Month: March 2015

Mormon LGBT Outreach: Part I (Efforts by One Stake to Include LGBT Members)

By Aaron Brown (originally published at By Common Consent blog) In November of 2013, my stake president, Thomas Fairbanks, asked me to spearhead “gay and lesbian outreach” in the Seattle North Stake.  Seattle is the new San Francisco – our…

It’s not about the Wedding Cake—Discrimination in Public Accommodations

Utah recently passed a bill that protects LGBT people against discrimination in employment and housing. These protections are extremely important, and now it is vital to start looking at the third category, public accommodations. Many states and localities have these…

The Curse of the Amish and Mormonism’s Tool Box

By Michael Barker (originally published at RationalFaiths.com) The other day my wife asked me to do some, um, manly things around the house. First on the list was to tighten up the p-trap under the utility sink in the garage.…