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Branch of Mormonism ready to endorse same-sex marriage

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:27:03 MDT

Branch of Mormonism ready to endorse same-sex marriage

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Updated May 9, 2013 09:27AM MDT

Now at least one branch of Mormonism is poised to embrace same-sex marriage. At their national meeting last month, delegates in the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the second largest group that traces its origins to Mormon founder Joseph Smith) voted overwhelmingly to approve the ordination of gay people and marriages or covenant commitment services of gay couples. The move had three elements: • That the “sacrament of marriage be extend...

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LGBT writer wins prestigious University of Utah prize

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:13:39 MDT

LGBT writer wins prestigious University of Utah prize

By lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 10:13PM MDT

When Kathryn Bond Stockton came to Utah in 1987, the lesbian feminist scholar was something of an anomaly. “I decided to be out right from the beginning. You can imagine many students had never known a gay person, never had a gay professor,” she said. Then again, Stockton only knew one Mormon. “I thought this would be an interesting place to do work on gender and sexuality,” she said, “but it turned out to be an astonishing place.” This year, the distinguished professor of English won the U.’...