"We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage between a man and a woman. And there's a huge difference between those two points," Elder L. Whitney Clayton, of the Presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy told KSL News.
One day after last year's election--in which the Church supported California's Proposition 8--Elder Clayton stressed the support of traditional marriage.
The Church's First Presidency also released a statement, which reads, in part, that the Church "does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights or probate rights."
"The LDS Church says it does not oppose same sex couples receiving such rights as hospitalization and medical care, fair housing rights, or probate rights," Mike Thompson, with Equality Utah, said in 2008.
The Church's Official Endorsement of these laws is sure to generate its own brand of controversy. Critics will say that the Church is making huge concessions to a group that it has battled since the Gay Rights movement began. In the words of one anonymous critic:
"The Church should have just stayed out of this. By endorsing this legislation they now appear to be promoting the Gay Agenda instead of fighting it. The law would have gone through without their endorsement. Its an embarrassment that did not need to happen. We need leadership, not concessions."
Mormon doctrine opposes homosexuality as both evil and vile. yet, the Church teaches its members to love the sinner, but hate the sin.
The official Church statement reads:
"... the Church "does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights or probate rights."
"Its demoralizing," explained another critic, "We worked so hard in California to push back the Gay Agenda. I just don't understand this at all. This is about our Constitutional Right to enjoy "Freedom of Association". Salt Lake City is only 30% Mormon. Homosexuals only make up 1-3% of the population nationwide. There are plenty of housing and employment opportunities out there for them."
Some small businesses across the valley are even even thinking of relocating outside of the City limits:
"If I am forced to hire someone that I don't trust for my family business, its time to move. This city used to be about Family Values. My business is a Family business and I don't plan on bringing in cross-dressers, transvestites, or openly Gay employees anytime soon. Its just not good for business." (SLC businessman)
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We live in a time and age that, mind of God in man and woman diluted and watered down.
Souls have fallen even from Heavens :because of free will factor and now on earth anything goes!
So called "leaders" that spouse to lead the nations to prosperity and peace, have eyes but sees not, have ears but hears it not!
heart are beating yet walls within it prevents love of God to be felt!
eyes are blinded neither can see haven nor the hell
One 1000 wrong deeds does not equal to "one right act".
Therefore many perversions became acceptable by many, few to list them here.
1-Killing the unborn child children!
2-Perverted music and art
3-Making war in order to achieve peace!
4-Perverted sexual practices, namely gay rights!
Woe, to you humanity that you lost the ability to discern the right from the wrong and wrong from the right.
This earth dose not haphazardly stand in space and rotate in a perfect harmony and balance to house your miss deeds, not so!
Divine recording angels do record every thought, word and deed in the book of life, far beyond your mortal perception, therefore when the cup is full then scales are tipped when that happens continents are rise and fall and civilizations gets wiped away. You who reading these words and you know within your hears of hearts your short comings, I say to you: Ask mercy and forgiveness to your miss deeds and sin no more less the worst shall come upon thee!
As I see it...there is a big difference between "not opposing" and "endorsing". I don't see this as a concession...but a statement of neutrality. Perhaps it could even be "agreeing with thine enemy while in the way" to some degree.
What does anti-gay mean? I'm sure that we could come up with a variety of definitions.
Does not being anti-gay automatically make someone pro-gay?
Would I be considered pro-gay if I wholeheartedly support the rights of homosexuals to use their moral agency to break the commandments by living out their carnal desires?
Hmmmm...
Masonry is homosexuality. Anyone who reads the works of Albert Pike oor Crowely at face value can't deny their homoeroticism. This is in fact verified in the many time throughout their texts wherein they plainly state that the symbols and sayings will remain hidden because the smart will refuse to concede the simple meaning. Secret societies are tools of zionists used to undermine societies, and the dissemination of homosexuality, female discontent, and a revolutionary ethos are the tools of secret societies. Makow has a great article on the homosexuality at the heart of Masonry. A man incapable of loving, let alone providing and dying for, women and children is destructive and corrosive to society. That such men might be made the norm is a central plank of the social engineers.
