“Mormons free to back gay marriage on social media, LDS apostle reiterates”

I don’t imagine that the Brethren are altogether pleased when members of the Church contradict and oppose (quite rarely occurring) official Church positions on public policy — I’m surely not — but they’ve been very clear that such political disagreements aren’t cause for excommunication or Church discipline.  Thus, Elder Christofferson is simply reiterating what has long been the Church’s explicit policy:

http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/2301174-155/mormons-free-to-back-gay-marriage

It makes you wonder, though, how it is that a certain prominent and vocally unbelieving dissident who was excommunicated in February can continue to claim, despite his local ecclesiastical leader’s express denials, that he was excommunicated because of his support of gay marriage.

Life is full of mysteries.