SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some LGBTQ support groups are raising concerns about a Mormon church leader's talk reaffirming opposition to same-sex marriage as well as the belief that gender is eternal.

KUTV reports Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, made comments about traditional marriage and gender last Saturday during the Church's General Conference.

Oaks said, in part: "Our knowledge of God's revealed plan of salvation requires us to oppose many of the current social and legal pressures to retreat from traditional marriage or to make changes that confuse or alter gender or homogenize the differences between men and women."

Church member Debra Coe, whose son is gay, says she worries Oaks' words will divide families because parents will reject their LGBTQ children.

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Information from: KUTV-TV, http://www.kutv.com/