Articles about Latter Day Saints

26 April 2013
Mormon Church: We’re happy with Boy Scouts of America’s gay compromise 13 The Boy Scouts of America’s decision to suggest lifting the ban on gay youth members, but maintaining a ban on gay adult leaders is a compromise welcomed by the Mormon Church.
22 April 2013
US: Church considering recognition of same-sex marriages and ordination of gay priests 3 The national conference of the Community of Christ Church has recommended that it change its policy to recognise same-sex marriages
13 February 2013
UK: Conservative councillor Mormon brothers leave party over equal marriage 56 Two Mormon councillors in Warwickshire, who are also brothers, have quit the Conservative Party over its support for same-sex marriage.
20 June 2012
Mormons say equal marriage would have ‘negative implications’ for UK 80 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filed a response to the government's public consultation on how to introduce marriage equality, saying gay couples should be excluded for the "good of society" and warning that the move will have "negative implications for the nation, both legal and social".
5 June 2012
Utah: Mormons march in their hundreds at gay pride parade 42 Almost three hundred members of the Mormon Church, all of whom define themselves as straight, joined the gay pride march in Salt Lake City, Utah, in order to show their support for gay rights.
10 April 2012
Mormon university’s gay students may film It Gets Better video but must stay celibate 17 An It Gets Better video made by students at the Mormon Brigham Young University in Utah did not violate the school's honour code, an official has said.
2 August 2011
Study to be carried out on gay Mormons 58 US researchers are carrying out an online survey on the lives and experiences of LGBT Mormons.
19 January 2011
Report finds huge levels of discrimination against gay and trans people in Utah 19 A report by the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) has found significant homophobia and discrimination in the state of Utah, home to the Mormon Church. The study of 939 LGBT Utahans found that sixty seven per cent of transgendered and forty four percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual Utahans say they have either been sacked or have been denied a job or promotion as a result of their LGBT status.

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