The Mormon church has announced that it will ” … no longer charter Varsity or Venturing units with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and Scouts Canada effective Jan. 1 2018.” As a result of the Mormon church’s decision to pull out of these programs, meant for boys aged 14-18, the Boy Scouts expects to…
The Church of Latter Day Saints last week announced a new policy regarding gay couples and their children. The Church now labels married same-sex couples as apostates and bars their children from a naming blessing, baptism or mission call without the approval of the faith’s top leaders. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that late Friday,…
SALT LAKE CITY — The National LGBTQ Task Force today welcomed the comments of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader Dallin H. Oaks condemning government officials who “apply (their) duties selectively according to their personal preferences — whatever their source.” His comments were widely seen as referring to Kentucky clerk Kim Davis who discriminated…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign has strongly condemned an extreme anti-equality bill introduced in the Utah House of Representatives and questioned whether the Mormon church is behind the bill. Geared toward undermining equality in a shroud of religious language, HB 322 – the so-called “Religious Liberty Recognition and Protection Act” – was introduced by…
Convening a rare press conference on Tuesday at church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Mormon leaders pledged to support anti-discrimination laws for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, as long the laws also protect the rights of religious groups, reports CNN. In exchange, the Mormon church wants gay rights advocates — and the government —…
The Mormon Church has moved to excommunicate the prominent Utah-based founder of an online forum for being critical of or doubting Mormons, charging him with apostasy for supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women and for questioning church teaching, reports the New York Times. John Dehlin is the founder of Mormon Stories Podcast (http://mormonstories.org)….
