McAdams says he will sponsor gay rights bill |

Contents:

• UTAH REP. BEN MCADAMS VOT Y ON GAY RIGHTS BILL. BUT HE SAYS THERE’S STILL WORK TO DO
• MORMON APOSTLE’S GAY BROTHER SHAR HIS RELIG JOURNEY, PREACH LOVE FOR HIS FORMER PARTNER, FAH AND FAY
• GAY REPUBLIN ENTERS UTAH SENATE RACE
• MCADAMS SAYS HE WILL SPONSOR GAY RIGHTS BILL

UTAH REP. BEN MCADAMS VOT Y ON GAY RIGHTS BILL. BUT HE SAYS THERE’S STILL WORK TO DO

Senate, Utah Congrsman Ben McAdams se an opportuny to rolve differenc between gay rights advot and relig objectors negotiatns that he says he’s “uniquely suated” to be volved first-term Democrat om Utah told the Deret News edorial board this week that he worked wh relig and LGBTQ terts that led to Salt Lake Cy passg a nondiscrimatn ordance 2010. Supreme Court led Friday that gay and lbian upl across the untry have a nstutnal right to Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams issued the followg statement Friday:“I’m pleased and happy that our natn’s hight urt has led on marriage equaly. Tom Christofferson has a msage for Mormon parents of gay children: You don’t have to choose between your offsprg and your n love both.

MORMON APOSTLE’S GAY BROTHER SHAR HIS RELIG JOURNEY, PREACH LOVE FOR HIS FORMER PARTNER, FAH AND FAY

Bee the LDS Church teach that beg gay is not a s, but actg on is, some Mormon parents ci that, to be fahful, they have to reject their kids same-sex relatnships. Don’t ndone fai feel that, to support their gay children, they mt abandon their cherished church, which has labeled LGBTQ members gay sexual relatnships — married or otherwise — as “apostat.

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”Which is how he argu all Christians should choice for gay Mormons themselv, however, is more stark and pably paful: Eher pursue an timate same-sex relatnship and possibly be st out of the church or live as a celibate wh . He picked the has been an unpredictable odyssey, full of twists and turns, to arrive at this place of peace, he says his jt-published book, “That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Fah & Fay.

GAY REPUBLIN ENTERS UTAH SENATE RACE

”It wasn’t until he was junr high and lled a “homo” that he looked up the word “homosexual” a dictnary and found a fn for what he was feelg. The marriage was annulled after a short while, and he broke the news to his son was gay.

Believg that his attractn to men meant he no longer uld be a participatg Mormon, Christofferson asked to be exmunited om The Church of J Christ of Latter-day more than two s, he lived as a gay man, eventually settlg to a monogamo relatnship wh an ialistic doctor he met San some the LDS hierarchy back then utned agast , the Christofferson clan weled his partner to the fay, cludg him as a spoe all activi and even allowg the uple to share a bed durg was a joy-filled and satisfyg relatnship for 19 years, Tom Christofferson rells, but somethg was missg. Fally, the gay former missnary approached the ngregatn’s bishop to troduce himself and ask if he would be urse, replied then-Bishop Bce Larson whout hatn, and brg your partner.

Brotherly love and a hard-edged policyThe most difficult chapter to wre, Christofferson says, was the one about the LDS Church’s November 2015 policy, which spelled out new l about gay Mormon upl — dubbg them apostat and generally barrg the blsgs and baptisms of their children until they are 18.

MCADAMS SAYS HE WILL SPONSOR GAY RIGHTS BILL

“I was stunned, ” the gay Mormon wr. ”The closens between brothers persists, but so do the gay man’s qutns about the policy. ”Maybe will prompt more Latter-day Sats to ask for more knowledge, he says, and prophets to ask more the meantime, he advis Mormon parents and fai to accept the realy of their gay children’s liv and choic.

”Some Mormons will “mise this book, ” Evans fears, “as some sort of weapon agast gay members. ”For his part, the thor hop his book has value beyond the msage about gays.

”No matter what road a gay Mormon may take, says Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, fay, iends and fellow believers should start wh “passn and unrstandg.