Blog Discussions
As homosexuality becomes an increasingly visible social and religious issue, the subject occasionally comes up as a thread of discussion in the Bloggernacle - the moniker adopted by the LDS blogging community to describe the Mormon portion of the blogosphere - the collective term encompassing all web-logs, or blogs1, as a community or social network. The following sites include indexes of Mormon-themed blogs:
LDS Blogs
LDSelect.org
Mormon Archipelago
The following is a list of threads related to the issue of homosexuality that have shown up on some of the largest and most heavily trafficked LDS blogs - or on other blogs as topics may may be of interest to Latter-day Saints:
Note: these are blogs that do not regularly post on gay themes; for a list links to LDS-themed blogs that post often on themes related to homosexuality, see the "Community" and "Blogroll" sections on the right side of the North Star-sponsored Northern Lights blog.
2008
Proposition 8 and Religion in California
To the Center - August 16, 2008
A Bad Reason for A Good Policy
Times and Seasons - August 15, 2008
Global Warming, Redefining Marriage, and Risk Aversion
Times and Seasons - August 15, 2008
LDS Explanation Against Same-Sex Marriage
Townhall.com: The Chair - August 14, 2008
The LDS church's argument against same-sex marriage
Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon - August 14, 2008
Proposition 8: Into the Fire
The Rains Came Down - August 14, 2008
The LDS Church, Homosexuality and Suicide: How Can We Prevent It?
Mormon Matters - August 14, 2008
Required reading on the divinity of marriage
Millennial Star - August 14, 2008
The Best Word on Homosexual Marriage
The Rains Came Down - August 14, 2008
How Do You Respond in Church?
Mormons for Marriage - August 14, 2008
Why aren’t Civil Unions Good Enough?
Mormons for Marriage - August 14, 2008
Children and SSM: An Analysis of "The Divine Institution of Marriage"
Faith Promoting Rumor - August 13, 2008
A change on Domestic Partnerships?
By Common Consent - August 13, 2008
The Divine Institution of Marriage
Protect Marriage Poway - August 13, 2008
The Divine Institution of Marriage
LDS Newsroom - August 13, 2008
Gay Mormons want to talk to Church of Latter-Day Saints
GaySocialities.com - August 12, 2008
Gays, Feminists and Intellectuals…oh my!
Latter-day Commentary - August 12, 2008
Affirmation Making News, Not Progress
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - August 12, 2008
Church Issues Response to Affirmation
LDS Newsroom - August 11, 2008
Orson Scott Card Wants YOU (To Rise Up Against The Gay Menace)
Cracked.com - August 11, 2008
A story of faith and sacrifice
Millennial Star - August 8, 2008
30 Days with Same Sex Marriage
The Cultural Hall - August 7, 2008
Card's Latest Absurdity
ScienceBlogs.com - August 2, 2008
Orson Scott Card is [still] a Homophobe
DoorQ.com - July 30, 2008
Orson Scott Card is a hateful homophobe
Feministe - July 29, 2008
Editorial: It's Time to Call Out Anti-Gay Author of "Ender's Game"
AfterElton.com - July 28, 2008
Bastian Gives $1,000,000 to Fight Proposition 8
Box Turtle Bulletin - July 28, 2008
DonatePerfect
Good As You - July 28, 2008
Why the church is involved in Prop 8
Latter-day Commentary - July 28, 2008
Celestial Marriage Amendment
Mormon Matters - July 17, 2008
The Inevitability of LDS Gay Marriage
Sunstone Blog - July 15, 2008
Arrival of the Scripted Marriage Comment
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - July 14, 2008
It Begins
Times and Seasons - July 13, 2008
Looking Toward Egypt: Why Government Endorsement Cannot Save "Marriage"
Nine Moons - July 13, 2008
When The Prophet Speaks
Times and Seasons - July 11, 2008
War in Heaven in California
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - July 11, 2008
Sex Police Guarding the Gates of Heaven
Mormon Matters - July 10, 2008
Cooperation...
Article IV Blog - July 7, 2008
California Prop 8– LDS Letter writing campaign
The Cultural Hall - July 6, 2008
Jeff Nielson's "Open Letter to California Mormons" Encouraging Oppposition to LDS Church on Gay Marriage Issue
Mormon Matters - July 5, 2008
Is homosexuality a sin or a biological fact?
