LDS Reconciliation
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Resources for Creating Dialogue with our
LDS Families for Defending
The Rights of our GLBT Community
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AND I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying:...
because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency
of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, ... I caused that he should
be cast down;
Moses 4:1-3
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According to the laws and constitution of the people,
which I have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for
the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles;
That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity,
according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every
man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment. Therefore,
it is not right that any man should be in bondage one to another. And
for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by
the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed
the land by the shedding of blood. D&C
101:77-80
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Constitution
of the United States
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And now, verily I say unto you concerning the laws
of the land, it is my will that my people should observe to do all things
whatsoever I command them. And that law of the land which is constitutional,
supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges,
belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me. Therefore, I,
the Lord, justify you, and your brethren of my church, in befriending
that law which is the constitutional law of the land; And as pertaining
to law of man, whatsoever is more or less than this, cometh of evil. D&C
98:5-7
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Declaration
of Independence
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“Master which is the great commandment in the
law?”
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the
first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the
law and the prophets” Matt.
22:36-40.
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Equality
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...it was strictly contrary to the commands of God
that there should be a law which should bring men on to unequal grounds. Alma
30:7
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Freedom of Religion
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“We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty
God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men
the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may” Article
of Faith 11
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Government
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We believe that no government can exist in peace,
except such laws are framed and held inviolate as will secure to each
individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of
property, and the protection of life. ...We believe that religion is
instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only,
for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them
to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others; D&C
134:2,4
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Other Scriptural
Considerations
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Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew
7:12
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