Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

COMMENTARY: Ryan dumps First Amendment for faith; does Romney?

Kit-Bacon Gressitt – SDGLN Contributor
October 15th, 2012

Until a few years ago, I had a neighbor named Donna. Widowed well before she was ready, she plodded on, alone in her leaky house, unread mail and remembrances piling up in dusty corners. We invited her to holiday meals, cared for her dying cat, and, when the 2007 wildfire forced our town’s evacuation, she came with us, enjoying a prolonged pajama party in a small, borrowed apartment, raucous with four women.

Mormons say equal marriage would have "negative implications" for UK

Stephen Gray - Pink News
June 20th, 2012

LONDON -- 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.”

Mormon Church fires man for refusing to give up gay friends

Jesse Fruhwirth – Salt Lake City Weekly
March 22nd, 2011

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ official policy is to accept gay people as members of the church so long as they take what is, in essence, a vow of chastity. But one Salt Lake City man, a church employee for more than a decade, is surprised and angered that he lost his temple recommend—a prerequisite for employment in the church—after he refused to give up his gay friends and was fired.