About 1500 Mormons are resigning from the Mormon Church -- also called the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints (LDS) -- to protest a new policy that labels same-sex couples apostate and bans children of same-sex relationships from being baptized, the CNN website reports today (November 15, 2015).
A call for mass resignations started about a week ago, after the LDS Church released new guidelines for lay leaders known as "Handbook 1."
One policy prohibits the "natural or adopted" children of parents in same-sex relationships from receiving a name and a blessing in a ceremony performed by the Mormon priesthood, according to the handbook.
"The fact that it affects children really upset people," said Attorney Mark Naugle, who is helping people resign from the church. "Most people are disaffected from the church already, and this was the final straw," he added.
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