Brad Harker sums up his life as "one huge full circle" — om beg a Mormon missnary "tght to live a lie" to g out as a proud gay Peack Mormon.
Contents:
- MORMON MISSNARI UGHT ON VIO NNG AWAY OM A VERY GAY DOORMAT
- PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
- ON BEG A GAY MORMON MISSNARY
- RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- GAY MORMON OUT TO RELIG FATHER, BUT DON’T GET THE REACTN HE WAS EXPECTG
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
MORMON MISSNARI UGHT ON VIO NNG AWAY OM A VERY GAY DOORMAT
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"Mr Harker is om a sixth-generatn Mormon fay and was an arnt follower of the fah, but after s of beg "tght to live a lie", he me out as gay is one of about 12 former and current Mormons who will march as part of the "Peack Mormons" float at the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para on Saturday. "Historilly, they would produce anti-gay lerature, they would have books on how not to be gay, they'd teach you not to be gay, that was a s, " he says. You were tght, if you were gay, to have shame and to lie.
"I now jt want to advote that beg gay is OK, " he says. "The Peack MormonsThe Mormon church, headquartered the US state of Utah, says has about 150, 000 members has strict l around sexualy and "sexual pury, " wh church material sayg, "sexual relatns between a man and woman who are not married, or between people of the same sex, vlate one of our Father Heaven's most important laws and get the way of our eternal progrs" regard to homosexualy, church material says, "the experience of same-sex attractn is a plex realy for many people. "You n be sentenced to ath Iran for beg homosexual...
Acrdg to their doormat, the Indiana home of Jamie Fot and her wife Melissa’s hoe is the “Gayt Place Town. Apparently, was too gay for a pair of proselytizg Mormon missnari who were ught on the uple’s doorbell mera, leavg after they saw the msage unrfoot.
PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
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The Mormons had arrived at the “Gayt Place Town.
“Gayt? Whether the “nope” dited the addrs wasn’t ripe for preachg, or whether the missnari believed the home was not, fact, the Gayt Place Town, was unclear. It says “gayt place town” and has the add benef of keepg relig zealots om knockg on our door to tell about their god.
It says ‘gayt place town’ and has the add benef of keepg relig zealots om knockg on our door to tell about their god. 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.
ON BEG A GAY MORMON MISSNARY
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Gee, Utah, to raise money for the ncer treatment of the mother of a gay man the muny, and the Fire Hoe is one of the few venu town that hosts LGBT events. She's a "mama dragon, " a term the Mormon muny to scribe mothers who fiercely advote for gay rights. "I thk every gay Mormon child wish for a mom like that, " Garett says wistfully.
"There's no pri center or gay club or place that un , " Kyle says as he walks out to the night. It had always been challengg to be gay and Mormon.
The Church had often fought agast the risg ti of marriage equaly; s members were major fancial backers of 2008's Prop 8 California, which briefly banned same-sex marriage the state before beg more progrsive Church members voiced strong disapproval, Garett, like many Mormons, believed the spirual lears were warmg to gay rights.
RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
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The Church had been takg small but signifint steps forward, acknowledgg that beg gay isn't a choice and that fai should accept their LGBT loved on. )When the cisn me down, legalizg same-sex marriage all across the natn, Garett felt an emotn he didn't often feel as a gay Mormon man: vditn. ) Statistilly, that means that the Church has hundreds of thoands of gay followers.
GAY MORMON OUT TO RELIG FATHER, BUT DON’T GET THE REACTN HE WAS EXPECTG
Its official policy toward homosexualy is that "actg" on one's sire is a s and that same-sex marriage is agast God's, twenty-six, and Garett, twenty-four, have had a long, plited relatnship wh the relign to which they were born. Neher of them associated wh or even knew any Church's official policy toward homosexualy is that "actg" on one's sire is a s and that same-sex marriage is agast God's will. "I felt a strong obligatn to be out there for other gay Mormons to see.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
That night, they met another gay Mormon uple at Olive Garn for a celebratn over pasta and a bottle of whe for Kyle's brother and sister--law, they did not tell their fai. He is also openly gay, but unlike Garett, he is celibate. His relign and his homosexualy are equal parts of him, and he says he don't want to put "eher inty the closet.
Garett uld only assume that his parents believed they had one gay son who stayed celibate orr to bt serve his fah, and another who abandoned relign to have a meangful has never wished to be seen as the good gay son. They ed to thk of Garett as gay and Logan as havg "same-genr attractn, " as if one is a more ser form of the same medil ndn.