OUTreach News: Three events this week, hope to see you!
By Shan Sullivan This past summer, when I became the owner and managing director of Exploring Sainthood, I decided that above all else, my primary mission was to facilitate a spirit of service as the bedrock of this project and community. I believe that as we truly...
Love in Word and Deed
Love in Word and Deed By Scott H. NOTE: This essay originally appeared on the blog, No More Strangers. Click here to read Scott’s original post. By the late 1960s, the position of the LDS church towards its black members was becoming increasingly untenable. ...
Timeline of Mormon Thinking About Homosexuality
Mormonism’s understanding of homosexuality shifts over time from quiet disapproval to intense institutionalized homophobia by the mid-20th century. The common theme that runs throughout Mormonism’s treatment of homosexuality is what I call “other as outsider” – the...
ELDER MARLIN K. JENSEN LISTENS TO PAIN CAUSED BY PROP 8
ELDER MARLIN K. JENSEN LISTENS TO PAIN CAUSED BY PROP 8 –Carol Lynn Pearson This originally appeared on Sister Pearon’s website: clpearson.com. She has given us permission to re-posst it here at rationalfaiths.com At an early morning meeting prior to the...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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