(Also published at RationalFaiths.com) I am not an expert on pain. I am not even sure I have a very high tolerance for pain. My experience has largely been within the protective circle of a loving family and the doctrines…
Of Pain and The Journey
Category: Family issues
It Didn’t Happen Overnight
By Meg Abhau (also posted to their family blog http://theabhaus.blogspot.ca/) Some people may see our Facebook coming out letter and think we came to all these conclusions overnight, or even immediately. The Facebook post came after 2 months of diligent…
Advice From a Psychiatrist to Mormon Mental Health Providers When Treating LGBT Youth (Also for Parents to Consider)
There appears to be progress in the Mormon therapist community toward eliminating some of the damaging practices that they have been guilty of in the past. In the 1970’s aversion therapy was a routine route for Mormon gays. It was…
It’s Complex
“On one occasion Jesus came upon a group arguing vehemently with His disciples. When the Savior inquired as to the cause of this contention, the father of an afflicted child stepped forward, saying he had approached Jesus’s disciples for a…
Oblivion (A Mormon Teen Speaks Out for Others, Part 1 of 2)
By Susannah Montgomery (also posted at FeministMormonHousewives.org) . Oblivion (noun): Official disregard or overlooking . My name is Susannah Montgomery and I’m fourteen. I have a gay brother named Jordan and he is a year older than me. He is my…
A Mother’s Love
By Jake and Meg Abhau (Also posted at their blog http://theabhaus.blogspot.ca/) On this Mother’s Day, Randall Thacker of Affirmation asked my beautiful wife to write her perspective on mothering a gay child. She was humbled, yet honored to do this, knowing…
History Supplement 1: The In-Laws
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) My in-laws are staying with us again (“In-law”, the best word to convey the right idea, is literally wrong here in Utah :-)). But, contrary to what sit-coms have taught me to expect,…
True Charity
By Suzi Fei On July 21, 2013, I had the opportunity to give a talk during Sacrament meeting at the branch in downtown Portland as well as teach Relief Society in my family ward later that afternoon. Seeing as…
What the Heck is Traditional Marriage?
In light of all the fuss over DOMA, Prop 8 and the Supreme Court, I have grown weary of the debates over same sex marriage. Five years ago I rather unenthusiastically participated in supporting Prop 8 in California. As an…
History, Part 8 of 8: The New World
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) Okay… We eventually decided we should look for an option other than a Utah adoption. While we could do it with only one of us as a legal parent, it seemed and seems…