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In recent years, Pope Francis suffered various health issues and was recently discharged from the hospital. He leaves behind a complicated legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.
This policy has just been added to the manual for church leaders, along with adding same-sex marriage to the definition of apostasy, for which the penalty can be excommunication.
The church will still deny baptism to most children of same-sex couples.
A same-sex couple in Brazil notified Vatican City of the baptism of their three adopted children, but they never expected a response.Â
While the church remains anti-LGBTQ in many ways, it will no longer deny baptism to most children of same-sex couples.
A gay, married Mormon with a family weighs in on the Church’s latest antigay policy, which bars children of same-sex parents from blessings and baptism.Â
A new Church policy that bars children of gay and lesbian parents from baptism until they are 18 is prompting many LGBT-supportive Mormons to reconsider their religious affiliation.Â
Thousands marched, cried, and mailed letters of resignation to the Church of Latter-Day Saints in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday.
By placing the controversial policy in its missionary manual, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirms its official status.
Nineteen-year-old Vuk Adzic said he feels "church is my only safe harbor."
Russell Nelson, who stands to become the Mormon Church's next president, cites God's will for its stepped-up opposition to same-sex marriage.
But hey, they'll baptize your kids now.
Organizer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons said he welcomed the church's support but made clear he disagrees with its antigay doctrine.
"There was the need for a distinction to be made between what may be legal and what may be the law of the church and the law of the Lord," says Elder D. Todd Christofferson.
A policy against baptizing children of same-sex couples, now written into a missionary guide, has some saying yes, while others think the church still may go in a different direction.
Church officials say the Boy Scouts' liberalization of gay and trans policies did not factor in the decision, though Mormon leaders previously expressed concern about the Scouts' pro-LGBT stances.
