Jeanine H. wrote:
we know that two same genders are not married in the Faith,
Right. But what if a man and a woman marry and later one of them has
gender reassignment surgery? Then it appears that you have a gay
couple, either two women or two men, depending on if it is the man or
the woman who undergoes the surgery. In the eyes of the law, their
marriage is still valid. Doesn't the Faith recognize legal marriages
regardless of what the couple look like? Chromosomally, the couple
remain male and female.
So what will the Faith accept as defining gender? What medical experts
say? Chromosomes? Body appearance? What the person believes his or
her gender to be? If a female changes to a male and later enrolls in
the Faith, can he serve on the House? If a male is born with ambiguous
genitalia and raised female, can he serve on the House if he chooses to
later identify as male? The bottom line is can any of us really know
the original gender of a person if he or she chooses not to reveal it?
I don't expect any answers; I just think it is interesting to think
about. Marleen
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