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Mormons reverse policy, allow blessings and baptism for kids of gay parents
Oregonian ^ | 04/05/2019 | Washington Post

Posted on 04/05/2019 8:52:38 AM PDT by aimhigh

Children of LGBT parents can now be blessed or baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, church officials declared in a new policy on Thursday, dramatically reversing a 2015 decision that excluded those children from the rituals until they were 18. The church will also update its handbook for leaders, removing the label of “apostasy” for same-sex marriage.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: celebratesin; gaymormons; homosexualagenda; lds; mormons; romneyagenda; romneymarriage; samesexmarriage; teamromney
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To: Mom MD

Claiming the church mentioned in Scripture is by default Catholicism is making that claim retroactively.

And making a retroactive claim proves nothing.


301 posted on 04/14/2019 4:26:27 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

This, by itself, proves that LDS is a nutcase religion. Note: My religion, Catholicism, has developed plenty of nutcases since Vatican II, but the religion itself — the theology — is anything but nutcase: It is the Lord’’s Word.


302 posted on 04/14/2019 4:34:45 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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