In light of all the fuss over DOMA, Prop 8 and the Supreme Court, I have grown weary of the debates over same sex marriage. Five years ago I rather unenthusiastically participated in supporting Prop 8 in California. As an…
Month: July 2013
Best, Worst Run of My Life
By Tabitha Hanson I am a swimmer. I am NOT a runner. Yet, regardless of my snail’s speed, I run regularly out of desperation for exercise and time with dear friends early in the morning before our children rise and…
History, Part 8 of 8: The New World
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) Okay… We eventually decided we should look for an option other than a Utah adoption. While we could do it with only one of us as a legal parent, it seemed and seems…
Shapes, Shadows, Bias, and Truth–A Thought Exercise
By J. Nielsen While spending the majority of my life, silently agonizing over the decision to leave the darkness of the LGTBQ closet and risk the consequences of coming out into the light, I have feverishly read and studied everything I…
Being a LGBT Mormon Pioneer
Affirmation President Randall Thacker Dear LGBT Mormons, family members and friends – Happy Pioneer Day! One hundred and sixty-six years ago the Mormon pioneers rolled into the valley of the Great Salt Lake and pioneered the building of…
Starfish
By Carlos Santana Today I woke up remembering a beautiful story: Once a young man was walking on a beautiful beach. He noted that there were many starfish stranded on the beach. He saw a man a…
Flipping The Switch: Letting God Light The Path
By Kathy Carlston 2011 was a big year for me. In July, after years of going to therapy and working with various bishops in the hopes of finding some way, some cure to rid myself of being attracted to women, I…
An Undeserving Prophet
By Jake Abhau (Also published at his family blog http://theabhaus.blogspot.ca/) Let me tell you a story. It is one found in The Book of Mormon, a book that we Mormons believe to be a spiritual non fiction account of real…
History Parts 6 and 7 of 8: Heading Home and Practice
Heading Home By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) History, Part 6 of 8 We had both always wanted to be fathers. I think we both actually always knew we would be, but for the first half of our union,…
Doug Reviews Gay Marriage and Mormons
By Doug Chambers (also published at his blog dougreviewsthings.blogspot.ca) ____________ Disclaimer 1- Most of you know I am a member of the Mormon Church. So, if while reading this, you find references to church practices and policies that don’t quite…