News
release from the Irish public relations coordinator:
In an
unprecedented Christlike move to establish order in the Lord’s Kingdom the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has barred children of same sex
parents from membership in the one true church until the age of 18 – and only
then if the child disavows the practice of same-sex cohabitation or marriage,
and stops living within the household.
The reception
of this announcement has been nothing short of miraculous for the faithful here
in Ireland.
We
interviewed 16 year old Barry Mcguigan of Ballybucklebo who has just had his
baptism (which was scheduled for tomorrow) canceled. Barry attends church weekly and lives part
time with his mother while spending the rest of his time at his homosexual father
and step father’s house. Barry said “I
know that the church is true and that this is an inspired policy from a loving
and forgiving father in heaven. I can’t
wait until my 18th birthday when I will gladly follow the counsel of church
leaders to disavow my father’s evil and pernicious way of life in order to join
the Mormon church.”
Barry’s
half-sibling Shannon (who does not have a homosexual parent and is a baptized
member) is also very excited at this new development. “While I have been freely
supporting gay marriage on social media since March when church apostle D. Todd
Christofferson said that Mormons who support gay marriage are not in danger of
losing their temple privileges or church memberships, I think that it’s
totally fair that Barry is required to completely disavow the practice,”
said Shannon. “I will be watching his
Facebook posts very carefully after his baptism to ensure that unlike me he
does not show any support for his father’s choices.”
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/03/17/mormons-free-back-gay-marriage-social-media-lds-apostle-says/
We would
like to remind Irish church leaders that babies and children of same sex
parents absolutely must not receive the naming and blessing ordinance as this
honour is reserved only for those who qualify.
Let us all
be reminded of the Saviours admonition in Matthew 19 to "Suffer little
children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of
heaven."
