2015 Anti-Gay LDS Policy of Exclusion: Justifications, Retractions & What Leaders ACTUALLY Said
In this episode, we revisit the 2015 LDS Church policy that restricted children from baptism and confirmation if they had a parent in a same-sex relationship. Church leaders later described the policy as revelation and doctrinally consistent, but it was quietly reversed just a few years later.
We walk through key public statements and interviews from senior LDS leadership, including Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, Todd Christofferson, and Sheri Dew, placing their explanations in sequence to examine how the policy was framed publicly over time.
The video then contrasts those explanations with the policy’s later withdrawal, raising questions about institutional messaging, hindsight framing, and how doctrinal justification is constructed in real time.
This is a structured, documentary-style breakdown of the language used, the timeline of statements, and how the narrative around the policy evolved.
Based on: https://tinyurl.com/2sey66k7
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