I learned in church today

[SandYFan]

http://kutv.com/news/local/lds-church-issues-update-on-what-is-considered-apostasy

http://kutv.com/news/local/lds-church-to-exclude-children-of-same-sex-couples-from-membership

[San Juan Sun]

Next time the missionaries come over for dinner, and hope I'll be inspired to refer my friends to them to teach, I will make sure they know that my only friends are gay people with kids.

[LVAllen]

http://kutv.com/news/local/lds-churc...dered-apostasy

http://kutv.com/news/local/lds-church-to-exclude-children-of-same-sex-couples-from-membership

Well, shit.

We can baptize kids whose parents live in sin, just not kids with THOSE parents.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Well, shit.

We can baptize kids whose parents live in sin, just not kids with THOSE parents.

I'm usually pretty meh about most of these church announcements, this one really bothers me. So are we changing article of faith 2?

[old_gregg]

I'm usually pretty meh about most of these church announcements, this one really bothers me. So are we changing article of faith 2?

no, we are protecting the poor kids from the possibility of conflict between their families in the church. just like we were saving black folks from crashing the priesthood car by withholding keys.

[Maximus]

I learned that baptism isnt really important until you are 18. Well, it isnt important if you have gay parents. But otherwise it is. or something

[Dwight Schr-ute]

I loved my time as a GD teacher. I do like it better not having a ward calling. By the time I am released/retired/kicked out, I will hopefully be able to slide back in as a choir director. By the way, in keeping with the thread, I learned that the mandatory retirement age is not soon enough for some. I sat in front of a guy who had last all control of his vibrato today. To think that the choir used to all sound like him.

What's more unusual, the men that use Vibratos, or the fact that they can lose control of them during practice?

[clackamascoug]

I learned that baptism isnt really important until you are 18. Well, it isnt important if you have gay parents. But otherwise it is. or something

I'm predicting that this will be a major issue and will come back to bite the brethren.

[Green Monstah]

Next time the missionaries come over for dinner, and hope I'll be inspired to refer my friends to them to teach, I will make sure they know that my only friends are gay people with kids.

[TripletDaddy]

I'm predicting that this will be a major issue and will come back to bite the brethren.

Haha. Clack is in the right room.

[SandYFan]

I didn't think I'd see anyone defending this policy so soon, but I saw a couple people doing so on my Facebook feed this morning.

Their arguments seem to be as follows:

1. Children of polygamist families can't get baptized, either.

2. Homosexuality is a really, really serious sin.

3. God said so, and that's good enough for me.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

I didn't think I'd see anyone defending this policy so soon, but I saw a couple people doing so on my Facebook feed this morning.

Their arguments seem to be as follows:

1. Children of polygamist families can't get baptized, either.

2. Homosexuality is a really, really serious sin.

3. God said so, and that's good enough for me.

I saw someone post the Bednar "And nothing shall offend them" offended. Nice touch.

[lambdacoug]

http://kutv.com/news/local/lds-churc...dered-apostasy

http://kutv.com/news/local/lds-church-to-exclude-children-of-same-sex-couples-from-membership

something something love one another*

* - unless that other person is a child of a gay marriage

[Topper]

Well, shit.

We can baptize kids whose parents live in sin, just not kids with THOSE parents.

Apparently, children of polygamists can't be baptized either. I did not know that. I also did not realize that we don't punish the children for the sins of the fathers had an escape clause, "except when we don't."

The leadership is doubling down on its anti-gay marriage stance.

[clackamascoug]

Haha. Clack is in the right room.

I'm sorry. I was drinking last night and stepped out of Clack mode.

I can do better, and vow to do so.