So this week I feel like I need to address all the hoopla that is going on about the LDS policy on baptizing children whose parents are of the same sex. I had thought there would be a sense of relief from same-sex unions that the LDS church would not actively try and "brainwash" their children. It seems the dissenting voices are demanding that the church recognize same-sex parents as wholesome and rightous. I happen to know several "gay" people, and happen to know they come from loving homes with parents that dearly love them. I know a few that have close relationships with both parents. How do they justify denying a child the love of a mother and a father?
They want so bad to be validated, yet so many things we may want in this life are not the best for us. The church has said marriage should be between a man and a woman because that "lifestyle" gives us the greatest potential for fulfillment and happiness. This makes the LGBT angry that we would hold on to such "out dated" beliefs. The church now has said children from LGBT unions should not be baptized. I would think trying to encourage a child from such a union to be baptized into a religion that taught them that their parent's lifestyle was in opposition of our Heavenly Fathers's plan would be offensive to a LGBT couple. But they've only used this as another rallying cry of discrimination by the church.
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