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[…] because I’m attracted to men. I can’t live with myself for hurting her. God has abandoned me for going against the teachings of the Bible. I don’t deserve to be alive.” His despair was overwhelming.
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[…] labored, and I started to sweat. The last six weeks had created a perfect storm in my world. At the end of June, the US Supreme Court unexpectedly legalized gay marriage, sending the global […]
[…] by DeVoto and countless Latter-day Saints negotiating their relationship to the inherited past of their own faith today. The grounds of the early Saints and polygamy are well-trod within Mormon literature. Where Grant—Washington Post […]
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[…] the United States to practice plural marriage. Indeed, numerous fundamentalist Mormon groups continue to exist throughout Mexico today. Tullis also dismisses the critical concerns of the Third Convention, a movement that included one-third of […]