Interesting survey of gay Mormons

[_Buffalo]

http://ldshomosexuality.com/wp-content/ ... ter-v1.pdf

[_harmony]

I wonder how long Dr Bradshaw will be employed by BYU.

Some other things I wonder:

What percentage of the 10% that were church sanctioned are also within the 20% that are angry?

What percentage of the married one's spouses know? What percentage of the children know?

Interesting that the families know two times as often than the church knows.

[_Carton]

http://ldshomosexuality.com/wp-content/uploads/USU-LDS-SSA-Newsletter-v1.pdf

The more I think about this topic, the more doubtful I feel that the church will alter its stance on homosexuality any time soon. I think if they were to come out (pun intended) with a new "revelation" accepting of homosexuality any time in the next 20 or 30 years, they would lose more of the membership than they have lost/will lose by maintaining their anti-gay posture. In fact, I seriously doubt I will live long enough to see Mormonism accept homosexuality, unless there is some kind of pressure that is brought to bear against them similar to the anti-polygamy pressure from the federal government in the late 19th century. Left to themselves, I think it will take 50+ years before anything changes.

[_Buffalo]

http://ldshomosexuality.com/wp-content/uploads/USU-LDS-SSA-Newsletter-v1.pdf

The more I think about this topic, the more doubtful I feel that the church will alter its stance on homosexuality any time soon. I think if they were to come out (pun intended) with a new "revelation" accepting of homosexuality any time in the next 20 or 30 years, they would lose more of the membership than they have lost/will lose by maintaining their anti-gay posture. In fact, I seriously doubt I will live long enough to see Mormonism accept homosexuality, unless there is some kind of pressure that is brought to bear against them similar to the anti-polygamy pressure from the federal government in the late 19th century. Left to themselves, I think it will take 50+ years before anything changes.

I think it all depends on the amount of social pressure they're under. When the boycotts of BYU and Utah businesses start, I think that would be impetus for another convenient revelation. But who knows when that will happen. Whenever society as a whole figures it out, 20 years later the church will too.