Thoughts on Sam Young, Excommunication, and Responding to Internal Dissent
This past week Sam Young announced that he had been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for his aggressive advocacy to change the youth interview process. In Sam Young’s excommunication letter, he was informed by his Stake...
Ask a Mormon Lesbian With Laura Root – NSG (episode 17; 237)
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/237-Ask_a_Mormon_Lesbian_With_Laura_Root_17-NSG.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi Laura, Thank you so much for sharing your perspective on...
Excommunication: What I Learned
I was eleven years old the day I saw them from my bedroom window walk up to our front door. My mother informed them the man they were looking for was in the backyard. I raced from the front of my childhood home to the back window. With my nose pressed up against the...
On Excommunication
In the LDS Church, we teach that excommunication encompasses two overlapping actions: removing people from the church community and severing their covenants. I believe that it is entirely appropriate for the Church to engage in the former (even if I don’t always agree...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.
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