rights has been among Mormons sce the church threw s whole weight behd California’s anti-gay-marriage Proposn 8 2008, the post-2019 perd has been one of wele relative quiet om the church.
RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
C., Holland’s speech was the first time I tly worried that my future kids might attend public school wh peers who would be tght about the evils of beg gay, week and week out at church. ” But the proclamatn served a sendary legal role as the church planned s offensive agast gay rights.