Mormon leader’s speech on gays modified on website

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Mormon leader’s speech on gays modified on website
By The Associated Press
10.11.2010 12:00pm EDT

(Salt Lake City) A senior Mormon church leader has modified portions of his general conference speech for the church’s online publication after it prompted outcry from gay rights activists.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports the move makes Boyd K. Packer’s Oct. 3 speech more closely reflect the faith’s view that the cause of same-sex attraction is unknown and that the only sin is acting on those desires.

National gay rights activists have called for Packer to recant statements that homosexuality is unnatural and can be overcome, calling the comments factually inaccurate and dangerous.

LDS spokesman Scott Trotter said Packer changed his wording as part of a routine practice after every general conference when speakers are given a chance to make any necessary edits.

“President Packer has simply clarified his intent,” Trotter said.

Packer, 86, holds the second-highest leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is next in line for the church’s presidency.

In the speech, he said: “Some suppose that they were born pre-set and cannot overcome what they feel are inborn tendencies toward the impure and unnatural. Not so! Why would our Heavenly Father do that to anyone? Remember he is our father.”

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1. Why would the Heavenly Father make anyone so goddamn intolerant? nt