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Mormon says he’ll likely be excommunicated for website, gay rights support
A Mormon man who runs a website for church members questioning their faith said Monday that he expects to be excommunicated based the tenor of a disciplinary hearing Sunday night, but he may not find out for days.
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Mormon leaders call for ‘balanced approach’ in clash between gay rights, religious freedom
The church is promising to support some housing and job protections for gays, but still wants to hire and fire workers based not only on religious beliefs, but also on honor codes that require gays to remain celibate.
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Mormon man faces excommunication over website, support for gay marriage
John Dehlin, who runs the website and podcast Mormonstories.org, said a regional church letter informed him that a disciplinary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 25, at which he’s likely to be censured or excommunicated.
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Gay rights advocates assail TLC special ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’
GLAAD says the show sends the wrong message and is a sad reminder of so-called gay conversion therapy, often faith-based efforts designed to change sexual orientation that can be emotionally scarring.
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Mormon Church walks back statement of support for non-discrimination laws
Less than 24 hours after releasing a statement on their website, the Mormon Church is walking back its support for workplace and housing protections for LGBTQ Utahns.
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Mormon Church website says it supports LGBT housing, employment protections
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints late Friday posted a statement to its website saying it now fully supports non-discrimination protections for LGBT individuals in housing and employment.
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TLC’s ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ follows four Mormons with same-sex attraction
The TLC special follows four Mormon men living in Utah who are attracted to the same-sex, but who don’t identify themselves as gay or bisexual.
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Some Mormons pushing church to become more accepting of gay members
SALT LAKE CITY — Court decisions this week paving the way for same-sex marriage to become legal in dozens of states, including Mormon strongholds like Utah, Idaho and Nevada, have emboldened a growing group of Latter-day Saints who are pushing the conservative church to become more accepting of gay members.
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Mormon leader reiterates opposition to gay marriage at biannual conference
SALT LAKE CITY — A high-ranking Mormon leader reiterated the church’s opposition to gay marriage, but he urged members to be gracious toward those who believe differently. Dallin H. Oaks of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Quorum of the Twelve said Saturday during the faith’s biannual conference…
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Churches urge U.S. Supreme Court to act on same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church and four religious organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and settle once and for all the question of whether states can outlaw gay marriage. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in a statement Friday, said it joined a friend-of-the-court brief asking the high court to hear Utah’s marriage case.