Gretta Whalen is a graduate student, writing tutor, and Young Women advisor in Los Angeles. When she finishes her thesis on Religion, Boredom, and Modernity, she hopes to watch a lot more television. Full disclosure: I am a Sunday School…
Here’s the second installment in a series of posts about loving, committed relationships of gay Mormons. This post was penned by Brett Bradshaw, the son of Bill and Marge Bradshaw, long-time advocates for greater inclusion of LGBT folks within the…
One of the greatest gifts we’re given as humans are our critical thinking skills—which, when developed, can aid us in the necessary capacity to form judgments about the value of ideas that come into our lives, regardless of their source.…
By Morris A. Thurston[1] The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry, generally known as the Prop 8 case. Briefing is underway and the supporters of Prop 8…
I had a conversation with a newly found friend the other day — a man, like me, in a long-time committed partnership with a man, who has also been active for some years in the Church after a long time…
One of the delicious things about the BBC series Downton Abbey is the clever way the creator and writer of the series, Julian Fellows, is able to connect the world of British culture in the early part of the twentieth…