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same-sex marriage

The November 5 Policy as an Abrahamic Test

January 8, 2018

On November 5, 2015, it was leaked that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was enacting a new policy towards members of the Church in a same-sex relationship and their children. The “November 5 Policy” or the “Exclusion Policy,” as it is sometimes variously called, states the following concerning the blessing of “children … Read more

Tags Abraham, November 5, same-sex marriage, trials 12 Comments

Why Doesn’t the Book of Mormon Say Anything About Homosexuality?

October 19, 2017

The other week I was riding in the car of a senior missionary couple when the senior sister asked me, “If the Book of Mormon was written for our day, why doesn’t it say anything about homosexuality? After all, the Bible has the story of Sodom. Why doesn’t the Book of Mormon have anything like … Read more

Tags Bible, Book of Mormon, Homosexuality, same-sex marriage 13 Comments

Of Gays and Gentiles: A Thought Experiment

August 28, 2017May 26, 2017

The future of Mormonism? During his mortal ministry, Jesus commanded his disciples to restrict their preaching to the house of Israel. Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples . . . [and] sent [them] out with the following instructions: Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the … Read more

Tags LGBT, Mormon theology, same-sex marriage 39 Comments

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