LDS same-sex marriage
Latter-day Saints leader addresses congregants without a word on racial or LGBTQ+ issues
By Hannah Schoenbaum — April 8, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell M. Nelson announced the planned construction in a pre-recorded closing speech at the twice-annual Salt Lake City conference. It's traditionally watched by millions worldwide.
Same-sex marriage garners support among most American religious groups, study shows
By Jana Riess — May 1, 2018
(RNS) — Twice as many Americans now favor same-sex marriage as oppose it, by 61 percent to 30 percent.
A “mass exodus” of Mormons? Maybe. But here’s why I’m not among them.
By Jana Riess — November 13, 2015
The LDS Church is not perfect and never has been. The church is flawed individuals. It is us. There is no magical institution outside of ourselves, no foundation that we get the luxury of imagining we do not pour.
Mormon boy denied priesthood ordination because his mom is living with a woman
By Jana Riess — November 10, 2015
“When you’re raised in the church, you’re raised to sustain your leaders," says Alyssa Paquette, whose twelve-year-old stepson has just been denied priesthood ordination. “But I don’t know how we’re supposed to sustain something that tears our family apart.”
Mormon apostle stands by new policy barring children of same-sex marriages
By Jana Riess — November 7, 2015
In the face of widespread criticism, the LDS Church is defending its new policy that bans children of same-sex marriage from baptism.
Mormon policy excludes children of same-sex marriages. And I am livid.
By Jana Riess — November 6, 2015
I thought I belonged to a church that teaches that people will be punished for their own sins, and not for the sins of others. Apparently that theology does not apply to children of same-sex marriages.
The progressive Mormon’s survival guide to this Sunday’s testimony meeting: A drinking game!
By Jana Riess — June 30, 2015
Given the divided reaction to the SCOTUS decision, this weekend's testimony meeting could be a rough hour for progressive Mormons. In these polarizing times, we need a good drinking game to get us through church.
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