By Chris Christensen (also posted gayfathers.org) Have you ever been in a situation where the choices that were made in a given situation were totally wrong, these decisions were made without your input, they made you uneasy (maybe even angry),…
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Not My Job–Thank Heavens!!!
By Teresa Noel Hislop (also posted at her blog www.lifeisthestoriesyoucantell.com) Top Ten Lists: FUN!! There are top ten lists for nearly everything you can think of and many things you would not think of……“Top Ten Toughest Characters in the Bible”, “Top Ten People…
Reclaiming Innocence
By Meagan M. Colwell (also posted at her blog ruthandmeagan.blogspot.com) “This [LDS] Church has felt the bitter sting of persecution and marginalization early in our history … Our parents, young adults, teens and children should therefore, of all people, be especially sensitive to…
Ending Discrimination in Boy Scouts of America
Only by teaching kids to be inclusive and tolerant will we create worthwhile role models by David Baker (also posted at Affirmation.org) 28 April 2013 “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my…
Loyalty in Marriage
By Keith Penrod I just read a story about a man wanting a divorce because he had fallen in love with a lady with whom he had been having an affair. When he told his wife, she asked him to…
On Love and (Gay) Marriage–The Perspective of a Straight Mormon
By Matthew Greene (originally posted on his blog matthewonbeingmormon.blogspot.com) I was twenty-three years old the first time I let myself tell a girl I loved her. I fumbled around for a bit, talked in circles, and generally made a complete idiot…
Being a Catalyst for Change
We can find opportunities to spur increased love, questioning, pondering, conversation, and understanding in our wards by Sam Noble (Also posted at Affirmation.org) The past two Sundays, I’ve been given opportunities at church to share about and discuss being gay with other…
The Gaydy Bunch Part 2
By Esteban Cencerrado Lee-O’Neal An interesting part of this whole life change was overcoming my own programmed homophobia. I was so excited to meet Rex and to move into a new relationship, while at the same time feeling twinges of…
The Gaydy Bunch Part 1
By Esteban Cencerrado Lee-O’Neal When my exwife and I finally faced the last hurdle of our 16 year marriage, it would be the final straw. Even after 12 years in Evergreen, the church’s comnversion therapy program, even after marriage counseling…
A Public Statement in Favor of LGBT Protection in Pocatello, Idaho
By Wayne Schow PANEL PRESENTATION—LGBT PROTECTION ORDINANCE This statement was given in Pocatello on March 20, 2013 at a public forum considering a proposed ordinance that would protect LGBT persons against unfair discrimination in housing and employment. I am pleased…