"Love one another" Says the Mormon church concerning the LGBTQ community

Yesterday the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints released to the press that they want to encourage all members everywhere to "Love one another" when it comes to the gay community. I feel like this has been a long time coming. This is the beginning of a change in disposition. It's been happening with the younger generation naturally, I've noticed, but now that the church has released this appeal to members worldwide I think we're going to see a positive change in the views that LDS people have young and old.

I love the gay community. I don't think I've ever known a gay person that I haven't respected and found to be a worthwhile and delightsome person. Everyone deserves respect because they are. I believe that people are most likely to succeed and find peace in their lives when they are free to spend all their energy on doing good rather than sticking up for themselves and counteracting opposition and persecution.

I believe that each of our lives is a journey that can only be fully comprehended by individual council with God at the end of our lives. What can I say about someone else's life? Nothing. They're learning something, and God knows it. I don't need to know, and God knows I don't need to know. In fact, I believe he expects me to treat others with love and respect without knowing anything about them, and especially when I know all sorts of bad things about them.

So, to every person that might feel confused about themselves, or their gender, or even has a perfect concept of their orientation: feel free to feel comfortable with yourself, because it's only once you stop spending all your energy figuring yourself out and self-examining and spending spiritual capital on self-deense that you can really start learning about life, and how really, really good it can be.