Affirmation/Gay and Lesbian Mormons

Gay groups disagree with Elder Oaks
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/17/2009; 327 words; Four gay advocacy groups that include Mormons and former church members released a joint statement...Foundation for Reconciliation/ LDSapology.org, Mormons for Marriage, Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons and the LDS Safe Space Coalition. The...

Gays urged to 'be Mormon on their own terms'
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 9/20/2009; 612 words; ...told her he was gay. As a member of...marriage to a gay Mormon man. "I was on...Saturday for the Affirmation Conference, an...lectures for gay and lesbian Mormons. "I didn't believe...herself as "very Mormon" growing up, which...gay and lesbian ...

S.F. archbishop defends role in Prop. 8 passage; Catholic leader urges both sides to tone down rhetoric, move on.
San Francisco Chronicle; 12/4/2008; 1128 words; ...the forefront of gay and lesbian rights. During the...American churches. The Mormon church has said Niederauer...Mormon-versus-gays battle." In his...Kevin Sullivan, a gay parishioner at St...parish in the book "Gays and Grays" and is...s statement as an affirmation ...

Gay activists protest Mormon church.(USA)
The Christian Science Monitor; 11/13/2008; 1564 words; ...No More Mr. Nice Gay." Many in the...has focused on the Mormons and the leaders...and have picketed Mormon temples in Oakland...become a claim that Mormons are the reason for...an expert on the Mormon church. Mormons...University and a married lesbian, only if it is...of a ...

Leaders of gay Mormon group criticize church
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/12/2008; 376 words; ...of a support group for gay and lesbian Mormons on Saturday criticized...for its efforts to ban gay marriage in California...executive director of Affirmation, says The Church of...ruling that legalized gay marriage. Thomas said...