We Should be Especially Sensitive

The Church's history should cause Latter-day Saints to be sensitive in how we treat and choose to respond to individuals who are LGBT, especially within our own families, wards and stakes. An official statement from the Church in response to "tragic deaths across the country as a result of bullying or intimidation" of LGBT youth.

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"This Church has felt the bitter sting of persecution and marginalization early in our history, when we were too few in numbers to adequately protect ourselves and when society’s leaders often seemed disinclined to help. Our parents, young adults, teens and children should therefore, of all people, be especially sensitive to the vulnerable in society and be willing to speak out against bullying or intimidation whenever it occurs, including unkindness toward those who are attracted to others of the same sex. This is particularly so in our own Latter-day Saint congregations. Each Latter-day Saint family and individual should carefully consider whether their attitudes and actions toward others properly reflect Jesus Christ’s second great commandment - to love one another."