{"id":3365,"date":"2026-06-05T17:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.formypeople.org\/FMPM\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:13:01","slug":"la-sierra-university-to-host-lavender-graduation-honoring-lgbtq-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.formypeople.org\/FMPM\/la-sierra-university-to-host-lavender-graduation-honoring-lgbtq-students\/","title":{"rendered":"La Sierra University to Host Lavender Graduation Honoring LGBTQ+ Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99999&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-156px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; 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a home where they can thrive, flourish, grow, and live their full potential to become everything that God created them to be.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, God will never sanction homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a quote fromt he dream, &#8220;The End.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There are SDA counselors who do not warn individuals about their sin of living a homosexual lifestyle.\u00a0 Those counselors will be held accountable to God, because homosexuality is not due to a genetic makeup but rather a chosen path of trampling on the holy institution of marriage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Father Cares, p.79<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>God&#8217;s law is the honly correct standard of holiness. 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