Category: Homosexuality
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A PR Nightmare? The LDS Church and Its Support of a “Marriage Bill”
Listen to a three-episode Viewpoint on Mormonism series titled The LDS Church and the Respect for Marriage Act Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 that aired November 28-30, 2022. On November 15, 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decided to publicly support a “marriage” bill that includes those involved in same-sex unions.…
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A Change Made to a Controversial “Policy”: God’s Directive or a Political Adjustment?
The leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) reversed a church “policy” in 2019 that had been implemented just three and a half years earlier. The original policy made on November 3, 2015 stated how “a natural or adopted child of a parent living in a same-gender relationship, whether…
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No Room for Debate: Mormon Church’s Controversial Policy Revealed By God
It seems that perhaps the Mormon Church is tired of all the dissention and discussion regarding the Church’s recently revealed policy affecting same-sex couples and their children. It began in early November (2015) when the Church Handbook of Instructions was changed to include a directive for Church leaders to the effect that same-sex Mormon couples…
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Homosexuality (Defined)
Homosexuality. Strongly prohibited in the LDS church. A person who is a practicing homosexual is not allowed to get a temple recommend. Twelfth President Spencer W. Kimball explained, “In this context, where stands the perversion of homosexuality? Clearly it is hostile to God’s purpose in that it negates his first and great commandment to ‘multiply…
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Isn’t this America?
Meridian Magazine, billing itself as “The Place Where Latter-day Saints Gather,” recently ran an article written by reader Michelle Worley. Titled “Standing Up for Prop 8: ‘I Hope You Know We’re Not Haters,’” the article recounts Ms. Worley’s experience standing at a busy intersection holding a sign in support of the California marriage amendment. Encountering…
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Prop 8, Hate Speech, and Plural Marriage
Eight years ago, 61 percent of California voters passed Proposition 22, the “California Defense of Marriage Act.” The proposition read very simply: “Only marriage between a man and woman is valid or recognized in California.” No doubt many Californians thought that because the people had spoken, the issue was over. But this was not to…
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What Happens When Mormons Reject Core Principles of the LDS Church?
Buckley Jeppson, lifelong member of the LDS Church, has been all over the news this past week. Buckley’s ‘claim to fame’ is his 2004 Toronto wedding to partner Mike Kessler. The Deseret News reports: “A gay man who is a lifetime member of the LDS Church could be facing disciplinary action and excommunication after legally…