Latter-day Commentary - July 2, 2008
LDS Church vs Barack Obama on Same-Sex Marriage
Sixteen Small Stones - July 1, 2008
Defending and preserving traditional marriage
Latter-day Commentary - June 30, 2008
California Saints Got The Call
Messenger and Advocate - June 29, 2008
Blood on the Doorposts
Times and Seasons - June 29, 2008
Open Thread: Your experiences in church today w/ the LDS anti-gay marriage statement
Mormon Matters - June 29, 2008
Am I a Sheep or a Goat?
Sunstone - Jun 29, 2008
Envisioning a politically thoughtful church culture
By Common Consent - June 29, 2008
A letter from my sister…
Mormon Matters - June 28, 2008
Same Sex Marriage, Equality, and California Mormons: A Response to Jeffrey S. Nielsen
FAIR - June 27, 2008
California Mormons Won’t Be Cool with Acts of Protest at Their Chapels
Nine Moons - June 27, 2008
Traditional Marriage is Dead (and it’s a good thing too)
Feminist Mormon Housewives - June 26, 2008
Same-sex marriage and hypocrisy?
By Common Consent - June 25, 2008
California, Homosexuality and my Baptismal Interview
Feminist Mormon Housewives - June 25, 2008
Transgendered Traditions
Feminist Mormon Housewives - June 25, 2008
California Saints To Get The Call
Messenger and Advocate - June 25, 2008
This coming Sunday, June 29, in California….
The Cultural Hall - June 25, 2008
Supporting the Church’s position on SSM (part 2)
Millennial Star - June 24, 2008
Latter-Day Saints want Current-Gay Ban
G-A-Y - June 24, 2008
LDS gay, the new LDS black?
Salt Lake Crawler - June 24, 2008
A Mormon Social Doctrine?
By Common Consent - June 23, 2008
Mormons Being Given Political Advice From the Pulpit
Box Turtle Bulletin - June 22, 2008
News Flash: LDS Church WILL Be Actively Opposing Gay Marriage in California This November
Mormon Matters - June 21, 2008
Happiness, Gay Marriage, and Eternal Marriage
Thinking in a Marrow Bone - June 20, 2008
Advice for a new Bishop
Latter-day Commentary - June 14, 2008
Gender Roles Debunked!
Mormon Matters - June 14, 2008
When Moral Issues Become Political Issues
Mormon Matters - June 11, 2008
Things We Can Argue About Other than Gay People
By Common Consent - June 10, 2008
A Little Back Scratching at Church
By Common Consent - June 10, 2008
Gay = Happy
Feminist Mormon Housewives - June 10, 2008
Institutional obsolescence, and other tales of romance and intrigue from the history book
Times and Seasons - June 2, 2008
Gay and Mormon: Such Diversity!
By Common Consent - June 2, 2008
Gay Marriage and Households with Kids
Times and Seasons - May 28, 2008
Non-Sexual Masculine Affection Among Men
Mormon Matters - May 28, 2008
The Easy Way Out
By Common Consent - May 28, 2008
Relaunching the Marriage Brand
Mormon Mentality - May 23, 2008
Ambivalence in California
Mormon Mentality - May 21, 2008
Social Influence and Defining Marriage
The Cultural Hall - May 17, 2008
Supporting the Church’s position on same-sex marriage
Millennial Star - May 16, 2008
New Same-Sex Marriage Ruling; Same Old Polygamy Stereotypes
Mormon Matters - May 16, 2008
The lameness of "I don’t see how gay marriage threatens my marriage"
Nine Moons - May 16, 2008
California Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage: An Analysis
Messenger and Advocate - May 16, 2008
2005: The Illusion of Gay Marriage / J Budziszewski, Philosophia Christi
Latter-day Saints Focusing on Jesus Christ - May 15, 2008
California Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Messenger and Advocate - May 15, 2008
Marriage
By Common Consent - May 15, 2008
California Judges Order Gay Marriage
Times and Seasons - May 15, 2008
Gifts for a Gay Marriage
Feminist Mormon Housewives - May 15, 2008
Behind the scenes at "The Mormons"
Mormon Mentality - April 20, 2008
Poll: How Do You Feel About Gay People? How Many Do You Know?
Nine Moons - April 14, 2008
Church LDS dialogue with Gay LDS
Heart Issues for LDS - April 10, 2008
Do Mormons “Gay Bash” more than others?
