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Mormon bishop: Church’s treatment of LGBTQ people an ‘atrocity’
SALT LAKE CITY — A Mormon bishop on Sunday apologized for the way gays are treated and perceived by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, calling it “an atrocity.”
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Gay Mormon, excommunicated from his church, commits suicide
Bryan Michael Egnew, 40, spent the last decades of his life building up the courage to come out to his family and Mormon church. Once he did his life, family and religion were stripped away from him, and he committed suicide within a matter of weeks.
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LDS children’s book on ‘overcoming homosexuality’ finds a home on WalMart shelves
More than 100 WalMart stores are stocking a new children’s book — Chased by an Elephant: The Gospel Truth About Today’s Stampeding Sexuality — that counsels truth and accepting Jesus as the path to over coming homosexuality.
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Mormon church edits transcript of Packer’s anti-gay hate speech
The Mormon Church is trying to perform some sleight of hand, and hoping no one notices. On their online version of Boyd K. Packer’s hate-speech, they’ve changed some of the most critical words -– possibly in response to the national outrage against them.
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Thousands protest outside Mormon church over LDS leader’s anti-gay remarks
An estimated 4,500 gay rights advocates gathered outside the headquarters of the Mormon church Thursday evening to protest recent remarks from a church leader that homosexuality is an immoral condition that can and should be overcome.
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Sundance audience applauds film critical of Mormon role in Prop 8
Filmmaker Reed Cowan received two sustained standing ovations Sunday for his documentary “8: The Mormon Proposition,” a file which harshly criticizes the Mormon Church for campaigning in favor or California’s ban on same-sex marriage […]
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Witness: Obama not an ‘ally’ for gays; memos link Mormon church to Prop 8
The federal case challenging California’s Proposition 8 wrapped up it’s seventh day Wednesday, with plaintiff’s attorneys producing documents showing close ties between the Mormon church and the Prop. 8 campaign, and one expert witness asserting that President Obama is “not a reliable ally” for gays and lesbians. First on the witness stand Wednesday was Ryan […]
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Film focused on Mormon efforts to pass Prop 8 sells out at Sundance
A controversial film on the LDS Church and gay marriage has sold out five screenings at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival — making it one of the most popular and highly anticipated entries of the festival. Focused on the 2008 passage of California’s Proposition 8, the documentary has struck a nerve with accusations that a […]
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Gay rights supporters deliver petitions to Mormon church
Like Mormon pioneers in the 1850s, gay-rights supporters pulled a handcart through Salt Lake City on Wednesday in what they dubbed a “rescue” mission, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. The Foundation for Reconciliation carted more than 2,000 petition signatures to LDS Church headquarters, calling on the church to salvage relations with lesbian, gay, bisexual […]
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Gay advocacy groups criticize Mormon apostle over Prop 8 comments
Four gay advocacy groups that include Mormons and former church members released a joint statement Friday disagreeing with points made earlier this week in a speech on freedom of religion by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The statement called the church’s […]