Mormons Building Bridges

Married. Gay. And Mormon. (Part 2)

By Jana Riess — June 14, 2017
As married gay Mormons, Nick and Spencer had already lived with having no callings, no temple recommends, and no access to the sacrament. Now they faced the possibility of excommunication.

Gay Mormon characters step out of the shadows

By Kellie Moore — May 22, 2013
(RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America.'' A lot's changed since then, fueled by the church's role in Prop 8 and its efforts to build bridges to gays and lesbians.

Mormons say they’re OK with change in Scouts’ gay policy

By Peggy Fletcher Stack — April 26, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormon officials, who sponsor more Boy Scout troops than any other organization, say they are "satisfied" with the Scouts' latest compromise on allowing gay members.

Years of tension yield to thaw between gays, Mormons

By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 3, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) After years of tension between Mormons and gay rights activists -- with political action and theological pronouncements on one side, protests and pain on the other -- the gulf between the two groups has begun to narrow. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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