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The shortsighted wrongheadedness of LGBT activism
Born that way?The pity about much LGBT discourse is that much of the discourse among LGBT activists comes from a position of pity and despair.I mean, let’s take the main thrust (from an L and G...
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Gay Boy Scouts?
A 2000 Supreme Court decision rules that because the Boy Scouts of America is a private organization, they are within their rights to exclude gays, atheists, and agnostics from its membership ranks....
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Guns and Gays
In many ways, the arguments against guns and the arguments against gays are very similar.In both cases, people who find an “ick” factor in something (be it guns or gay marriage) are against it. Those...
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DOMA Arigato, But No Thanks!
Even womanizer (wink, wink) Barney Stinson is celebrating!“DOMA undermines both the public and private significance of state-sanctioned same-sex marriages; for it tells those couples, and all the...
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Today’s Press Conference: Double-Edged Discrimination
In today’s press conference, LDS leaders encouraged church members to support anti-discrimination legislation while continuing to oppose marriage equality. You can find a very local perspective here,...
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Utah’s Solution for Discrimination and Religious Liberty
Indiana Governor Mike Pence A recent law passed in Indiana has put the state in an unusual spotlight. Proponents claim that their law uses essentially the same language as the 1993 federal Religious...
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An Interview with Mitch Mayne
Mitch, you’ve become well known because of how you’ve interacted with the Church, but can you tell us how you found the Church (or how it found you)? My parents converted to Mormonism when I was really...
View ArticleAre 1960s Racial Protests Similar to Last Summer’s Gay Protests?
In 1969, fourteen football players from the University of Wyoming were kicked off the football team when they wanted to protest BYU due to the LDS CHurch’s racial restrictions on blacks. Dr. Darron...
View ArticleAlternative Marriage: Polygamy & Gay Marriage
It’s been interesting talking to historians Mel Johnson and Greg Prince. In both conversations we discussed alternative forms of marriage. Early Mormons believed polygamy was essential to salvation,...
View ArticleExamining Christian Right & Revelatory Whiplash on LGBT
e: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSS | More It’s not just the LDS Church that has had a difficult time dealing with gay rights. The Christian right is struggling with the issue as well. Dr....
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