Background:
November 2015:
Elder Christofferson explains updated LDS Church policies on same-sex marriage and children
SALT LAKE CITY — Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said Friday night that the church's updated policies about same-sex couples and their children are designed to be clear and to protect children from conflict.
The changes to a church handbook released Thursday mandate church discipline for same-sex couples who marry and grew out of questions that came from different parts of the world and the United States, Elder Christofferson said in a video posted on the Mormon Newsroom website.
"We recognize that same-sex marriages are now legal in the United States and some other countries," he said, "and that people have the right if they choose to enter into those, and we understand that, but that's not a right that exists in the church. That's the clarification."
He said the new policy restricting children of same-sex couples from baptism until they are 18 originated from "a desire to protect children in their innocence and in their minority years."
"We don't want the child to have to deal with issues that might arise where the parents feel one way and the expectations of the church are very different," he said.
The update affirmed one of the church's fundamental doctrines, that marriage is between a man and a woman. It also clarified that entering a same-sex marriage is considered apostasy and requires a church disciplinary council. The update states that homosexual relations, especially sexual cohabitation, are serious transgressions for which a disciplinary council may be necessary.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-children.html
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Today:
Church to allow baptisms, blessings for children of LGBT parents, updates handbook regarding 'apostasy'
SALT LAKE CITY — Children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender may now be blessed as infants and later baptized as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to updates announced Thursday to November 2015 church policies intended at the time to maintain family harmony but perceived as painful among some supporters of the LGBT community.
The church also will update its handbook of instructions for leaders to remove the label of apostasy for homosexual behavior that also was applied in November 2015, said President Dallin H. Oaks
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Tom Christofferson, who describes himself as a gay, single, active member of the church in good standing, was preparing to get on a plane to Utah, where he will deliver a devotional at the Utah Valley Latter-day Saint Institute in Orem on Friday. He said he was thrilled the announcement would lift one worry for gay parents who want to support their children in the church.
Christofferson, the brother of Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, welcomed church leaders' statements that the updated policies are the result of inspiration.
"The big message to me is that this continues to be something that the brethren are seeking further light and knowledge on, and I'm really grateful for that," added Christofferson
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President Russell M. Nelson, who succeeded President Monson as church president, was president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 2015. He said in early 2016 that the November 2015 policies were the result of revelation. Latter-day Saints believe that God directs the church through ongoing revelation through a living prophet, the church president. President Nelson, who became the church president in January 2018, told general and area authorities from around the world during Thursday morning's meeting that a flurry of policy changes over the past year were inspired by revelation.
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• While same-gender marriage by a church member still is considered a serious transgression, President Oaks said, it no longer will be treated as apostasy for purposes of church discipline
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-apostasy.html
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So basically God changed his mind again.
And how can a gay couple even be in the church to have a child that wants to be "blessed?"
And how can a gay person even be a member (the Tom Christofferson mentioned above) of the church since in order to be saved or temple worthy he would have to be married to a woman? And did you notice he is the gay brother of a member of the quorum of 12?
What the heck is going on in the LDS church?
November 2015:
Elder Christofferson explains updated LDS Church policies on same-sex marriage and children
SALT LAKE CITY — Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said Friday night that the church's updated policies about same-sex couples and their children are designed to be clear and to protect children from conflict.
The changes to a church handbook released Thursday mandate church discipline for same-sex couples who marry and grew out of questions that came from different parts of the world and the United States, Elder Christofferson said in a video posted on the Mormon Newsroom website.
"We recognize that same-sex marriages are now legal in the United States and some other countries," he said, "and that people have the right if they choose to enter into those, and we understand that, but that's not a right that exists in the church. That's the clarification."
He said the new policy restricting children of same-sex couples from baptism until they are 18 originated from "a desire to protect children in their innocence and in their minority years."
"We don't want the child to have to deal with issues that might arise where the parents feel one way and the expectations of the church are very different," he said.
The update affirmed one of the church's fundamental doctrines, that marriage is between a man and a woman. It also clarified that entering a same-sex marriage is considered apostasy and requires a church disciplinary council. The update states that homosexual relations, especially sexual cohabitation, are serious transgressions for which a disciplinary council may be necessary.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-children.html
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Today:
Church to allow baptisms, blessings for children of LGBT parents, updates handbook regarding 'apostasy'
SALT LAKE CITY — Children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender may now be blessed as infants and later baptized as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to updates announced Thursday to November 2015 church policies intended at the time to maintain family harmony but perceived as painful among some supporters of the LGBT community.
The church also will update its handbook of instructions for leaders to remove the label of apostasy for homosexual behavior that also was applied in November 2015, said President Dallin H. Oaks
...
Tom Christofferson, who describes himself as a gay, single, active member of the church in good standing, was preparing to get on a plane to Utah, where he will deliver a devotional at the Utah Valley Latter-day Saint Institute in Orem on Friday. He said he was thrilled the announcement would lift one worry for gay parents who want to support their children in the church.
Christofferson, the brother of Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, welcomed church leaders' statements that the updated policies are the result of inspiration.
"The big message to me is that this continues to be something that the brethren are seeking further light and knowledge on, and I'm really grateful for that," added Christofferson
...
President Russell M. Nelson, who succeeded President Monson as church president, was president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 2015. He said in early 2016 that the November 2015 policies were the result of revelation. Latter-day Saints believe that God directs the church through ongoing revelation through a living prophet, the church president. President Nelson, who became the church president in January 2018, told general and area authorities from around the world during Thursday morning's meeting that a flurry of policy changes over the past year were inspired by revelation.
...
• While same-gender marriage by a church member still is considered a serious transgression, President Oaks said, it no longer will be treated as apostasy for purposes of church discipline
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-apostasy.html
=====
So basically God changed his mind again.
And how can a gay couple even be in the church to have a child that wants to be "blessed?"
And how can a gay person even be a member (the Tom Christofferson mentioned above) of the church since in order to be saved or temple worthy he would have to be married to a woman? And did you notice he is the gay brother of a member of the quorum of 12?
What the heck is going on in the LDS church?
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