“The LDS church has been criticized for being anti-gay, recently surrounding the Prop.8 measure in California.”
Which is why this story shocks me. Something is not right here. If the Mormons fought so hard for Prop. 8 why would they turn around and do this?
“Which is why this story shocks me. Something is not right here. If the Mormons fought so hard for Prop. 8 why would they turn around and do this?”
It was a gay pride march in liberal gay friendly SLC, and some Mormons participated.
The Mormons that participated obviously would not support Prop 8, but the greater LDS community did and got criticized.
SLC is fewer than 200,000 population in a metro area numbering millions.
SLC is a relatively small part of the greater SLC metro area, and includes the university, etc. plus some liberal sections. The city has elected liberals for mayor for example.
I think the article said 300 Mormons marched. Almost any hurch has its liberal dissidents, and Mormonism obviously does as well.
I’ve read that less than half of Catholics believe or follow their church’s rules, so I’m not amazed that Mormonism is not a monolith, either. Some of them smoke, drink, etc.
It is likely that many of those three hundred will be called in at the local congregations by their Bishop and be counceled with. If they persist or indicate that they are actively supporting this lifestyle, they will be subject to Church discipline which could mean excommunication from the Church.
The Church teaches that gay/lesbain behavior is a sin and not to be promoted. People can be gay or lesbian inclined and still be members, but they have to repent and live a cellebate lifestyle and not fornicate. If they repent and the blood of Christ is sincerely accepted and adopted, then their hearts will change and ultimately they will adopt a normal, smiled upon by God lifestyle and seek companionship and marriage according to His Word.
For the reason that "practicint Catholics" march for abortion. It happens.