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.'
Contents:
- NEW POLICY ON GAY COUPL AND THEIR CHILDREN ROILS MORMON CHURCH
- MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH, BUT ACTIVISTS SAY ISN'T ENOUGH
- MORMON CHURCH’S GAY POLICY MEANS THE NEXT PROPHET’S CHALLENGE MAY BE RETAG LENNIALS, WHO VIEW POLICS AND ISSU DIFFERENTLY THAN OLR MEMBERS
- MORMON GAY POLICY IS 'WILL OF THE LORD' THROUGH HIS PROPHET, SENR APOSTLE SAYS
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. * mormon gay policy *
Instead, the immoral nduct heterosexual or homosexual relatnships will be treated the same way.
MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH, BUT ACTIVISTS SAY ISN'T ENOUGH
But, by no longer nsirg same-sex marriag “apostasy, ” the church has sentially lifted the threat of exmunitn for gay upl, church experts 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.
On April 4, 2019, the Mormon church announced an update to an antigay policy monly referred to as the "policy of excln. " 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. 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.
MORMON CHURCH’S GAY POLICY MEANS THE NEXT PROPHET’S CHALLENGE MAY BE RETAG LENNIALS, WHO VIEW POLICS AND ISSU DIFFERENTLY THAN OLR MEMBERS
" 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.
MORMON GAY POLICY IS 'WILL OF THE LORD' THROUGH HIS PROPHET, SENR APOSTLE SAYS
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.