The 86-year-old first counselor in the governing First Presidency focused on the anxieties facing today’s young people - brought on, in some cases, when they compare themselves to peers they read about on social media. “ … More and more support the idea that all authority and all rules of behavior are man-made and can be accepted or rejected as one chooses, each person being free to decide for himself or herself what is right and wrong.” have the challenge of living in a godless and increasingly amoral generation,” he said. He also pointed to pornography, perversions, dishonesty and the diminishing of marriage and childbearing. In a transcript of his speech, Oaks, next in line to lead the church, lamented the “culture of evil and personal wickedness in the world,” including the “increasing frequency and power of the culture and phenomenon of lesbian, gay and transgender lifestyles and values.” ![]() ![]() Oaks drew fire for his General Conference denunciation of same-sex marriage and transgender rights, the senior Latter-day Saint leader took aim again at the LGBTQ community during a June 11 devotional address at Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
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