I was born and raised in the Mormon faith. I went to church every week, I went to youth group every week, and I read my scriptures and prayed every day. I knew I was going to serve a mission, get married in the temple, and raise a family in the church. Nothing was going [...]
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An Unconventional Testimony
I grew up in Alabama, where one of the few beliefs the many Baptists and the not-so-many Mormons held in common was that being gay meant being pathologically oversexed, so much so that gender didn’t matter. When I left for college up north, I wasn’t concerned about challenges to my faith. I’d been a [...]
Bigotry and Stereotypes
UPDATE: I should have spent a little more time on this one. It appears to be either (1) a humor site, or less likely (2) much farther off the deep end than originally thought. I apologize for the inconvenience. Over at ChristWire Stephenson Billings asks Is My Husband GAY? Right now in America there are [...]
Mother’s Day Messenger
9 May 2010 Today marks the 96th official Mother’s Day in the United States. By definition, it is a day that we celebrate mothers and motherhood. It is celebrated in various countries around the world. In the UK and Ireland, it follows an old tradition called “Mothering Sunday,” celebrated in March. But what is this [...]