The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Thursday that it was reversing its controversial 2015 policy that classified people in same-sex marriages as “apostates.” The church, widely known as the Mormon church, had also barred the children of such marriages from blessing or baptism until age 18.
The change was attributed to President Dallin Oaks, and the church said it was intended to “help affected families” and “to reduce the hate and contention so common today.”
Children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender may now be blessed as infants and baptized.
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