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Poll: Should the BSA end the ban on gays?

It could happen. Maybe it should happen. What do you think? Whatever your opinion, the BSA is gathering feedback. Call 972-580-2330 during business hours, or email nationalsupportcenter@scouting.org....

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The Church and Same Sex Marriage: The Pastoral Question

“God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.”—John Henry Newman Unless everybody I know has misread the tea leaves,...

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Getting There…

LDS Church adds a new video to Mormon & Gay—and it features a family lovingly accepting their out, gay son as he leaves the faith. It’s a welcome addition to the site—and a bold move that, no...

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Colorful Socks

JD is a gay man in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — and he still attends!   He could still really use a friend there.  His colorful church socks get lonely too. This piece is a follow...

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Mormon and/or Gay?

Rebekah Perkins Crawford has a PhD in Communication Studies from Ohio University. Her research centers on the ways religious communities communicate about mental health, sexuality, and sexual...

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Let Love be Love

Nicole is a mother, feminist, and activist living in the Salt Lake Valley with her partner Kerstin and blended family of seven. She credits the women in her life for shaping her values and her hope...

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Personal Revelation and Sustaining Prophets

Rachel Allred lives in California and loves her husband, her toddler, and ice cream (not necessarily in that order).  She generally tries to make the world a more empathetic place. I literally started...

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LGB Saints at Church: Some Challenges

Michael is from a multigenerational Latter-day Saint family but has spent the majority of his life outside of the Mormon corridor. He’s not employed by academia but looks for opportunities to scratch...

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Nathan Kitchen on The Boughs of Love: Navigating the Queer Latter-day Saint...

I am one of the last members of the generation of Latter-day Saint young men officially taught, as a matter of policy, to get married to a woman as a remedy to overcome “homosexual inclinations.” I...

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