‘Mormon Land’: The church’s LGBTQ policy — How it came to be and why it went away.
(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Thousands of people gather during a mass resignation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in City Creek Park on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.
Nearly 3½ years ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stunned insiders and outsiders with a new policy labeling same-sex married couples “apostates” and generally barring their children from baptism until they turn 18.
Last week, Latter-day Saint leaders delivered another shocker by reversing those rules.
What happened? And why? And where does the Utah-based faith go from here?
Discussing those questions and more about the church’s evolution and, some say, devolution on LGBTQ rights is historian Gregory Prince, author of the newly released “Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences.”
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