Treasure What God Has Revealed on Marriage

On social media and other discussions, it's very common for people who care about LGBTQ+ issues, thinking they are being helpful, to invoke the ninth Article of Faith. They cite it to suggest that the Church's teachings on marriage and sexuality are too limiting at best, or even cruelly wrong. They imply or confidently assert that leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ will soon receive revelation to approve of same-sex dating and marriage. After all, "we believe that God will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the kingdom of God." Though they may sincerely desire to help, this message is actually harmful to those it's meant to comfort. It sets up LGBTQ+ church members for greater pain and disappointment by encouraging them to invest false hope in a future that will never happen. Church leaders have repeatedly and unambiguously stated that the doctrine of marriage will not change.