Gay BYU student meeting blogged.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Strange but I never believed I'd see this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0jX...layer_embedded

A far cry from the pro prop 8 efforts, for sure.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

A far cry from the pro prop 8 efforts, for sure.

The Church does change and evolve. The principle of revelation allows for the Church to overcome entrenched positions. Change is possible in our community.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

Suppose the tables were turned. You find yourself attracted to women, but your religion tells you that you may only marry and be intimate with men.

If there were some pills I could take to make me gay, I'd do it.

[ChinoCoug]

This video is being linked around on FB on a massive scale.

[MikeWaters]

Production values on that video are very nice, I must say. I wonder what kind of equipment they used.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Check this out. The group that was protesting the event.

http://standardofliberty.org/

It's like a closeted gay cougarboard reactionary started his own treehouse club.

You look at this a little closer and you see that it is a way to make money off of the books they sell. "Your son is gay, buy these books" is the implicit message.

[MikeWaters]

http://blog.chron.com/believeitornot...f-gay-mormons/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1058662

Headline: Gay Mormon students risk excommunication with ‘It Gets Better at Brigham Young University’ video

The headline doesn't match the copy.

http://www.statesman.com/news/nation...n-2291866.html

A mere five years ago, BYU students weren't allowed to discuss their sexual orientation without risking expulsion under the school's strict honor code. A clarification in 2007 stressed that "one's stated sexual orientation is not an Honor Code issue."

In 2010, BYU lifted a ban on advocacy of homosexuality. That same year, students formed Understanding Same-Gender Attraction. The support group drew eight people to its first meeting. This semester more than 80 students have attended the weekly meetings on campus.

Gay students must still adhere to much stricter standards than their heterosexual classmates under the updated honor code. While premarital sex is off limits to all BYU students, straight couples are allowed to kiss and cuddle openly on campus. Gay students cannot.

The video initially drew nasty comments from some anti-Mormon and anti-gay groups. On campus, however, the reaction has largely been positive, Wilcox and White said.

Some gay activists are celebrating the video as the latest sign that the church is becoming more open to their community.

In the 1990s, LDS leaders openly fought same-sex marriage legislation nationwide and, in 2006, joined other religious denominations in asking Congress for a marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Gay church members were often sent to rehabilitative therapy to "get fixed."

But gay activists said they have made strides in recent years. A conference for LGBT Mormons was held in Salt Lake City last year and is scheduled to reconvene later this month in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, gay leaders plan to unveil an "It Gets Better" video featuring Mormon adults.