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Related: About this forumMormon Church Calls For Compassion Toward Gays, Says Homosexuality Is Not A Choice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/mormon-church-calls-for-more-compassion-towards-gays-homosexuality-not-a-choice_n_2252874.html?ir=Gay+VoicesMormon leaders unveiled a new website Thursday encouraging church members to be more compassionate in discussions about homosexuality.
Church officials insist they haven't changed the Mormon teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman and that same-sex relationships are sinful. However, the website includes an appeal to gay and lesbian Mormons to stay in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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"We must not judge anyone for the feelings they experience," church authorities wrote, saying homosexuality "should not be viewed as a disease or illness."
Church officials insist they haven't changed the Mormon teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman and that same-sex relationships are sinful. However, the website includes an appeal to gay and lesbian Mormons to stay in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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"We must not judge anyone for the feelings they experience," church authorities wrote, saying homosexuality "should not be viewed as a disease or illness."
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Mormon Church Calls For Compassion Toward Gays, Says Homosexuality Is Not A Choice (Original Post)
TrogL
Dec 2012
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. Of course they want gay and lesbian mormons to stay in the church...
Gotta keep that 10% tithing.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)2. Isn't that essentially the Roman Catholic viewpoint?
"You're innately homosexual, but to act on it is an objectively disordered sin."
*sigh*
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)3. that's what I see
thanks for fucking nothing
Science Geek
(161 posts)4. The Mormon church is incredibly insulting...
That's about all I can say about the new 'outreach' by this church...
From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
Compassion:
: sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.
Firstly, being gay is not a state of distress, and I don't need anyone to alleviate it.
I don't want or need anyone's compassion for being gay, frankly it's about the most
incredibly insulting way there is to pronounce judgement on someone as being a defective
human being from behind a smokescreen of feigned concern.
In a word, pathetic.
pinto
(106,886 posts)6. Good point.
William769
(55,147 posts)5. To fucking late!
They all can kiss my ass.