• Mormon Church Calls For Compassion Toward Gays

    by  • December 9, 2012 • Bay Area, Black Church Information, News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    The Mormon church has launched a new campaign encouraging its members to be more compassionate toward the LGBT community.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a website, mormonsandgays.com, which calls for Mormons of all stripes to “love one another.”

    CNN reported that the website appears to support the belief held by some gay-marriage activists that the LDS church is “toning down its opposition to same-sex marriage.”

    But AP said church leaders still insist “they aren’t changing the Mormon teaching that same-sex relationships are sinful.”

    Still, church leaders say they hope the new resource will foster a greater “understanding of homosexuality among Mormons and a more civil conversation about the issue.”

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