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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
SU is right in the sense that this issue of gay Mormons has had impacts within Mormon families that the blacks and the priesthood issue never had.
It wasn't like there were a lot of white Mormons reflecting on how their black siblings were being denied the priesthood.
There weren't many black Mormons in the US. It became more of an issue in South America. But that was still far removed from the power base of the LDS church in Utah.
Today, in 2016, we have one apostle who has a gay brother (that we know of, there may be more). And we have another apostle that ministered among men dying of AIDS in San Francisco. Both of these men know the pain that Mormon families with gay members have experienced. And both men supported these recent policies to excommunicate gays and deny baptism to their children.
These are not men that have never met another gay person. On the contrary.
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If you take the perspective that more LDS are directly affected by current gay policies, then I see your point.
That wasn't the perspective I was addressing. On the outside looking in, in pure numbers of people, there are more black people than gay people, and racial identity politics has played a larger role in American society than gay politics. Hence, more people would be affected and offended by these policies. In any event, the LDS Church is on the wrong side of history and this one may be so existential that it may not recover.