By Dan Brooks (also posted in his blog http://ldsviews.blogspot.ca/) Out of 31,000 verses in the Holy Bible there are only six thought to reference homosexuality. Let’s see if putting these verses in the ancient context from which they sprang can help edify…
Month: December 2013
Today I performed the most beautiful and moving wedding!
By James Birrell Today I performed the most beautiful and moving wedding for two wonderful and beautiful women who now are legally married spouses in Utah. In 2004, when Utahns passed Amendment 3, further ensuring against gay marriage, I voted…
An 18 year old rural Utah teen ally teaches us about love
By Caleb Deane Some of you may have noticed that there is a huge debate going on in our country. The decision to legalize gay marriage or not has become one of the biggest issues of our time. I’ve spent…
Give Them A Dream
By Adam White (also published at his blog http://withtearslordibelieve.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/give-them-a-dream/) Things I’m Thinking About in This Post: Gay couples are marrying in Utah. Wut? ***** The past few days been crazy. So many LGBTQ friends have got married over the weekend! I…
I’m gay, Mormon, married to a woman, and I couldn’t be happier about the Utah gay marriage ruling
By Devon (also posted at his blog http://mygraylifestyle.wordpress.com/) What the heck just happened? Same-sex marriage is legal in Utah!? How on earth did Utah jump on the progressive bandwagon so quickly? I expected the second coming to occur before gay…
Your cause is just, but I can do nothing for you
There is a particular story in our early church history that isn’t very well-known, but has greatly occupied my thoughts as of late. I see many correlations in this story between the early Saints and the current LDS LGBT community. …
God to the rescue
By Mark Steele (also published at his blog http://steelefives.blogspot.com/) A few weeks ago at church, we talked about past ‘rescues’ God has made, and what our role is in assisting those rescues. Then we were asked to tell of a time…
Let’s Talk
By Anonymous About ten years ago, I lost a family member and a good friend to suicide, fairly close in timing together. Both were unexpected. Both left a hole I don’t think can ever be filled. In both cases, the…
Twelve Years: Black Slaves and Gays
Robert A. Rees “Analogy: a comparison between two things that are similar in some way.” (Bing Dictionary) There are no perfect analogies but even imperfect analogies can be useful. The following analogy may be particularly imperfect but it may also…
Father forgive them
By Anita Stephens I read an article this week that really has had a profound effect on me. It was entitled the Saviors last lecture and it can be found here http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/13506 The author discusses how the savior taught us about forgiveness .Hanging on…