Nine Moons - March 11, 2008
Mormons and Homosexuality
Mormon Mentality - March 10, 2008
Reflections on the Musician Affair
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - February 26, 2008
The Danzig Case: Does the LDS Church Influence Members to Oppose Same Sex Marriage?
Mormon Matters - February 25, 2008
Peter and Mary Danzig: More Media Made Martyrs
Messenger and Advocate - February 25, 2008
LDS Church Reiterates "No Criticism" Policy
Equality Time - February 25, 2008
Not Anti-Gay Enough to be a Mormon
Box Turtle Bulletin - February 25, 2008
Thoughts on the media and Church discipline
FAIR Blog - February 24, 2008
Gay Christian Awarded Approximately $94,000 for Discrimination by The Church of England
Mormon Matters - February 13, 2008
A Gay Mormon Thanks President Hinckley
Nine Moons - February 10, 2008
A Voice From the Dust: Eugene England and the Art of Changing Minds
Mormon Mentality - February 9, 2008
The Mark E. Peterson Talk on Race — And the Possible Implications on Mormon Women and Homosexuals Today
Mormon Matters - February 9, 2008
LDS President & Prophet Gordon Hinckley Dies at 97
Ex-Gay Watch - January 29, 2008
Update: More on Church Harassment for Free Speech
Equality Time - January 13, 2008
A Wonderful Column
Mormon Mentality - January 12, 2008
Free Speech? Sure, As Long As You Agree With the Brethren
Equality Time - January 9, 2008
2007
Same-Sex Marriage and Mormonism
Panelists: J. Nelson-Seawright, John Hamer, David King Landrith, and Rosalynde Welch
Moderator: J. Nelson-Seawright
Mormon Matters Blog and Podcast - November 16, 2007
What makes it different?
Nine Moons - November 14, 2007
God Loveth His Children - The New LDS Pamphlet on Homosexuality
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Sunstone Blog - November 11, 2007
God Loveth His Children - The New LDS Pamphlet on Homosexuality
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Mormon Stories Podcast and Blog - November 11, 2007
Celebrating the Celibate, Part 2
Segullah - September 26, 2007
"Helping Those Who Struggle with Same-Gender Attraction"
A Soft Answer - September 26, 2007
LDS Church revisits position on homosexuality
Warren Throckmorton blog - September 18, 2007
Elder Holland article on same sex attraction
A Soft Answer - September 18, 2007
The Mormon Church Calls for Tolerance of Homosexuality
TeachTheFacts.org - August 20, 2007
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From the Archives: Anti-Gay Violence and Church Belief
Times and Seasons - August 19, 2007
Call for Essays on Same-Sex Attraction
By Common Consent - August 16, 2007
Appropriate behavior for Sacrament meetings
Millennial Star - August 2, 2007
What's in a name?
Feminist Mormon Housewives - August 2, 2007
Being a Gay Mormon - Let's Talk Stereotypes and Misconceptions
Feminist Mormon Housewives - July 31, 2007
New Mormon Tract on Homosexuality
Box Turtle Bulletin - July 30, 2007
What think ye… about the Church's new pamphlet on same-sex attraction?
Times and Seasons - July 28, 2007
Shocking: Our gay activism likely displeases LDS leaders
Good as You - July 27, 2007
Equal Partnering and "Presiding" in LDS Marriages and Raising Gay LDS Children
Guests: Ann Porter, David King Landrith, John Crawford
Host: John Dehlin
Mormon Matters Blog and Podcast - July 24, 2007
Raising Gay Children in the Church
Feminist Mormon Housewives - July 20, 2007
Christian Post: Better Mormon than gay
"Glatze's conversion is more likely to pull people away from homosexuality than draw people towards the Mormon church," it says.
Christianity Today Liveblog - July 19, 2007
Choose the Rights
Feminist Mormon Housewives - June 28, 2007
Awkward Question Series: Round 1
Nine Moons - June 21, 2007
Celebrating the Celibate
Segullah - June 6, 2007
Trial of Faith
By Common Consent - June 3, 2007
Mormon and Gay
Christopher T. Murrey Blogspot - May 17, 2007
Physical Gender vs Spiritual Gender - Is It Really Fixed?
