Articles about Mormon Church

26 April 2013
Mormon Church: We’re happy with Boy Scouts of America’s gay compromise 14 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.
23 April 2013
US: Nevada Senator comes out during debate around equal marriage ban 9 A Senator in the US state of Nevada came out as gay on Monday, during a legislative debate around a bill to repeal the state's ban on equal marriage.
23 February 2013
Video: Gay Mormon student posts video of himself coming out 20 A student at the Mormon Brigham Young University in Utah, has recorded his experience of coming out in a video which he says he hopes more people to understand what it is like being gay and Mormon.
25 December 2012
Feature: The weirdest and most unexpected LGBT stories of 2012 3 As 2012 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important stories of the last twelve months.
5 November 2012
Comment: A Mitt Romney presidential win would be a disaster for LGBT Americans 40 Writing from the US for Pinknews.co.uk on the eve of Election Day, Laurence Watts makes the case that a Mitt Romney presidency would be a disaster for LGBT rights.
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".
7 April 2012
Video: Mormon students make “It Gets Better” video 30 Twenty-two students at the Brigham Young University in US, owned and run by the Mormon church, have made a video for the It Gets Better project, where they talk about reconciling faith and sexuality.
30 March 2012
Romney faces criticism for clandestine donation to anti-gay group 18 It has been revealed that Mitt Romney’s political action committee (PAC) made a $10,000 donation in 2008 to the National Organization of Marriage in its fight to repeal the granting of marriage licences for same-sex couples in California through the infamous Proposition 8.
9 September 2011
Three gay men attacked in Utah in a fortnight 23 Three gay men have been been attacked in the US state of Utah in the last two weeks.
3 February 2011
Utah politician’s bill ‘to exclude gay families’ 15 A politician in the US state of Utah has introduced a bill which gay groups fear could strip all recognition of gay couples.
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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