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Rather than embrace new definitions of family, the church put out a "Proclamation on the Family" that celebrates traditional notions of family. Peggy Ann Fletcher, 67, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2020 in Madison, Fla. Peggy was born April 18, 1953, in Valdosta, Ga. to Agustus "Gus"and Nancy Davis (Yates). Brigham Young statue at BYU in Provo.Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Sign Up. Peggy Fletcher Stack writes for the Salt Lake Tribune. Both strongly support what they term "family values." Brigham Young fans storm the field as BYU upsets Boise State on two touchdowns in the last minute of play to beat the Broncos 35-24, in college football action, BYU vs. Boise State at Lavell Edwards Stadium, Saturday, September 12, 2015. People named Peggy Fletcher Stack. Brigham Young fans celebrate as the Cougars take a 11 point lead with seconds left on the cloSteve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune For instance, during their general assembly, the Unitarian Universalists stretched the traditional definition of family to include gay and lesbian couples, childless couples, unmarried couples with and without children, biracial families, and multicultural families. For their part, Mormons draw many of their converts from among conservative Christians such as the Southern Baptists. ""The so-called Utah compromise, which is unique in the nation," says Haynes, founding director of Religious Freedom Center at the Newseum Institute, "shows that we can cross our differences and work some of this out if we try. All sides agree that discrimination is at the root of the battle over whether Brigham Young University should be excluded from the Big 12 athletic conference over the Provo school's gay policies.They just differ over who is facing discrimination.Supporters of BYU, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, view the school's potential barring from the league because of its religiously based rules about sexual behavior as discrimination.At the same time, advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals argue that BYU's ban on gay behavior discriminates against them.Religious freedom is "in the eye of the beholder," First Amendment expert Charles Haynes says from Washington, D.C. "There is little conversation in this country across this divide and little effort to find common ways to talk about this that accommodates both sides. Peggy Fletcher Stack. She is … Brigham Young statue at BYU in Provo.Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo August 16, 2016 12:41 pm This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2016, and information in the article may be outdated. Peggy Fletcher Stack is an American journalist, editor, and author. "And making peace sometimes requires that we make compromises not compromises on our doctrines, beliefs, or moral standards, of course, but compromises in the application of religious freedom to the practical realities of life in this diverse nation. "If BYU is excluded from the Big 12 for having a faith-based Honor Code," he says, "that suggests we no longer have any room for different claims of conscience to be protected in the public square. "Shutting out BYU from the Big 12 over its LGBT stance is not a "legal or constitutional issue," agrees fellow BYU law professor Frederick Gedicks. Politically, the two churches see eye-to-eye on many issues.But the Southern Baptists believe that Mormons are not Christian, that Mormons are in need of saving, so they spent much of their convention condemning LDS theology and witnessing to their Christian faith in a door-to-door outreach program much like the Mormon Church's own global missionary program.
"For his part, Haynes, the D.C. scholar, puts the BYU-Big 12 dust-up in a larger context about civil rights and values. "Homosexual behavior," it says, "includes not only sexual relations between members of the same sex, but all forms of physical intimacy that give expression to homosexual feelings.
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