Only by teaching kids to be inclusive and tolerant will we create worthwhile role models by David Baker (also posted at Affirmation.org) 28 April 2013 “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my…
Loyalty in Marriage
By Keith Penrod I just read a story about a man wanting a divorce because he had fallen in love with a lady with whom he had been having an affair. When he told his wife, she asked him to…
All Are Enlisted: The Mission of the LGBT Mormon
Talk given on April 27, 2013 at “All are alike unto God” Mormon/LGBT Conference in Phoenix, AZ (also posted at http://mitchmayne.blogspot.com/) Like pretty much everyone in this room, I suspect, I learned early on how important missionary work was to our church. I remember…
On Love and (Gay) Marriage–The Perspective of a Straight Mormon
By Matthew Greene (originally posted on his blog matthewonbeingmormon.blogspot.com) I was twenty-three years old the first time I let myself tell a girl I loved her. I fumbled around for a bit, talked in circles, and generally made a complete idiot…
Being a Catalyst for Change
We can find opportunities to spur increased love, questioning, pondering, conversation, and understanding in our wards by Sam Noble (Also posted at Affirmation.org) The past two Sundays, I’ve been given opportunities at church to share about and discuss being gay with other…
The Gaydy Bunch Part 2
By Esteban Cencerrado Lee-O’Neal An interesting part of this whole life change was overcoming my own programmed homophobia. I was so excited to meet Rex and to move into a new relationship, while at the same time feeling twinges of…