The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, monly known as the Mormon church, unveiled a new webse – and new approach – to gay and lbian Mormons.
Contents:
- PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
- MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE
- MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
- MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- 283 MORMON GAY BANQUE PHOTOS ET IMAG HTE RéSOLUTN
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
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The photographs, part of an stunt-sponsored exhibn tied to Diversy Week by gay, lbian and transgenred artists at the school's South Cy mp, pict two young men whe shirts and dark pants, one of them wearg a missnary name tag. Farmer, who is gay, told The Salt Lake Tribune that he was raised a member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and had difficulty while growg up rencilg the two worlds.
MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE
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MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
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C., area, where his dad worked at a policy thk the fay moved to Utah, the young Gong found himself a much more homogeneo muny wh a “domant culture, ” he says, where his peers and teachers weren’t exactly sure about his he Mexin? ”)He didn’t want to accept himself as gay, “bee the only queerns I had ever seen was bad” — the AIDS crisis, promiscuy, ath.
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LDS Church has lnched a new sectn of s official webse, tled "Mormon and Gay".
MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG
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Self-intified gay Mormon: The church's shift on this issue is "monumental".
As a creative director for church public affairs, Rosas was asked to help sign the church’s latt mpaign: a new sectn of s official webse tled “Mormon and Gay. As the office’s attentn fixed upon homosexualy, Rosas sctized himself.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
Now he and his wife Elizabeth are featured promently on “Mormon and Gay, ” discsg how they have grown together as the new materials gave them the tools for “a healthy dialogue. No issue the last has divid church as eply as homosexualy. As public opn – and scientific unrstandg – on sexualy has shifted wh remarkable speed, many nomatns, cludg Mormon lears, have had to grapple wh a difficult qutn: How do they mata tradnal doctre that homosexual acts are sful, while acceptg and misterg to gay and lbian Mormons who scerely wish to rema part of their church?
RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Unveiled on Tuday, “Mormon and Gay” is one answer to that qutn.
283 MORMON GAY BANQUE PHOTOS ET IMAG HTE RéSOLUTN
The web page featur vio msag and says om five church members, cludg Rosas, who intify as same-sex attracted, gay, lbian or bisexual. Senr church lears ll the new materials “simply an update” om the webpage “Mormons and Gays, ” released 2012 on a doma unaffiliated wh the church’s official webse. (“Mormons and Gays” now redirects to the new “Mormons and Gay” page.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
Mch Mayne, a proment gay Mormon and blogger, said, “Above and beyond gettg to the ntent of the webse, the URL is absolutely fantastic – ’s an clive statement. While the prev se promently displayed the church’s doctral stance agast homosexual activy on s homepage, the new materials feature the stori of gay members. “Church Teachgs” is loted on a separate page; roughly 1, 700 words and five vios on “lovg one another” prece the first direct statement that “homosexual activy is a s.
Fulmer, who self-intifi as a gay Mormon and is featured on the new webse, said the new materials “give a steppg stone to have more open munitn about this and to te others on how to help and how to rpond to somebody who is gay. Trevor Johnson, a gay man who was raised Mormon but rigned his membership after gettg engaged, said, “When I first me out, the most damagg thg was feelg like people didn’t believe me that I was attracted to men. I appreciate that the church is releasg materials that validate the realy of the homosexual experience.