As Jennifer Miller reports, the intense pressure placed on young Mormons to conform to the expectations of their religious community by marrying heterosexually (and refraining from all ssxual activity including masturbation prior to marriage) leads many young Mormons who know they are LGBTQ to seek "reparative" "therapy" — to pray away the gay.
Or, in the casue of "therapist" Scott Owen — to prey the gay….
Just listened to RFM's most recent podcast. It's wild to me that one can believe that Brigham Young falsified D&C 132 and put it in Joseph Smith's mouth, while still remaining a believing member of the LDS church. #LDS#ExMormon#NotACult#polygamy@exmormon
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is someone available to look over my talk/sermon? it's last minute and i have to send it in about 2 hours. it's on #RacialJustice.
it uses the #BookOfMormon jsyk, also the Bible , Matthew 15: 21-28.
i'm a layperson and still developing confidence in my interpretation and usage of scripture. the audience is mostly older white people, but not exclusively. the audience is important to know for any message.