January 7, 2014 Dear Representative ___, Thank you for sending me this survey, as I had hoped to have communication with you prior to your upcoming legislative session. These are divided times, and that concerns me. I spent decades as…
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On the “Defense of Religious Freedom” and Marriage Equality
By Aaron Tabacco (also published at his blog http://quorumoftheoutcasts.blogspot.com/) I will be the first to admit that as I was growing up, never did I foresee a time wherein homosexual citizens and their civil rights would…
Things That You Must Explain
By Matt Mosman (also posted at http://mitchmayne.blogspot.com/) As I’ve become involved in offering support for LGBT rights and for LGBT acceptance within the LDS community, a few things have really stood out to me as striking crimes against basic logic. …
Andy’s Story–A gay Mormon feels God’s love and accepts himself
By Andy Simmonds (admin note: In prior posts by the Abhau family–Jake, Meg and Jon–have talked about the role Andy played of their journey towards understanding their son’s homosexuality)I am Andrew Jon Simmonds. I was born into a wonderful (LDS)…
To Mirror Christ’s Life
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…
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…
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…