010: Commentary on Courts of Love
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/excommunication.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSRational Faiths permabloggers share their personal perspectives and discuss how the movement for...
Being Courted Out of Mormonism; The Big Tent is Shrinking
On the evening of December 12th, 2013, my Bishop and his First Counselor came to my house and told me that they had set a date the following week for an official disciplinary council, the first step toward excommunication, for my advocating for the equality for women...
The Great Divide: Why critical evaluation of church leader statements can make you more compassionate and closer to God
The Great Divide Why critical evaluation of church leader statements can make you more compassionate and closer to God Hello, my name is Carson and I criticize church leaders… In my experience there is no other subject that will divide modern members of the LDS...
Affirmation and the Gay Mormon Revival
There was a time when I utterly rejected the notion that it was possible to be gay and Mormon. I defined being Mormon as being a baptized member of the Church in good standing, and during the years I was coming of age, it was not uncommon for individuals to be...
Molotov Cocktails in Priesthood Meeting
I. Elder Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk at the opening of the April 2014 General Conference Priesthood session titled The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood. I listened to it in real time knowing that, even as Elder Oaks was pronouncing his justification for...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
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