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Haters gonna hate-The Church and LGBT

The straw broke last night I am going to throw two cents in the ante pool. Let's talk about The Church of Jesus Christ and being gay. Why would God say that children of gay parents cannot become members of the church? Did you know that it is not just gay parents that keep kids from joining the church? Children of polygamist families must be 18 and have a meeting with a member of one of the 70. Well, why? A close friend related this experience to me; "I told my parents that I was going to get baptised into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and they basically told me that they would have to disown me to stay in good standing of their religion. At 19, I was faced with the decision to abandon my family to do what I felt was right or let everything that I had felt, die." Why 18 you ask? Because  God is all about families, He would rather not have any more contention in the home. When a person is a ward of their parents, it is up to the parents to make decision legally until that individual is 18. THIS IS NOT A NEW RULE! It onlys feels weird because LGBT issues are such a hot button. 
    I would also like to state that upon first reading the news article announcing the Church's "new rules" was written to make people upset. It made me question what I thought but instead of jumping on facebook and reposting the article for all to see, I hit my knees. I told my Heavenly Father that I knew He is not prejudice and then I asked why these "new rules" needed to be applied. I received an answer. Religion is personal. If you don't agree with what is being taught, you need to seek out in your heart and mind what you think is right and we may not agree. Its ok to disagree, I personally don't think its ok for all the hateful words to permeate my facebook page. If you don't agree say, "I disagree" and we can all move on with our lives, but the haters gonna hate.   

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