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SusieQ#1
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Date: November 13, 2015 01:00PM
southern idaho inactive Wrote:
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This clarification just answered a lot of questions that have been tossed around this week.
Some KEY points:
The provisions of Handbook 1, Section 16.13, that restrict priesthood ordinances for minors, apply only to those children whose primary residence is with a couple living in a same-gender marriage or similar relationship. As always, local leaders may request further guidance in particular instances when they have questions.
When a child living with such a same-gender couple has already been baptized and is actively participating in the Church, provisions of Section 16.13 do not require that his or her membership activities or priesthood privileges be curtailed or that further ordinances be withheld. Decisions about any future ordinances for such children should be made by local leaders with their prime consideration being the preparation and best interests of the child.....
It's not so cut and dry, as they say. There will always be problems with a policy like this concerning the children.
The problem is that in joint custody cases from a divorce, "primary custody" often changes in the school year, and the summer, etc., and as the children get older they often change their primary residence.
I wonder; would same sex married couples with children in their custody probably be interested in the LDS Church in the first place?