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Hoping for a New Day Dawning in the LDS Church<\/b>
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Thomas S. Monson, who presided over the rapidly-growing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) since 2008, died Monday at his home in Salt Lake City. Monson, 90, who served in church leadership for more than 54 years, died of “causes incident to age,\u201d according to a church release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe offer our condolences to Monson\u2019s family and loved ones, and also to the many LDS members who have come to embrace their LGBTQ children, family and friends while working tirelessly to move their church towards an affirming stance,\u201d said Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, HRC Foundation\u2019s Director of Latinx and Catholic Initiatives. \u201cAs the church contemplates its path forward, we call<\/a> on leaders to take this opportunity to open their hearts and doors and examine the pain many of their policies have caused to the LGBTQ community.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Monson\u2019s tenure, thousands of Mormons resigned<\/a> from the church to protest a new policy<\/a> that includes a ban on the baptism of children of same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a>. That policy also\u00a0characterizes the relationships of Mormons in same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a> as \u201cserious transgressions,\u201d and describes such couples<\/a> as apostates of the faith who could be excommunicated.<\/p>\n

During the first year of his presidency, Monson also played a painful leading role in the passage of California\u2019s Proposition 8<\/a>. The ballot measure, passed as a constitutional amendment, defined marriage as between a man<\/a> and woman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Across the nation, LGBTQ Mormons and their allies are already having important conversations about the role of faith in their lives. In 2017, HRC Foundation released \u201cComing Home to Mormonism Guide,<\/a>\u201d which provides advice and resources to help Mormons in the U.S. looking to engage more deeply with their faith, even in the face of significant challenges.<\/p>\n

In the guide, Mormon LGBTQ advocates Wendy Montgomery and Bryce Cook call<\/a> on the LDS Church to celebrate the full diversity of God\u2019s children. We hope that Monson\u2019s successor will follow their lead, and that a new day is dawning when we can all be embraced for who we are, whom we love and practice our faith without fear of rejection.<\/p>\n

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