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55% of Utah Mormons Believe LGBT People can “Change”

OIA Staff — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:25:33 +0000

A new poll released today by the Salt Lake Tribune shows that among Utah Mormons surveyed, 55% believe it is possible for people who are attracted to members of the same sex to change their sexual orientation. Twenty-five percent of Utah Mormons reported being “unsure,” and 15% believed gay people could not voluntarily “change” their [...]

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Some Walmarts Selling Homophobic Mormon Children’s Book

OIA Staff — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:38:01 +0000

Walmart is known for its falling prices. Turns out the mega retail chain is also about to be known for selling a book that says you can be delivered from homosexuality. Over 100 Walmart stores are set to carry a book by Mormon author Janice Barrett Graham, where Graham champions ex-gay therapy and curing people [...]

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Filmmaker: Prop 8 Movie’s Distribution Rights Sold

OIA Staff — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:09:38 +0000

A film distribution company has bought the rights to a documentary about the Mormon church’s role in a California ballot initiative to ban gay marriage. Filmmaker Reed Cowan says “8: The Mormon Proposition” will hit theaters this spring and a DVD will follow. Cowan says he sold the film’s North American distribution rights to Red [...]

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Is This the Smoking Gun That Exposes the LDS Church Trying to Hide Its Involvement in Prop 8?

OIA Staff — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:41:14 +0000

We love ourselves some smoking guns, and at today’s Perry trial, it appears there is one that links the Mormon Church to the fight to pass Prop 8. “Emails and letters sent back and forth between the Prop 8 campaign and Catholic, LDS, and Evangelical churches” were at the center of a debate today between [...]

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8:The Mormon Proposition, Controversial LDS/Gay Documentary Selected To Be Shown at Sundance

OIA Staff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:02 +0000

A documentary with anti-gay comments by Utah Senator Chris Buttars has been selected for a prestigious film festival. 8:The Mormon Proposition is obviously about Proposition 8 and the banning of gay marriage in California. Even more, it’s about the Mormons that dumped millions of dollars into taking away peoples’ rights. mormonproposition.com [ Clip Syndicate ] [...]

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Applauds For Mormon Church’s Support of Civil Rights Measures, but Suspicions Remain

OIA Staff — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:30:39 +0000

Recently, the Mormon Church, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or LDS, threw their support behind LGBT Civil Rights initiatives regarding things like employment and housing discrimination. Of course, they drew the line at marriage equality. Today, the Empowering Spirits Foundation applauded the Mormon Church for their move to support [...]

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We Finally Understand Why the Mormon Church Attacked These 2 Gay Kissers

OIA Staff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:26 +0000

It was the kiss heard ’round Salt Lake: Derek Jones and Matt Aune smooched in front of the Mormon Church on Main Street, and forced LDS to go and spend a few bucks erecting new warning signs. But hey, have we ever looked at it from the Church’s eyes? [ Queerty ] Read the full [...]

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