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…
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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…
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…
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…
A Straight Mormon Comes Out (Full Article)
By OztN Miller (also posted to his blog http://notsomaladroit.blogspot.ca/ ) Alt. Title: Confessions of a Straight Mormon Boy (Note: what follows is a work of fiction, a hypothetical look at a fake world in an attempt to cultivate empathy in the real…
Limits to Love: Dividing Families
By Joseph Broom I know I shouldn’t have been surprised. But I was. Shocked. Two days ago, my daughter Hannah published an amazing piece on her blog. I never cease to marvel at the wisdom and depth of maturity…
Independence, Liberty—And Charity
On the 4th of July, let’s celebrate our liberty while remembering that “Love will beget tolerance and kindness” by Tom Christofferson A member of the Affirmation Board of Directors, Tom Christofferson lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his partner of sixteen…