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Source: Associated Press
Mormon leaders unveiled a new website Thursday encouraging church members to be more compassionate in discussions about homosexuality.
Church officials insist they haven't changed the Mormon teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman and that same-sex relationships are sinful. However, the website includes an appeal to gay and lesbian Mormons to stay in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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"We must not judge anyone for the feelings they experience," church authorities wrote, saying homosexuality "should not be viewed as a disease or illness."
Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Mormon-church-wants-more-compassion-for-gays-4096810.php
http://www.mormonsandgays.org/
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Then don't sponsor anti gay laws or "clinics" like the one in Utah that "cures the gay."
Botany
Dec 2012
#2
you're still degenrate scum but we are going to be superficially nicer to you. thanks a lot nt
msongs
Dec 2012
#9
They must have figured out their hate speech against gays was costing them $$$.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#13
So are they going to contribute $25 million to the next effort to repeal Prop H8?
KamaAina
Dec 2012
#17
Wow! Only 40 years after the mental health community figured this one out...
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#19