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…
Category: Marriage Equality
Marriage Equality
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…
Why same sex marriage is not an attack on the institution of marriage: experiences from Europe
By Walter van Beek (originally published at http://timesandseasons.org/) A Dutch Mormon non-same-sex marriage: a proud father with his daughter The involvement of the LDS church in the issue of same sex marriage in the United States runs very deep and is highly…
Religious Freedom Not at Stake
By Sam Wolfe (also published at Affirmation.org) This week could see the resolution of decades of battles over marriage equality in Hawaii. The legislative votes appear sufficient for passage of the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act, and the governor is poised…
To a Sister in Need — Thoughts on the Gay Mormon Question
By D Christian Harrison As a devout Mormon who is also an out gay man, I occasionally get letters from people looking for insight, validation, or a simple sounding board. So I wasn’t surprised when, a few days ago —…
Who We Really Are–How I Learned About Love And Acceptance By Failing To Follow The Spirit And Supporting Yes On 8
By Ana Nelson Shaw Intended for cross-post at mitchmayne.blogspot.com and nomorestrangers.org I’m the oldest of six children, born in Utah and brought up moving all over the country. Two of my three brothers are gay. Jake, almost four years…
Marriage Equality and Religious Freedom: Let’s Set the Record Straight
In Hawaii, the LDS Church recently shared letters with its members and hosted a forum on its BYU Hawaii campus to express concerns about protecting churches from being forced to perform or promote same-sex marriages. It is unfortunate that…
My Wrestle With The Issues Surrounding Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
By Jon Barker Up until a few months ago, I was on the fence about LGBTQ issues. I’ve literally written this post 5 times. It started as a way for me to find an answer, asking you readers to sway…
What choice did you really have? (When our straight LDS friends betray us)
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) L, took an active step in hoping to exclude gay and lesbian couples from legal marriage. He explained why, and there’s nothing really to be said about the explanation. We went over it already,…