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Church only supported marriage equality act to protect its tax exempt status. Oaks

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:00 pm
by IHAQ
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints supported a 2022 federal marriage equality law because it "protects the tax-exempt status" and other privileges of religious groups that oppose same-sex marriage, a church leader announced last weekend.

"The focus of the Church's efforts was not on same-sex marriage, but on ensuring the act contained the necessary protections for religious freedom," church apostle Dallin H. Oaks said Saturday.
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-c ... e-equality

Oaks doesn’t want there to be any suggestion the Church is softening its homophobic doctrinal position.