I have, until this point, remained (mostly) quiet about things regarding the Mormon church, other than the fact that I left because I was done. However, if you’re LDS, you might want to just hit the back button and go back to your happy planet. This will likely offend you.

Today, the church rolled out http://mormonandgay.lds.org in what appears to be the same message they’ve been sending rolled up with a pretty little bow. They rolled out something that looks to be their equivalent of a kneejerk reaction to a mass exodus that started last year.

Why was there a mass exodus, you ask? Because on November 5, 2015, they made a policy change stating that children of same-sex parents aren’t allowed to be blessed or baptized until they’re 18, and even then, they have to “disavow the practice of same-sex cohabitation or marriage and stop living within the household” (Source)

Since then, there have been over 30 Mormon LGBT suicides.

This looks, smells, and feels like a PR move by an international corporation losing its tithing revenue. THOUSANDS have left. For good reason.

On this website… it looks all warm, and fuzzy, and fluffy (it’s supposed to), and it looks like they’re finally starting to accept the LGBT community. Nope. In the FAQ, there’s a place that says, “For some, feelings of same-sex attraction, or at least the intensity of those feelings, may diminish over time.” Even placing this sentence in there gives false hope. “Maybe if I pray hard enough, I can pray the gay away!”

It goes on to say “The Lord’s law of chastity is abstinence from sexual relations outside of lawful marriage and fidelity within marriage.” (With me so far? So, marriage is legal between two people of the same sex in the United States. As long as they’re faithful to each other and don’t engage in sexual activity outside of their marriage, they’re good, right? Not a damn chance.)





“…Sexual relations are proper only between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife. Any other sexual relations, including those between persons of the same gender, ARE SINFUL AND UNDERMINE THE DIVINELY CREATED INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY.” (Handbook 2: Administering the Church, 21.4.10).

Bam. There it is. Okay, let’s recap. You can be attracted to the same sex. You can be who you are! Except don’t. Because it’s not allowed. It’s a sin.

The website features stories of people who were able to pray the gay away and have vowed to live lives of celibacy and completely alone, not being able to bond and experience romantic love between one person and another. The problem here is that THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY IT WAS. “We hate you a little less, but we still hate you.”

Sorry guys. I’m not buying the bullshit this time. This website sucks. And it’s a lame attempt to make LGBT LGB community feel like they can talk to you. I’ma go ahead and put this on the long list of reasons that I wouldn’t go back to being Mormon if there was a gun to my head and a promise of eternal riches (or even one of those $17,000 rugs they’re buying for bridal rooms in the temple with Mormon members’ tithing these days…)

For next time… the history that made me DEFINITELY want out forever.

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