Scoring Points or Saving Lives?
According to a story in the Salt Lake Tribune on August 8th, “Brigham Young University’s intolerance of homosexual behavior should keep the private school out of the Big 12, a group of national LGBT advocacy groups says in a letter addressed to Big 12...
Holding Fast to Sacred Things
Sometime on my mission I read Alma 37 with new eyes. The main focus of the chapter is Alma’s counsel to Helaman about how to care for the records of the Nephites. I’d always read it as just another instance of the Book of Mormon reinforcing its own significance. But...
We Thought Love Would Be Enough
A poem that observes the limits of communities and institutions in being willing or able to include the suffering and even the existence of those who find themselves on the margins of their borders. Dedicated in particular to those who are grieving in the wake of...
WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ORLANDO
A guest post by Robert A. Rees, Ph.D. “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” –Moliere We are all responsible for what happened in Orlando. I am responsible for what happened in Orlando. The morning of the...
Cafeteria Morality
This post was originally published on MormonPress. Too many conservatives today practice cafeteria morality. They boldly stand in defense of moral issues when they feel like it, and send “thoughts and prayers” when they don’t. Believing in God is...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
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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