Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Food For Thought - Fall 2009

In "The Family: A Proclamation To The World," the First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles state:
"All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose."
Question: What does this mean to you when you consider people who are intersex, transgender, or those who find that their physical genitalia and internal sense of gender do not match up? How do you define one’s “eternal gender?”

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