“Hallelujah! Latter-day Saints can go ahead and bake a wedding cake and sell it to a gay or lesbian couple without reservation or reproach. I wanna shout!” Gordon Monson writes.
at least, the church’s backing of the bill protecting same-sex marriage is enough of a tip for all Latter-day Saints to jump aboard the good wagon without regret.It allows faithful members of every Latter-day Saint congregation, every Latter-day Saint family to throw their legal support behind not just same-sex marriage but also LGBTQ individuals all around. They can accept and embrace everyone, without reservation.
The doctrine may not have changed, but the church’s support for protecting the rights of LGBTQ couples in marriage is far more than a footnote.It is permission, for those inside the church who need such approval, to support those who love whom they love, regardless of gender.have felt comfortable vocalizing that support. Now, according to the proposed and supported codification of same-sex marriage, they can, as they support what the church has supported.
It may be convoluted and contradicting, but it is a joyful step in a progressive direction for a faith organization that preaches love for all, love for neighbors of every sort, but that sometimes has a strange way of showing it. Certainly, many Latter-day Saints — not all — are eager to not just accept their family and friends who are LGBTQ but also to outwardly and openly rejoice in their wedded happiness.
And maybe those Latter-day Saints will be unafraid to speak about it among themselves and in church meetings, remembering the faith’s push for the bill, hanging better hope on it, whether it’s God’s law or the law of the land that God’s church supported.This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.
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