• In response to this: “As Boomers leave us, more and more churches will take the same stance. The simple demographics of the situation are that the younger the American, the more okay they are with LGBTQ people being treated like living, breathing human beings.”

Oh, there’s SO MUCH more to this story. I was a devout Mormon for 30+ years of my life and only in the past decade did a total 180, plus I live in Utah and most of my family/friends/neighbors are Mormon, so I can’t really escape this shit.

The short version of what you’re missing is this:

• The policy that was reversed was only implemented 3.5 years ago
• It was supposed to be implemented quietly, but it was leaked and shit hit the fan
• Thousands of people left the church as a result
• The church doggedly stood by the change, claiming it was revelation from God
• This new reversal is also now being boasted as revelation from God

Those of us who have family/friends/neighbors still in the nonsensical belief have been arguing with them over the hateful maneuvering for years, and now we non-Mormons are all laughing our asses off at them for putting themselves on the line to defend this hateful policy and their beloved church in so many ways–the church that totally threw them under the bus with this change.