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Date Posted: 08:47:56 08/13/11 Sat
Author: George
Subject: Re: And Another RLDS congregation bites the dust
In reply to: Joanne 's message, "Re: And Another RLDS congregation bites the dust" on 00:33:42 08/13/11 Sat

>Hi George.
>
>I do know of several same sex unions that have taken
>place. However about a year ago the Priesthood of the
>Community of Christ was given a directive to not
>preside at any same sex unions any longer.
>
>In 2013 we will be meeting to have our first national
>conference. There are only two items on the agenda.
>One to support same sex couples in committed
>relationship and to allow Ordination in the Priesthood
>for men and women who are part of same sex couples.
>
>Do you know any same sex couples in totally committed
>relationships? Well I do. I have blessed a precious
>child of two women who had a little boy through
>artificial insemination. That was one of the sweetest
>blessings I have ever taken part in. There is NO sin
>in a sweet little child. Would you have denied his
>blessing?
>
>I belong to PFLAG....Parents, Friends, of Lesbians and
>Gays. I am also a member of GALA and the Welcoming
>Community. You can google those if you do not know
>them.
>
>If our agenda passes at the national conference I will
>be one of the first to step to the front and join the
>Mothers of that little boy in wedlock. I am looking
>forward to that!
>
>The men and women in the Houston area that are gays
>and lesbians are teachers, nurses, CPA. Liberians, etc
>etc. They work, they play and they worship and love
>God just as we do.
>
>I am not afraid to answer your questions and will do
>so as honestly as I can. However, I do not want to
>come here and be treated as a leper. And I will not
>talk down to you or treat you in that way either. I
>only came here now to address the misinformation you
>were given.
>
>I really feel sorry for people like Lois who after
>twenty plus years are still hurting and can't seem to
>move on in their spiritual life. You are all in my
>prayers.
>
>Joanne

Joanne, I could accept what is going on for what it is, had not the First Presidency taken it upon itself to sneak around and authorize this stuff secretly. That was tantamount to admitting that it is wrong. That is why the current push to "legalize" it in the church through legitimate channels is, to me, a joke.

I have no problems with loving a child. I do have problems with what adults wish on that child.

Lois' problem is that it is impossible for an RLDS to "move on." Once taught that the RLDS church is the one true church, there is no place to go. If her condition is undesirable, then that is just one other sin to pile on the heap that the institutional church is sitting on and refusing to acknowledge.

George

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