Tag: Mormon church
Mormon church drops anti-LGBT policy from 2015, saying children of same-sex couples now can...
(CNN)The Mormon church will no longer consider same-sex couples "apostates" and will allow their children to be baptized into the church without special approval from church leaders, the church said in a surprise announcement Thursday.
The announcement was made by Dallin Oaks, a member of the church's First Presidency, at a conference in Salt Lake City.
"Previously, our Handbook characterized same-gender marriage by a member as apostasy," the church said in a statement. "While we still consider such a marriage to...
New Zealand’s new Prime Minister left the Mormon church because she believes in gay...
'How could I subscribe to a religion that just didn't account for gay people?'
New Zealand’s new Prime Minister has vowed to be a progressive leader.
Jacinda Ardern’s left-leaning Labour party will form a coalition government with NZ First and the Green party.
Jacinda Ardern is now leader of New Zealand
‘This is an exciting day. We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand,’ she announced.
‘We will...