Yes, you read that correctly. Some Mormons (and former Mormons) are urging the Mormon Church to back off on its anti-gay marriage stance and to apologize for the bad treatment of gays. The group has a website, LDSapology.org, where they are asking people to sign a petition which will be sent to the Mormon Church asking for reconciliation.
"For Church leaders, reconciliation requires examining ways in which official statements, rhetoric, policy and practice have been injurious to gays and lesbians and their families and friends; have caused unnecessary pain and suffering, rejection, psychological and spiritual damage and even death. This means scrupulously acknowledging such practices as “reorientation”– reparative, revulsion, and shock-therapies; such teachings as homosexuality being an evil perversion, a condition that is chosen and changeable and one that can be overcome through fasting, prayer, sacrifice and heterosexual marriage; and using scriptures that are taken out of context, mistranslated or that are highly selective to condemn homosexuality. It also means to repudiate publicly circulated articles, essays, books, speeches, and conference addresses that have stereotyped or demonized gays and lesbians. "
I think this is a step in the right direction. Hopefully the Mormon Church will see that even its own members are supportive of equal rights and stop with the "homosexuality is a sin" spiel. Wishful thinking right?
– Andy
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