On this week's 'Mormon Land,' our guests discuss the support voiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the Respect for Marriage Act.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stunned many insiders and outsiders recently when it, a federal measure designed to codify same-sex marriage while shielding religious organizations from fully embracing such unions.
While that exemption allows the Utah-based faith and Brigham Young University, for instance, to continue their present LGBTQ policies, the monumental move nonethelessthe church has acknowledged the legitimacy of civil same-sex marriage, a practice it has famously preached and politicked against. Many members were delighted; some were dismayed. Either way, the announcement represented a sort-of middle-way path that the church and its top leaders, including First Presidency member
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