Progressives
within the Church (usually those who are regressive leftists) have a special
hatred for the 1995 The
Family: A Proclamation to the World. In his book, Tabernacles of Clay, Taylor “let’s bet how long until he gets
excommunicated” Petrey admitted to the authoritative and binding nature of this
proclamation, something many ProgMos tend to deny:
In 1995, the church issued the brief
authoritative statement “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” According to
this document of Mormon orthodoxy, “gender is an essential characteristic of
individual pre-mortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” The use of
the term “essential” supports the description of Mormonism’s theory of gender
as “essentialism.” This binary division of male and female bodies and roles
represents both a natural and divinely ordained system. (Taylor G. Petrey, Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in
Modern Mormonism [Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina
Press, 2020], 7-8)
On the topic
of homosexuality, scripture, and related topics, see my post: