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Hagoth wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:56 am There's a great Mormon Stories podcast with a panel of lawyers who explain how it is a tiny step for LGBTQ people, but a big win for the church's ability to continue discriminating.

I agree that the church wants to continue discriminating. I think an additional reason is shown in this graph of support for same-sex marriage across the US. You can see the original on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act

In this graph the lightest blue, such as Utah and Wyoming, are states where a plurality support marriage equality. The darkest blue are states with more than 80% support for equality. There are only two states where a majority oppose equality, and they are nowhere near where many members of the church live. I think this is one more step of the church moving toward some level of acceptance of gay relationships, not because the leaders are benevolent, but because they will lose if they don't change. I think this is also consistent with their desire to continue discrimination at the current time.

that map is very revealing. The Bible Belt is more prejudiced than the MorCor.