EP 62 - Mormonish podcast co-Hosts, church updates policy on political neutrality, analysis of LDS church growth, Henry Eyring turns 90, and the church opens gay pride month with a controversial edito

June 4, 2023 Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives, Landon, and Rebecca ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Full Title EP 62 - Mormonish podcast co-Hosts, church updates policy on political neutrality, analysis of LDS church growth, Henry Eyring turns 90, and the church opens gay pride month with a controversial editorial Connect with Dives! www.MormonNewsRoundup.org [email protected] Voicemail Twitter YouTube MormonMovieReviews Mormonish Channel Support this Podcast Patreon Articles Charts show Church’s ongoing growth through 192 years Political Neutrality and Participation The appearance of political neutrality for the church is really important because they don't wanna lose tax exempt status for the church or ensign peak advisors LDS Congressman Chris Stewart retires mid-term Henry Eyring turns 90! Nemo vs Eyring  Henry Eyring is NOT an apostle!? President Eyring and his wife Henry shares lessons learned Feature Article Why as a gay man I stand for traditional marriage Skyler Sorenson Skyler Sorenson book Sky Tweets Wait, he wants Obergefell v. Hodges to be overturned?  What about the Respect for Marriage Act? The most hated man on the internet  Who? Book of Evan responds  Cultch responds  White cat prophecy responds  thoughtful Saint response How to celebrate gay pride monthSky, I can’t say it will be easy, it not that it will be worth it Sky argues that the ‘gospel’ helps LGBTQ latter day saints avoid suicide  But in Utah gay teen suicide is higher than the national average  Skyler on Midnight Mormons made the incredible claim that the safest place in the world, for members of the LGBTQ community is in the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints I spent an hour in the chat trying to get my question out, does Sky want to see the legalization of gay marriage overturned in the US, but Cardon never asked him The biggest take away from the hour long live stream is that Skyler is really really happy, and all the haters out there don’t know his heart The big thing here is what is good for society as a whole, there are always exceptions to any paradigm, someone could find great happiness in what most of us would be considered a very abusive relationship, likewise, someone in a very stable family, could be incredibly unhappy,  the question that we should wrestle with: what is good for society as a whole?  are mixed orientation marriages and/or lifelong celibacy healthy?  Anecdote time: My older brother’s struggle being gay in the church Leaders of the Church weigh in with heaven sent guidance Bednar there are no homosexual members of the church Perhaps President Hinckley can help clear this all up 0:14 (‘to bless their lives’) I guess that answers the questions to why senior leaders of the church, so rarely give media interviews Conclusions Fundamentally, why is the deseretnews releasing an editorial in which a member at least partially advocates for a position that the church does not? New episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive!  And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!  #lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim