The church needs to clarify the sin. There are many of us already in same-sex marriages, and if we want to be part of the church, then we need to know specifics about what is sinful. Local leaders (Bishops and…
Clarify The Sin
Month: July 2013
Christ’s Transformative Love
By Dan Brooks (also posted in his blog http://ldsviews.blogspot.ca/) I was so so very very happy about the SCOTUS DOMA ruling that I spent an hour on a conference call from the Human Rights Campaign listening to all the legal nuances…
Journey To Gay (And God Gives An Answer)
By Ellen Koester (also published at her blog http://the-noncommittal-philanthropist.blogspot.com/ ) In December 2011, I was at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple doing baptisms. It’s one of my favorite temples in the valley, and it was here, during its open house before its dedication, that…
The Gay Mormon Ten Commandments
This post originated in an on-line conversation I had with a friend about LGBT community ethics in relation to coming out. There’s still tension within the LGBT Mormon community over the question of how “out” to be in the Church.…
History, Part 5 of 8: Public Vows
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) I’ve decided to get on to the point of my history and be done with it, but can’t skip this step: After over a year of being together, we began “shacking up”. At…
Annotation—The Pink Triangle of Mormonism
By Christopher Cooper Mormonism is changing! But for many it is not changing fast enough. There is no hiding the ugly past where Latter-day Saint homosexuals were treated in a very different manner than what they are today. The LDS…
Mothers of LGBT Youth Discuss Their Place in The Church
A conversation of mothers in the LDS Family Fellowship Christy I am anxious to hear your personal stories of how the church leaders are responding to your increased involvement and support? Maybe this has already been discussed? I am really struggling…
Through the eyes of a child
Hello, my name is Sterling Tull. I’m a gay fourteen year old boy living in the wonderfully uneventful state of Idaho with my wonderful mother, Christy Cottle, and wonderful stepfather, Davin Cottle. Now that my short introduction is out of…
The Prison of Appearances: Evil, Good, Impossibility and Shame
By Aaron Tabacco (cross posted from his blog Quorum of the Outcasts) The Use of the Term “Evil” During the time I was dating the woman who would eventually become my wife, I remember distinctly a winter formal dance that she and…
Moroni’s Promise and James 1:5-6 (Asking God Directly about Being LGBT)
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like…