By Christian Frandsen In the last several days I’ve had many conversations with straight friends about my reaction to the now infamous press conference of this past week. A day or so after the conference, I posted the following thoughts…
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A Welcome Message
Today’s announcement by LDS Church leaders in support of legislation banning discrimination against LGBT individuals in Utah is welcome, although as someone who has been involved in fighting for the rights of LGBT individuals for more than four decades, I…
A Sabbath Vow
By Jill Hazard Rowe Our first really cold day in Utah. As I lay here in my warm bed and listen to the hurling winds outside my mind is wandering to the five thousand homeless youth in Salt Lake City.…
Complicating Factors in the LGBT Mormon Spiritual Path
I am contacted fairly frequently by parents or other family members of gay or lesbian Latter-day Saints. They are anxious for their gay or lesbian loved ones to somehow find a way to stay active in the LDS church. Even…
What Words Can’t Define
Mormons, like most Christian’s, in pursuit of greater spiritual understanding, pursue Christ’s words in scripture. Who’s words, on any given subject, are more authoritative than those of the Savior himself? Even more notable are subjects on which Christ never spoke…
Why I Stay
Talk presented at Sunstone Symposium on August 1, 2014 My husband and I both come from very active, conservative, multi-generational Mormon families. There has never been a time when the gospel wasn’t front and center in my life. Tom and…
Crumbs from the table
“Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” —Matthew 15:27 The Church is not a welcoming place for LGBT people, and most are either forced out or leave. Meanwhile, there are still…
Reconciling My Faith (Journey of a Gay Mormon Young Adult)
By Bryan Clark (also published at his blog http://livingwholeheartedly8.blogspot.com/) A mission friend of mine recently asked me if I had written a post yet on my reconciliation of faith as he’d be interested to read it. I thought it would be…
Like Dragons Did They Fight – Mosiah 20:11
By Diane Oviatt In his powerful book, “Far From the Tree”, Andrew Solomon explores the experience of parenting a child who is very different from you. The overarching theme gleaned from the real stories he presents of parents raising…
A Difference of Opinion
Over the past few years, I have had dozens of conversations with friends and family members who are active members of the LDS Church on the subject of homosexuality. Most active members feel misunderstood and maligned by the ‘world’ and…