LGBT Mormons can still clean LDS Church meetinghouses, but they can never be in same-sex relationship. How horrible is that?!

Posted: 29 July 2014 07:35 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]   

   
 
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 Does this also mean that they are being excluded from ward cleaning duties?  
 
Since the restoration of the gospel in this dispensation, from time to time there have been made administrative decisions by the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve acting unitedly in their roles as Prophets, Seers, and Revelators.
 
In order to hasten the work of expanding the real estate holdings of this Church, it has become necessary for faithful members of the Church to take a more active role in the maintenance, cleaning, and upkeep of our buildings.
 
Acting unitedly by revelation as Prophets, Seers, and Revelators, we have determined that all faithful members are to accomplish this by regularly cleaning the temples and meetinghouses of the Church.  Those who clean the temples must hold temple reccommends.  Temple recommends are not, however, required to participate in the blessings of cleaning the meetinghouses.  Additionally, after much prayer, we have determined that all members, regardless of sexual orientation, are to share in the blessings of church cleaning and in the blessings of paying tithing.  These blessings are for all members, irregardless of whether or not they have formal church callings.  These blessings of paying tithing and cleaning church buildings may be revoked should a member with same-sex attractions act on them.
 
May the Lord bless you as you clean his meetinghouses and temples.
 
Sincerely,
 
The First Presidency  






Wow. So, people with same-sex attractions are only allowed to clean LDS Church buildings and pay their tithing offerings to the church as long as they never act on their sexual attractions with another person of the same-sex? I'm glad that I am no longer a member of the LDS Church. Hopefully, those LGBT Mormons won't bother cleaning LDS Church meetinghouses or pay tithing offerings to the church since they cannot be sexually-active with a consenting adult partner of the same gender. That is horrible.  Why should LGBT Mormons accept second-class status in the LDS Church? The prejudiced attitudes towards same-sex relationships and gay sex really shows you how Orthodox Mormonism largely revolves around assuaging the white, heterosexual, male, wealthy, politically-conservative, Christian fundamentalist ego. Think about it.


Sincerely,


B.W.