Jana Riess: Did Mormonism’s anti-LGBTQ policy cause more people to leave the LDS Church?

(Chris Detrick | Tribune file photo)
Protester holds a rainbow flag during a mass resignation rally near Temple Square in Salt Lake City in 2015.

(Chris Detrick | Tribune file photo) Protester holds a rainbow flag during a mass resignation rally near Temple Square in Salt Lake City in 2015.

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