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Mormon authors back Utah gay writer in dispute with publishing company
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 40 Mormon authors are backing a gay writer in his dispute with a Utah publisher over an author’s autobiographical reference to the writer’s boyfriend.
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Hall of Fame QB Steve Young promotes acceptance of gays in Mormon Church
SALT LAKE CITY — Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young and his wife Barbara are scheduled to give the keynote address at an upcoming conference promoting acceptance of gays and lesbians in the Mormon Church.
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Mormon parents who supported Prop 8, now fight on behalf of their gay son
A Mormon’s family’s struggle to reconcile its faith with full acceptance of their son’s sexual identity is at the heart of the video “Families Are Forever,” which premieres at Frameline 37: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival this weekend.
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Boy Scouts join Mormon allies at Utah Pride, defy policy by marching in uniform
SALT LAKE CITY — For a second straight year, a large group of Mormons took part Sunday in the Utah Pride Parade in a show of support for the gay community.
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Mormon allies again planning to march in Utah gay pride parade
SALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of members of the Mormon church are planning on Sunday to duplicate a powerful message they sent last year by marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in downtown Salt Lake City.
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Mormon church arranged meeting ahead of vote against LGBT discrimination
POCATELLO, Idaho — Pocatello city officials met with an attorney for a Washington, D.C.-based conservative group brought in by the Mormon church a few weeks before councilors rejected an ordinance intended to protect LGBT people from discrimination.
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The Mormon Church’s support for gay boy scouts is no surprise at all
The Mormon church surprised many last week with its announcement supporting the proposed Boy Scout policy allowing gay scouts but not gay leaders. Having spent most of my life as a Mormon and having served in its local leadership, I wasn’t surprised at all. Here’s why. Though not true until relatively recently, the Mormon church does allow gay people to be members and even to have some local leadership jobs, as long as they stay strictly celibate…
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Mormon Church says it’s pleased with Scouts’ continued ban on gay leaders
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church says it welcomes the Boy Scouts of America’s latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.
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Utah Boy Scout council says 83 percent of parents, leaders oppose lifting gay ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A survey finds that that 83 percent of Boy Scout leaders, parents and representatives from troops in the greater Salt Lake City area oppose lifting a ban on openly gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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The Year in Review: Five LGBT religious advances in 2012
There was a time, not so long ago, when religion was a unified front against LGBT equality. However, over the years, we have seen that paradigm change, and 2012 witnessed religious people and organizations at the forefront of LGBT advancement … By the end of the year, we saw several religious leaders stepping out and speaking up, with support coming from some pretty surprising places…