Some Mormons are gay and they want you to know it
”When I heard and saw the letter that the church leaders had read in sacrament meetings, I was appalled. So I said, ‘That’s it.’ I want Mormons to know that there are gay people in their congregations, every Sunday…. I really just want people to try and understand and see the pain they are causing gay members of the church who are struggling.”
Carolyn Ball, a lesbian excommunicated in 2002 for refusing to choose the church over her partner, who has started one of a number of gay-supportive websites trying to counteract the Mormon Church’s coordinated anti-gay marriage push. (Orlando Sentinel)
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