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Mormons may create alternative scouting organization
Were the church to follow through, it could financially impact the BSA quite dramatically, as the LDS is the organization’s largest Scouting sponsor.
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End of Boy Scouts’ ban on gays prompts elation and alarm
The contrasting reactions followed the BSA national executive board’s 45-12 vote on Monday to lift the nationwide ban while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to continue excluding gay adults.
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Mormon church donates to Utah LGBT community center
The Utah-based Mormon church has given its first-ever charitable donation to an LGBT community center in Salt Lake City.
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Top Mormon leaders vow to be leading advocates for marriage exclusive to a man and a woman
Mormon leaders vowed to be a leading advocate for the belief that marriage is an institution exclusive to a man and a woman during the religion’s biannual conference in Salt Lake City this weekend.
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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.