Church’s support for marriage bill was shocking news — but should it have been?

LDS hierarchy threads the needle with legal backing, ecclesiastical condemnation

The Washington, D.C., temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Kensington, Md. Photo by ActionVance; licenced by Unsplash.

I was shocked when I first read last night (Nov. 15) that the Latter-day Saints church had given its backing to the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill being pushed by Democrats in Congress to make ineffectu…