By Thomas McAffee (also published at his blog http://thomasmcaffee.com/) It has become a theme of conservative religionists that there is a frightening new trend toward demonizing religious thought and expression and that this trend actually presents a significant threat to religious…
Month: April 2014
A 12 year old Mormon girl’s response when her brother comes out to her
By Brooklynn Blair (Proud Baby Sister Dragon) America is living with segregation. But not racial segregation, segregation based on sexual orientation. People treat them different, call them names, and act like they’re not human. Isn’t that exactly how they treated…
Is Increasing Acceptance of Same-Sex Marriage Really Linked to Moral Decline?
I remember quite a few years ago having a conversation with a gay man about marriage. I believe this must have been shortly after same-sex marriage became legal for the first time in Massachusetts. I spoke about Göran’s and my…
A Petition for Kindness
By Lorian Dunlop (originally published at feministmormonhousewives.org) I was driving home from dropping my daughter at school this morning. When I passed the local park, I saw a sign by the road inviting people to come to the parking lot…
An Indignant Cop
By Nik Rasheta (also published at http://theabhaus.blogspot.com/) In April 2012 the police department that I work for announced that it was going to allow uniformed officers to March in the Phoenix Gay Pride Parade. Officers everywhere around me were upset with…
A Mother Gives a Message to Her Ward
I was TERRIFIED. I had to lock my knees so they would stop shaking. I’m sure if you put a microphone up to my chest, my heart would have sounded like a jackhammer. But it had been on my mind…
High Priests – Holding the Right Belonging to the Fathers
By Christopher Cooper Is it wrong to aspire to positions of leadership, or request advancements within the priesthood if you feel you have been overlooked? Active, worthy, gay members of the Church may readily advance through the mechanical steps of…