Hi Paul,
I've never met a homosexual man whose personal universe was any larger than his penis.
Rich
Promoting equal rights for all is not the same thing as consenting to all the things that will be done with those rights. God has a policy of free will, and the constitutions 14 amendment demands equal rights for all.
The church does not oppose anybody, it opposes sin. Homosexual relations are sinful and a perversion of God's plan.
It is also sinful to deny health care or housing to children of God.
There are celibate homosexuals in good standing within the chruch. Same sex attraction is not a sin, but acting upon it will get you excommunicated in a jiffy.
Not likely to be put in print, but here is what God's word says on the matter of homosexuality...like an adding machine, that is the only thing that counts, God said it, I believe it, case closed!
Romans 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
In addition: 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
America has loved it's easy days - America has loved it's comforts - America has loved it's malls - America has loved it's large trucks and cars -
It's forgoten the real value of it's people and their education concerning the real purpose of Life.
America has forgoten the Truth of the Royal Law!
And has become a people governed by a system of Fallen Man's devices and his royalty.
America has forgoten it's way concerning Truth.
The real Truth: One Nation Under God - In full sight of His Living Word - Once the Word becomes a religious guideline of a nation instead of a foundation of support and moral headship the end is closer than the recovery.
Fallen man is not able to fool,trick,deceive,lie,or continue in this nations course without a strict action of correction. The corruption and greed factor of the USA despite all the good works are just a stench of the self-righteous contentions of the nation as she shakes her fist at the requirements of a just and Moral God.
Once the discipline of Truth is layed down, no nation is strong enough to pick it back up. Weakened and Lost in it's own devices of personal national shame, still wanting all the old glory and habits that dilluted the national morallity and honor she continues on in the production of and allowance of habits that tear her down and expose her shame.
America is not a bride waitting for her husband.
America is a harlet waitting for the judgement of Truth in Christ Jesus. Wake Up America, The Gospel of Christ and His Lordship is the escape from the impending judgement that has been loosed on this fallen system of America and her self-righteousness
When you move past the wantings and the fallen principals of man there is a truth that I long to hear from the mouth of man: The Lord Jesus when He comes to gather his church, ie. His body, the one that is refered to as a new creation.
The old things {shameful and sinful habits] having passed away under the blood of Jesus - and behold all things have become brand new [a moral and ethical base] conformed in the image of God, [the hidden man of the heart - the spirit]
Well then if God never changes, yet we as those that have accepted Christ as our Savior refuse to change and just walk around in the montra of the world and not feasting on the Living word of Truth, the Bread of Life, then we will deny the truth of His act reconciliation and spiritual transformation [born of the Spirit from above] and remain follows of the father of lies, satan, the prince of the power of the air.
When we see ourselves as we should we as the body of Christ have overcome sin, death, and the grave. As He is in heaven so are we! Overcomers able to resist the wiles of the deceiver, and walk in holliness and truth, we get free.
Be ye holy, even as I am holy. Set apart and filled with the tounge of a ready writer according to Truth,
not deception and compromise.
He has judged the sin of the world in the strict measure of the legal arms of his Word. No sin shall stand in His Presence - This is why individuals are to be baptised into the conformity of His death, so that we might walk in the newness of Life in Christ Jesus.
All are deceived within this doctrine of lies and will suffer the consequence of rebelion toward God.
There is no gay christian or christian gay fellowship that stands in the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. It's not possible!
A very well written and concise article and with scriptures to boot.
Thank you for posting this one. It is really on the mark and full of hope that strugglers with this will be making the right choices. Personally God used it to minister to me during my own struggle. I had many strikes against me as a child but the Lord has helped me overcome them as I live my life. (I have a great family and 6 kids).
I was amazed the essay was linked to Rense and very glad Jeff did so. It will help alot of folks I think if they take it to heart.
I don't think we have much time to get our lives in order as I feel the day of the Lord is fast approaching.
Nice to make your aquaintance through your writings and will be looking at more articles as you post them.
Kentucky Rich
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