It never changes.
I read BYU philosophy professor Jeffrey Nielsen’s op-ed in the June 4 (Utah Pride day) edition of the Salt Lake Tribune and cheered.
I cheered and then wondered what the fallout was going to be for Nielsen. The church has a long history of punishing members who publicly disagree with official church policy, [...]

Twenty-two-year-old fellow Utahn Joshua (spideykeo@yahoo.com) comments below:
I am so sick of all of the POOR BLEADING HEART LIBRERALS that just don’t understand a thing about the natural ways of life. Take your ranting about Larry H Miller to somewhere or someone who cares like your gender-benders in arms in P Town, MA or Brattleboro VT!
I’ve [...]

So what are you doing for New Year’s Eve?
Patrick and I are going to my cousin’s wedding. My cousin’s big, fat, Mormon wedding.
Wahoo.
At least this half of my family has some good taste, so the wedding will be nice, and not all pineapple-slush-at-the-ward-house.
Anyway…
We’ve both been sick with colds/sore throats, though I definitely got the worst [...]

Thursday, in the middle of our crazy rush to get to the printer, Sam called and gave me a welcome break from editing and proofing. I think he only called to give me a hard time about not posting, but it was nice to hear from him regardless. So nice, in fact, that he suggested [...]

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few months, ever since two of my favorite blog-friends coincidentally asked me about it.
You’ll see over on the sidebar, under “Basics,” that I refer to myself as a “Gay Mormon.” That’s a big oxymoron to many people, particularly conservative, faithful Mormons, which is, in a way, why [...]

The latest issue of The Advocate hit the stands yesterday and the cover story is a feature on gay Mormons and the Church’s quiet, but persistent, battle against gay marriage rights. The story’s primary focus (and cover subject) is a casual friend of mine, Aaron (along with his boyfriend Steven), who a few years ago [...]

Though my dot-com has been down since Tuesday night (thereby breaking all my internal links back to old posts - which I promise I’m working on fixing), I’m still at least sixth on Google’s results for “Nate Berkus” and/or the various adjectives attached to his name (see “Nate Berkus gay“), as well as for “Fernando [...]

Though it’s no surprise and I think everyone expected this, I’m still annoyed and angry about the LDS church’s statement regarding Utah’s Amendment 3.
Since this is Utah, the church’s announcement pretty much guarantees that the state’s “marriage protection” amendment will pass, despite criticism from Utah’s top lawyers, lawmakers, and newspapers - even the conservative ones [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, Patrick’s sister is getting married this weekend.
Tomorrow we’re leaving for the resort where The Wedding is happening. It’s in a small town not far from Park City, home of the Sundance Film Festival and Utah’s most famous skiing.
If memory serves, Patrick’s sister and her fiancee have been dating for [...]

My best friend lives in Washington, D.C. and today she called to tell me that though she’s thrilled to be out of Utah, she felt a little homesick earlier this week when she saw some polygamists touring our nation’s capitol. It kind of made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to hear that.
I know [...]