(This was also published today at GLAAD http://www.glaad.org/blog/guest-post-gay-mormon-pleads-inclusive-scouting) The results of the vote from the Boy Scouts of America is expected to be announced at 5pm CDT about whether the ban on gay youth will be dropped. The Mormon Church…
LGBT Mormons, Families and Friends Unite to March in Pride Parades Worldwide
(also published at Affirmation.org) Join us as we march behind a variety of banners, each with a powerful message of love and support! (visit MormonPride.org for info on marches with Mormon contingents) Last year more than 300 Mormons marched in…
How Things That Were Never Going to Change Have Sometimes Changed Anyway
By Craig Harline ( originally posted at timesandseasons.org ) In March at BYU I gave a talk, or more accurately for a guy who can barely use Power-Point, a multi-media extravaganza, involving at least 10 non-fancy slides with absolutely nothing moving…
The Power of Empathy
By Diane Oviatt There are some in this life who would seem to be naturally endowed with the ability to readily empathize with the struggles of others. In fact, my own patriarchal blessing mentions this as a gift worth expanding…
The Gift Of The Holy Ghost & The Second Great Commandment: Implication For A Gay Mormon
By Jim Best The rock upon which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established is continuing revelation or leadership and instruction by the Spirit or Holy Ghost also called the Comforter. After baptism, each member of the…
Remarks given at the premiere of the Family Acceptance Project film “Families Are Forever”, Weber State University, May 14, 2013
Those of us here tonight are the first circle of support for the Family Acceptance Project. This film is beautifully affirming of what we already know: that research tells us how to drastically lower the incidence of risky behaviors in…