Of course the church changed its position. My question was and is: exactly what did the change consist of, and was it more than an accommodation, possibly temporary, to American law?
Paul Finkelman wrote: > > The Church of LDS in fact officially changed its position, claiming revelation from > God. The literature on this is pretty strong. You could start with RELIGION AND > AMERICAN LAW: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA (Garland, not Routledge, 2000) (Paul Finkelman, ed.) > which has a number of entries on the Mormon church and lots of bibliographic leads > to other more complete sources. > > Paul Finkelman > Univ. of Tulsa College of Law > > Quoting Nelson Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Jack Balkin wrote: > > > > > > . . . It is very unlikely that the Catholic Church is going > > to change its views > > > on homosexuality in the same way that the Mormon church > > changed its views > > > on polygamy. . . . > > > > > > In what way has the Mormon Church "changed it views"? Has the > > church > > gone beyond a decision to submit, for the time being, to the > > legal > > prohibitions that the dominant culture insists upon? > > > > Nelson Lund > > > >
