Commentary: 'The religious protection was inserted to secure enough Republican votes in the Senate to achieve a filibuster-proof supermajority. It also secured the support of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'
The Church Office Building, shown in March 2022, in downtown Salt Lake City. A Religion News Service columnist says the Utah-based faith has distinguished itself over the past few years by making good-faith efforts to reach compromises on LGBTQ issues.that President Joe Biden will sign into law Tuesday is a bona fide compromise.
The doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints related to marriage between a man and a woman is well known and will remain unchanged. to pass a referendum restricting marriage to a man and a woman. And its support of the Respect for Marriage Act is a far cry from the approach of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Wedding cake bakers, faith-based adoption and foster care providers, religious employers seeking to maintain their faith identity, faith-based housing agencies — are all at greater risk of discrimination under this legislation. On the one side, the LDS Church has always been a minority faith, one shaped in significant measure by persecution because of its distinctly different understanding of marriage. For Latter-day Saints, there is a built-in recognition that their views may set them apart from the rest of society.
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