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In response to
"I *think* this long-form essay on the Mormon Church, gender, identity, and sexuality pretty accurately addresses all the issues. But I wonder how it"
by
landbeck
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it's certainly very open and inclusive, and does a good job explaining many conditions, but I'm not entirely sure what the takeaway message is.
Posted by
mafic
Jan 5 '15, 17:29
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He does write about the need for the church to be inclusive, and to love those that are different, but what exactly does that mean? I can't really tell if he's advocating for a shift in church policy on things like same-sex marriage, or just a broadly more inclusive and supportive stance.
Also he sort of seems to come at it with the underlying assumption that (to use his term) gender incongruence is a mistake, which I don't really agree with. It tends to lead to the belief that it can be cured, and while he doesn't exactly advocate that, it does feel a little like subtext.
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