Mormon LGBT discrimination

One BYU to rule them all … for better or for worse

By Jana Riess — September 1, 2023
(RNS) — A new one-size-fits-all conduct policy seems to be one step forward, one step back.

Elder Holland’s BYU speech is for a university of yesteryear

By Jana Riess — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — As BYU looks forward to the second half of its second century, erasing difference and implicitly upholding one particular social location as normative for everyone won’t equip students to succeed in a diverse world.

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.

Mormons are changing their tune on same-sex marriage

By Jana Riess — June 27, 2017
In 2016, just over half of Mormons opposed same-sex marriage -- among the highest opposition of any religious group. However, the year before, 2/3 were against it, so there's been a rapid change of attitude.

Mormon Relief Society president on LGBTQIA rights: “I must choose”

By Jana Riess — February 20, 2015
Atlanta attorney and Relief Society president Bryndis Roberts says that Mormon leaders' recent announcement of qualified support for LGBT rights reignited the turmoil she once felt over the Church's involvement in Proposition 8.
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