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Mormon Leader Speaks Out Against Homosexuality

Boyd K. Packer, the president of the Mormon Church's Quorum of Twelve Apostles, has issued a decree that gays can change their sexuality, and announced that marriage--or any union--between people of the same gender is immoral. During his sermon on Oct. 3, Packer spoke against the testimony of gays and lesbians and the findings of modern science, both of which indicate that homosexuality is an innate and biological phenomenon. The Mormon Church was a major backer and contributor to the deeply divisive 2008 campaign to pass Proposition 8, a ballot initiative  that went before California voters and rescinded the then-existing right of gay and lesbian families to participate in marriage. In the wake of Proposition 8's narrow approval by voters two years ago, GLBT equality advocates called on the Mormon Church to change its stance toward gay individuals and their families. Click here to read more.
 
 



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