The sentiment is as ingrained in Mormon culture as a Saturday’s Warrior dance climax and conjures up equally strong emotions. It derives from a metaphor comparing Mormon heaven to a great big family feast with God at the head…
No Empty Chairs
Scrutinizing scrutiny: Same-sex rights on trial
This post is the second of several providing background information about the LDS church’s involvement in the Prop 8 campaign in California. The series will provide pertinent court case and appellate background information to readers interested in March’s Supreme Court…
Our Families (Paul and Tony–Remembering Love, Marriage and Children on Valentine’s Day)
Often it feels there’s a lot of heat and little light generated around the topic of marriage for gay and lesbian couples. In my personal experience, we must never lose track of the real impact that the political has on…
A Valentine to My Gay and Lesbian Friends–Welcome to the World of Romantic Love!
I have a story I want you to listen to and remember on Valentine’s Day and hopefully beyond. When my former husband Gerald was staying with me at the end of his life in 1984, preparing to die from AIDS…
Brother Kloosterman Goes To Springfield
On Wednesday February 6th, I had the honor of being asked by Equality Illinois to attend a press conference and stand with clergy and faith leaders who support marriage equality in Illinois. Although I am no longer a…
Gay Men Are More Happy and Other Research I Choose Not to Downplay
Since bad research by the likes of Mark Regnerus is being used to justify discrimination, I am going to put forward a list of research that I think we should use to guide public policy: 1) Gay men are happier…