(Also posted at mormonsformarriage.com) Dear Prop 8 supporters, I remember this feeling you may be feeling today, now that Prop 8 appeals have been exhausted and same-sex marriages are about to resume in California. I remember this feeling that your…
Category: Marriage Equality
Marriage Equality
Theresa and Rachel: Our Story
Our Story… Thanks for coming to this blog to learn a little bit more about our story. Theresa and I met when Theresa was a recently returned missionary and we were both attending school at BYU. We became very close…
Gays and Lesbians as Parents
I was surprised—and delighted—to read the headline, “Salt Lake City Has Highest Population of Same-Sex Couples Raising Kids.” Surprised because it seems counter-intuitive and yet, according to the survey (conducted by the UCLA Williams Institute), “Metro areas with the highest percentages…
Everything Made Right
(also posted at youngstranger.blogspot.ca) I’m so proud of my state right now. About two years ago, after a Republican dominated Minnesota legislature put an anti-gay-marriage amendment on the ballot, Grant Stevensen, the pastor of Spirit of Truth Faith Community, said to…
Marriage Matters
By Ben Jarvis My husband Pat and I have many anniversaries in our relationship: the night we met, the day we moved in together, our domestic partnership registration. But the most important anniversary, and indeed the only anniversary that we…
Love in Word and Deed
By Scott H. (Admin note) No More Strangers is a new forum seeking to advance the dialogue regarding LGBT people and Mormonism. As such, it has the good fortune of having bloggers who have made significant contributions to Latter-day Saint…
Mercy and Justice(s) and Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases about same-sex marriage this week. One is on the constitutionality of California’s marriage definition, the other is about whether the federal government may or must not recognize same-sex marriages which are recognized by…
Candlelight Vigil
On March 26-27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) will be listening to oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8 (Prop 8). DOMA states that marriage is…
A Question of Standing
This post is the third of several providing background information about the LDS church’s involvement in the Prop 8 campaign in California. The series will provide pertinent court case and appellate background information to readers interested in March’s Supreme Court…
When family ties cannot bind
We spend a lot of time talking about family – how important families are, how they’re the best place for raising children, how they need to be protected. We recognize that children benefit from homes with loving, supportive parents who…