Image: People gather for a mass resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. (Associated Press) A couple of weeks ago, the news of a change to the Mormon (LDS) Church's policy regarding LGBT members and their children was leaked to the press. According to the new policy, children living a household with same-sex parents can no longer be baptized until they are 18. (Mormon children are typically baptized at the age of eight.) Once they reach the age of 18, if they wish to join the Church, the children must "disavow" their parents' same-sex relationship and leave their parents' household. The broad wording of the new policy spurred speculation regarding...
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