Posted on 11/15/2022 5:39:05 PM PST by Ennis85
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it would back proposed federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages, marking the latest show of support for the measure from conservative-leaning groups.
The nearly 17-million member, Utah-based faith said in a statement that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God’s commandments. Yet it said it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn’t infringe upon religious groups’ right to believe as they choose.
“We believe this approach is the way forward. As we work together to preserve the principles and practices of religious freedom together with the rights of LGBTQ individuals much can be accomplished to heal relationships and foster greater understanding,” the church said in a statement posted on its website.
Support for the Respect for Marriage Act under consideration in Congress is the church’s latest step to stake out a more welcoming stance toward the LGBTQ community while holding firm to its belief that same-sex relationships are sinful. Still, its stance toward LGBTQ people — including those who grow up in the church — remains painful for many.
Patrick Mason, a professor of religious studies at Utah State University, said the church’s position was both a departure from and continuation of its past stances — respecting laws yet working to safeguard religious liberty and ensuring they won’t be forced to perform same-sex marriages or grant them official church sanction.
“This is part of the church’s overall theology essentially sustaining the law of the land, recognizing that what they dictate and enforce for their members in terms of their behavior is different than what it means to be part of a pluralistic society,” he said.
The faith opposes same-sex marriage and sexual intimacy, but it has taken a more welcoming stance to LGBTQ people in recent years. In 2016, it declared that same-sex attraction is not a sin, while maintaining that acting on it was.
The bill, which has won support from Democrats and Republicans, is set for a test vote in the Senate Wednesday, with a final vote as soon as this week or later this month. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, with Justice Clarence Thomas issuing a concurring opinion indicating that an earlier high court decision protecting same-sex marriage could come under threat.
The Mormon Church also will gladly support Brain Implants and Transhumanism since it’s a part of their belief system....
“Ye shall be as gods...”
Fools
Et tu, Morone?
Joe Smith looking into his magic hat...and seeing that????
I doubt this will get more butts into the pews (or whatever Mormons sit on in church).
Lets see Willards comment on this.....The Bishop might get something wrong on that..........
Y I K E S !
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings
1 Timothy 4:1
I’m not sure you did what you did, there, but it was pretty good!
Running out of wives to beat, they now seek husbands?
Yeah, I know it’s cold. I’ve known my share and then some. It isn’t a pattern unless it repeats, ok?
Fake church, fake religion.
Ca$h
Well that’s just Moroni.
They know it’s the path to polygamy. That’s what they want although they pretend otherwise.
Well they like bigamy and Myth Romney.
They worship fake gods.
Sodomy seems par for the course.
Next up: polygamy !
... as if the Mormonism wasn’t heretical enough.
I’ve expected this shift for years.
They found another missing golden page of the Book of Mormons. Then promptly lost it again.
Ain’t religion fun!
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