Mormon Mentality - April 26, 2007
The Third Path: Gay, Mormon, Married
Sunstone Blog - April 24, 2007
The Fourth Path: Gay, Mormon, Celibate
Sunstone Blog - April 17, 2007
BYU Changes Honor Code Regarding Homosexuality
Mormon Mentality - April 12, 2007
Review: No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones
Feminist Mormon Housewives - February 27, 2007
Review: No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones
By Common Consent - February 5, 2007
2006
Stumbling Blocks
By Common Consent - December 3, 2006
Nicolosi Steps Aside, Mormons Take Charge at NARTH
Ex-Gay Watch - November 22, 2006
Facing East
Sunstone Blog - November 17, 2006
Evergreen Convenes Meeting of Antigay Mormons
Ex-Gay Watch - September 17, 2006
LDS official to address group for gay Mormons
Mormon Stories - September 15, 2006
Open Forum: A Comment on Mormons and Exgays
Ex-Gay Watch - September 6, 2006
A Story of Interest
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - September 2, 2006
LDS Statement on Homosexuality
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - August 31, 2006
Heretic Today, Prophet Tomorrow?
Sunstone Blog - August 31, 2006
What about the Proclamation?
The Spinozist Mormon - August 21, 2006
"Understanding (LDS) Homosexuality" Videos also available on DVD and VHS
Mormon Stories - August 19, 2006
If lifetime disability, why lifetime prohibition?
The Spinozist Mormon - August 17, 2006
Elder Oaks' Public Affairs Interview
Times and Seasons - August 17, 2006
Oaks on Gays
By Common Consent - August 17, 2006
Understanding LDS Homosexuality Video Pt. 3: "Embracing our Homosexual Children"
Mormon Stories - August 17, 2006
Very Lengthy Public Affairs discussion of same-gender attraction
Millennial Star - August 16, 2006
Understanding LDS Homosexuality Video Pt. 2: "Marriage Hopes and Realities"
Mormon Stories - August 16, 2006
Understanding LDS Homosexuality Video Pt. 1: "Go Forward"
Mormon Stories - August 15, 2006
Mixed Orientation Mormon Marriage
Ex-Gay Watch - August 7, 2006
"Gay, Mormon, and Married"
Times and Seasons - August 4, 2006
LeVay Exposes Evergreen's Deception
Ex-Gay Watch - July 17, 2006
Exgay Mormon Leader Twists Science to Accuse Others of… Twisting Science
Ex-Gay Watch - July 11, 2006
Perfecting the Saints in utero
Times and Seasons - June 29, 2006
Stretching (Me With the Gay Brothers)
By Common Consent - June 26, 2006
Irreconcilable Differences: Emily Pearson Tells Her Story
Sunstone Blog - June 23, 2006
"Confessions of a Mormon Boy" Arrives Off-Broadway
Sunstone Blog - June 22, 2006
Former Exgay Mormon Takes One-Man Play to Atlanta
Ex-Gay Watch - June 20, 2006
The Church Is Not A Democracy - Nielsen Not Thoreau
Messenger and Advocate - June 16, 2006
Lots and lots of press coverage on the Jeffrey Nielsen Firing at BYU — 2 Options for What the Brethren Were Thinking
Mormon Stories - June 15, 2006
This Is Just Not A Big Deal—Nor A Surprise
Messenger and Advocate - June 14, 2006
BYU instructor Jeffrey Nielsen let go for questioning LDS stand on gay marriage
Mormon Stories - June 13, 2006
Where are all the Mormon lesbians?
Times and Seasons - June 9, 2006
The Church Responds to Nightline
Bloggernacle Times - June 9, 2006
Nightline: "Gay Mormons Face Excommunication"
Times and Seasons - June 8, 2006
ABC News Nightline: Life of Gay Mormons
Mormon Stories - June 8, 2006
Homosexuality and the Bible
By Common Consent - June 6, 2006
A Legal Analysis of the "Marriage Protection Amendment"
Times and Seasons - June 6, 2006
The Legal Ramifications of Gay Marriage
Millennial Star - June 6, 2006
BYU Faculty Member Openly Challenges The Brethren On Gay Marriage
Messenger and Advocate - June 5, 2006
Gay Friends
Feminist Mormon Housewives - June 2, 2006
An Open Letter To The Brethren
Messenger and Advocate - June 1, 2006
In case your still not sick of talking about SSM
Viva Ned Flanders - June 1, 2006
The Gay Response to the First Presidency's Call
Messenger and Advocate - May 31, 2006
Why I Favor Gay Marriage
By Common Consent - May 31, 2006
In Defense of Traditional Marriage
Messenger and Advocate - May 31, 2006
Confessions of a Maturing Boy
Sunstone Blog - May 30, 2006
On the Proposed Marriage Amendment: Estranging Our Brothers and Sisters?
