Mormon Church Calls For Compassion Toward Gays
by abhatt • 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.”
