Mormon leader reaffirms faith's opposition to gay marriage

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A top Mormon leader reaffirms the religion's opposition to same-sex marriage during weekend conference in Utah.

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Mormon leader reaffirms faith’s opposition to gay marriage

By BRADY McCOMBS
11 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader reaffirmed the religion’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Saturday during a church conference — and reminded followers watching around the world that children should be raised in families led by a married man and woman.

The speech by Dallin H. Oaks, a member of a top governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, followed a push in recent years by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to uphold theological opposition to gay marriage amid widespread social acceptance while trying to foster an empathetic stance toward LGBT people.
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Oaks on Saturday reiterated a church belief that children should be raised in heterosexual married households, not by gay parents or couples who live together but aren’t married. He lamented that fewer children in the United States aren’t raised in what the religion considers the ideal households.
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The twice-yearly conference going on without church President Thomas S. Monson, 90, who is dealing with ailing health. It’s the first time in more than a half century that Monson hasn’t spoken at the conferences. Before becoming church president in 2008, he served on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles starting in 1963.

[czarjak]

1. Don't forget...

The Sister Wives, huh Dallin?

[demigoddess]

2. I hope when he gets to heaven, God explains to him that all the gay people are

angels in disguise and he did a real big no no by denying them equality and now has to spend some time in h e double hockey sticks for a long time.

[Odoreida]

3. Unlike being gay, being a Mormon is voluntary. n/t