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The Brethren Want Us to Shut Up About Heavenly Mother Already, Again

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Holly7

Discussions are proliferating among liberal Mormons on social media about recent efforts by the Brethren to let the Saints know that they better stop talking about Heavenly Mother, ASAP. Here’s a good early summation of what’s going on, from Twitter. In 1985, when I was a missionary, a relative sent me a copy of the […]

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The 8 things I’d like to ask

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 Alison10

I know…I have resigned my membership. So why do I care about the new Mormon church policy update that impacts LGBT Mormons? Why bother stressing about it if I don’t even belong or believe? Because this was my faith community for 46 years. Because it was how I was raised. Because I have active believing children […]

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Nailing jello to the wall edition!!

September 1, 2013 chanson4

Here is a common problem faced by faithful Mormons: A few years ago, Sam and I attended an endowment session at the Salt Lake Temple. As we approached the gate, a man stood on the public sidewalk a few feet away, holding a sign that read: Joseph Smith had 27 wives! A couple crossed the […]

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The Church vs. The Gospel

January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 aerin645

When I began questioning mormonism, my Dad explained that there was a difference between the church and the gospel.  The church was made of people who were human, and the gospel was the kernel of truth within the church. He said that the mormon faith was the closest to being “all true” that there was.  […]

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A MESSAGE TO ALL HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE AND A LETTER TO MY MOTHER

January 2, 2013January 2, 2013 Robin Johnson0

A MESSAGE TO ALL HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE Another 17 year old boy named Jack Denton Reese committed suicide on April 22 in Mountain Green, Utah after being bullied for being feminine and/or gay, the day before his boyfriend Alex Smith spoke at a panel about the bullying Jack experienced.  The panel was held in connection with […]

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SOME THINGS I HAVE LEARNED BY BEING GAY AND MORMON

January 2, 2013 Robin Johnson1

SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED One thing that I have learned is: although Gay people are born gay; when gays have gone through the process of: first denial, then self-loathing and other steps, and finally acceptances; then Gay people are ready to move on to healthy relationships.  Another thing that I have learned is: […]

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ANOTHER GAY MANIFESTO: MY PROBLEM WITH THE MORMON CHURCH

January 1, 2013 Robin Johnson4

What Can I Say…I Am Still Gay! I have never been known to stay where I am not wanted.  My present Bishop and Elder’s Quorum President do not like me because I am now openly Gay and they know it.  They are both very Homophobic. L Therefore, I have been refused all my Temple blessings, […]

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And…The Book of Abraham is de-canonized

August 28, 2012 aerin6453

When I was growing up, I had a triple combination. This was a copy of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Abraham in one book. We studied the Book of Abraham in seminary, the same year as the Old Testament. I remember my seminary teacher actually built a cardboard replica of […]

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Two Short Reads That Are Packed With Information

August 21, 2012 Donna Banta7

Need a good summer read? I picked up a couple at the Sunstone Conference that are both timely and on topic for the broader LDS Community. Here’s what I wrote about them on Amazon: Could I Vote For A Mormon For President?An Election-Year Guide to Mitt Romney’s Religion Ryan T. Cragunand Rick Phillips Wallace Stegner […]

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It’s the Doctrine, Stupid!

August 2, 2012 Invictus Pilgrim22

The recent patriotic month here in Utah turned my thoughts to the subject of parades and patriotism. As a resident of Davis County (just north of Salt Lake City) for a number of years, my former wife and I took our children to the Centerville 4th of July parade every year and to the Bountiful […]

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