LDS Church says children of same-sex couples cannot be members
"It feels like they
are extending an olive branch and hitting you with it," said Wendy
Montgomery, who is Mormon and has a 17-year-old gay son. "It's like this
emotional whiplash."
I
didn’t realize that “Any Day Now” was R rated when I had reserved it at the
library – or I probably wouldn’t have checked it out. But it was in my
possession and thus I chose to watch it.
I gave a brief synopsis of the plot in the post found here.
I
thought it to be a spoiler to reveal what happened to Marco towards the end of
the show. Seems symbolically fitting to
me that the Church’s latest act of discrimination will end the same. Keep in mind this post also – for the
policies of the Church aren’t representatious of the gospel.
I
think Wendy Montgomery was accurate in her quote from this news story.
How
dare they. Why must the Church be so discriminatory? A child who comes from a broken home, abusive
parents, alcoholism, parents who commit adultery or are dishonest, parents who
are in jail due to some horrific crime – they can be baptized and come to
primary and experience fellowship with the youth. But a child from a gay couple who had to jump
hoops to parent the child – who obviously has a tremendous amount of love –
cannot be baptized until he or she is no longer living with GLTB parents. Please!
So
the church has now placed a condition upon these innocent kids to stay with a
same sex couple or be baptized in a Church that discriminates. Well, that’s a no brainer. Why would said
child even want to be baptized? What is
his incentive? The same eternal promise
that the child from a less than perfect home will have? See this post
It
is indeed a sad day for Mormonism. I find rather ironic that the theme for the church is to "Come Unto Christ" but then they enforce these stipulations. We're told that we have our free agency, and then they tell us how to vote (proclamation 8 for example) I, for
one, am ashamed.
