{"id":83357,"date":"2019-04-04T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mormon-church-dumps-horrific-anti-gay-policy-will-allow-lgbt-children-to-be-baptized-and-no-longer-label-same-sex-parents-as-apostates\/"},"modified":"2019-04-04T12:25:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:25:30","slug":"mormon-church-dumps-horrific-anti-gay-policy-will-allow-lgbt-children-to-be-baptized-and-no-longer-label-same-sex-parents-as-apostates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mormon-church-dumps-horrific-anti-gay-policy-will-allow-lgbt-children-to-be-baptized-and-no-longer-label-same-sex-parents-as-apostates\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Church Dumps Horrific Anti-Gay Policy, Will Allow LGBT Children to Be Baptized and No Longer Label Same-Sex Parents as \u2018Apostates\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mormon Church Dumps Horrific Anti-Gay Policy, Will Allow LGBT Children to Be Baptized and No Longer Label Same-Sex Parents as \u2018Apostates\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Dallin H. Oaks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announced on Thursday that it was dropping a horrific anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> policy it implemented in 2015 which  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-mormons-same-sex-marriage-20151106-story.html\">labeled gay church members as \u201capostates\u201d<\/a> and banning the children of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> parents from receiving blessings and baptism until the age of 18. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/11\/thousands-leave-mormon-church-after-new-policy-labels-gay-members-apostates-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Thousands left the church in 2015 (opens in a new tab)\">Thousands left the church in 2015<\/a> after the new policy was announced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/first-presidency-messages-general-conference-leadership-session-april-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"In a message from President the LDS Church from its General Conference Leadership Session (opens in a new tab)\">In a message from President the LDS Church from its General Conference Leadership Session<\/a>, President Dallin Oaks said that \u201ceffective immediately, children of parents who identify themselves as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> or transgender may be baptized without First Presidency approval if the custodial parents give permission for the baptism and understand both the doctrine that a baptized child will be taught and the covenants he or she will be expected to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreviously, our Handbook characterized same-gender marriage by a member as apostasy,\u201d the message continued. \u201cWhile we still consider such a marriage to be a serious transgression, it will not be treated as apostasy for purposes of Church discipline. Instead, the immoral conduct in heterosexual or homosexual relationships will be treated in the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The message concluded: \u201cThe very positive policies announced this morning should help affected families. In addition, our members\u2019 efforts to show more understanding, compassion and love should increase respect and understanding among all people of goodwill. We want to reduce the hate and contention so common today. We are optimistic that a majority of people \u2014 whatever their beliefs and orientations \u2014 long for better understanding and less contentious communications. 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Oaks The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announced on Thursday that it was dropping a horrific anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> policy it implemented in 2015 which labeled <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> church members as \u201capostates\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mormon-church-dumps-horrific-anti-gay-policy-will-allow-lgbt-children-to-be-baptized-and-no-longer-label-same-sex-parents-as-apostates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mormon Church Dumps Horrific Anti-Gay Policy, Will Allow LGBT Children to Be Baptized and No Longer Label Same-Sex Parents as \u2018Apostates\u2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mormon Church Dumps Horrific Anti-Gay Policy, Will Allow LGBT Children to Be Baptized and No Longer Label Same-Sex Parents as \u2018Apostates\u2019 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mormon-church-dumps-horrific-anti-gay-policy-will-allow-lgbt-children-to-be-baptized-and-no-longer-label-same-sex-parents-as-apostates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mormon Church Dumps Horrific Anti-Gay Policy, Will Allow LGBT Children to Be Baptized and No Longer Label Same-Sex Parents as \u2018Apostates\u2019 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mormon Church Dumps Horrific Anti-Gay Policy, Will Allow LGBT Children to Be Baptized and No Longer Label Same-Sex Parents as \u2018Apostates\u2019 Dallin H. 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