The church needs to clarify the sin. There are many of us already in same-sex marriages, and if we want to be part of the church, then we need to know specifics about what is sinful. Local leaders (Bishops and…
Clarify The Sin
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…
The Gay Mormon Ten Commandments
This post originated in an on-line conversation I had with a friend about LGBT community ethics in relation to coming out. There’s still tension within the LGBT Mormon community over the question of how “out” to be in the Church.…
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…