Mormons and gays

Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world. All homosexual sexual activity is condemned as sinful by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in its law of chastity, and the church teaches that God does not approve of same-sex marriage.

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Join the HuffPost Community. The church also faced scrutiny about closed doorone-on-one interviews between youth and local adult leaders where questions might arise about identity and sexuality. Members of the church who experience homosexual attractions, including those who self-identify.

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Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night at the age ofchurch officials announced. Nelson also appointed non-American leaders to the all-white and mostly American top governing body and pushed to publish regional hymnbooks that celebrate local music and culture worldwide.

He ascended to the presidency in January when Thomas S. Monson died and in became the first president of the faith to hit the century mark. The Family Fellowship is a service and support group for Mormons with gay and lesbian family members.

Mormons Building Bridges is a community of Latter-day Saints dedicated to conveying love and acceptance to all those who identify as LGBTQI and those who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria. The faith changed its guidelines to direct lay leaders never to disregard a report of abuse, a more direct instruction than previous guidelines.

Untilthe church banned Black men from the lay priesthood, a policy rooted in the racist belief that black skin was a curse. The next president of the faith, known widely as the Mormon church, was not immediately named, but is expected to be Dallin H.

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Nelson also made headlines the next year when he repealed rules that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and labeled same-sex couples as sinners eligible for expulsion. The first version of this site launched in December under the title "Mormons and Gays." The new appellation, "Mormon and Gay," reflects the reality that a person doesn’t need to choose between these two identities — one can, in fact, be gay and live faithful to the teachings of Christ.

Mike Lee of Utah posted a warm tribute to Nelson on social media shortly after the announcement. Those policies had generated widespread backlash. Nelson, a former heart surgeon, spent four decades in the highest levels of church leadership after he was selected in to join a top church governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

It also allowed children to bring a parent or adult with them during one-one-one interviews with local church leaders known as bishops. The church disavowed the reasons behind the ban in a essay, but never issued a formal apology. Already contributed?

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