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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jun 20, 2017, 06:10 AM Jun 2017

Mormon Official Shuts Down 12-Year-Old Girl as She Comes Out as Gay During Church

A Mormon church official shut down a 12-year-old girl as she came out in front of her congregation last month.

Speaking at a Fast & Testimony meeting, Savannah told church members “God loves me just this way, because I believe that he loves all his creations… I do believe he made me this way on purpose.”

She continued:

“No part of me is a mistake. I do not choose to be this way, and it is not a fad. I cannot make someone else gay and being around me won’t make anyone else this way. I believe that God wants us to treat each other with kindness, even if people are different.”

However, part of the way through her speech Savannah was told to sit down by a church official.

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2017/06/mormon-gay-2/

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Mormon Official Shuts Down 12-Year-Old Girl as She Comes Out as Gay During Church (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2017 OP
What a sweet and brave girl! pnwmom Jun 2017 #1
You can see part of her speech here. She is such a brave girl wasupaloopa Jun 2017 #2
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