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Working to curtail the civil rights of LGBT Californians was unloving and discourteous. Working to exclude LGBT and nonreligious people from the Boy Scouts was
by pseudalopex 7y ago
Working to curtail the civil rights of LGBT Californians was unloving and discourteous. Working to exclude LGBT and nonreligious people from the Boy Scouts was unloving and discourteous.
Civil rights groups endorsed the Utah compromise because it was the best bill that could passed in Utah at the time. They don't consider it a model for the rest of the country.[1]
[1] https://thinkprogress.org/utah-bill-would-ban-lgbt-discrimination-with-some-big-exceptions-767990f9a9fc/ https://thinkprogress.org/utah-bill-would-ban-lgbt-discrimin...
- lcall 7y agoThanks for your comment. In case it's useful to anyone, this outlines the Church's beliefs on the importance and nature of the family (not intended to be "against", so to speak, anyone): https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/family-home-evening-resource-book/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/family-home... ...and one with related quotes/comments on specifics, following it: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/eternal-marriage-student-manual/the-family-a-proclamation?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/eternal-mar... (A big factor is that we don't feel authorized to change the commandments, which we believe come from God, our Father.)