The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' own newsroom article, 4 April 2019, announcing that children of LGBT parents may again be named, blessed and baptized without First Presidency approval, and that a member's same-gender marriage is no longer classified as apostasy for Church discipline purposes, reversing the November 2015 handbook policy.
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The church's own official newsroom, announcing its own First Presidency's policy change on the day it was made. NotesAnnounced 4 April 2019: children of parents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender may be named, blessed and baptized without First Presidency approval, reversing the November 2015 restriction. Same-gender marriage by a member is still considered a serious transgression but will no longer be treated as apostasy for purposes of Church discipline, meaning homosexual immorality is now treated in the same manner as heterosexual immorality rather than as its own automatic disciplinary category. The church states these changes do not alter its doctrine on marriage, chastity or morality.
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PublisherThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Newsroom)
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/love-motivated-policy-changes-toward-lgbt-parents-children
Source Typeinstitutional announcement
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Custodian BasisThe church's own official newsroom, publishing its own First Presidency's policy statement in its own name.
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