Sunstone Blog - May 29, 2006
Church asks members to support specific marriage amendment
Times and Seasons - May 27, 2006
Homosexual genes
Times and Seasons - May 25, 2006
Carol Lynn Pearson - Personal Recollections of Marriage, Life, Love and Death
Sunstone Blog - May 18, 2006
BYU Student Protesters Face Disciplinary Action
Messenger and Advocate - May 10, 2006
LDS Almost March to Protest Religious Bigotry
Messenger and Advocate - April 27, 2006
Gay Protesters Disrupt BYU Provo Campus
Messenger and Advocate - April 11, 2006
An Open Letter to BYU Students
Times and Seasons - April 9, 2006
From the Archives: The Real Issue
Times and Seasons - March 28, 2006
Mormon, Married, Gay and Facing Discipline - An Interview with Buckley Jeppson
Mormon Stories - March 17, 2006
Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3
Mormon in legal gay marriage faces cutoff
LDS Liberation Front - March 15, 2006
Mitt Romney and Gay Adoption
Bloggernacle Times - March 10, 2006
The Book of Ruth and a civil union compromise
Millennial Star - February 22, 2006
What if?
Feminist Mormon Housewives - February 8, 2006
LDS4gaymarriage.net…
Bloggernacle Times - January 28, 2006
"Brokeback Mountain" in Sacrament Meeting
By Common Consent - January 23, 2006
Heath's all broken up about the Mormons
Millennial Star - January 11, 2006
2005
The Gay Bloggernacle
By Common Consent - November 2, 2005
A Delicate Topic
Viva Ned Flanders - September 16, 2005
Howard Stern is thrilled, no doubt
Times and Seasons - September 15, 2005
Voices in My Head
Nine Moons - September 9, 2005
Legislatures, Courts, and Gay Marriage
Times and Seasons - September 7, 2005
Recent Material on Homosexuality
LDS Science Review - August 16, 2005
I may not be worthy of my temple recommend…
Feminist Mormon Housewives - July 31, 2005
Law of Chastity for Homosexuals
Mormon Open Forum - July 23, 2005
A of F 12, Discrimination, and Gay Marriage
Mormon Open Forum - July 18, 2005
A Lot Like Being Short
Feminist Mormon Housewives - July 17, 2005
Born That Way? Good Article on Homosexuality from Meridian
Mormanity - June 8, 2005
Discrimination Against Ex-Gays
Mormanity - May 19, 2005
Gays and the Church
Bloggernacle Times - May 16, 2005
Pheromones and Homosexuality
LDS Science Review - May 11, 2005
Bloggernacking and Man-dates
Times and Seasons - April 13, 2005
Not so inevitable after all? -SSM
Millennial Star - April 6, 2005
About Joe Riddle
Ex-Gay Watch - March 30, 2005
Ex-Gay Watch: A new author, a small shift in direction
Ex-Gay Watch - March 28, 2005
Gay/Straight Alliance? Horrors!
Feminist Mormon Housewives - February 28, 2005
What sort of rights are gay rights?
United Brethren - February 19, 2005
A Truly Thought-provoking Take on Homosexuality
Ponder It - February 16, 2005
Canada and SSM
Millennial Star - February 7, 2005
Anti-Gay Violence and Church Belief
Times and Seasons - January 26, 2005
Ecclesiastical Polity
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - January 6, 2005
2004
This Just In…
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - October 19, 2004
More on Born That Way
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - October 15, 2004
LDS SSA Conference
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - September 21, 2004
Teaching Gay & Lesbian Sex to 8th Graders
Times and Seasons - September 14, 2004
Born to be Wild . . . or Not
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - August 31, 2004
GOP convention opener compares gay unions to Nazism
Ex-Gay Watch - August 30, 2004
"People Can Change": Ex-gay, ex-exgay Mormons
Ex-Gay Watch - August 26, 2004
SSM Update
Times and Seasons - August 9, 2004
Church Supports Civil Unions
Dave's Mormon Inquiry - July 8, 2004
Gay Marriage Links
Times and Seasons - June 29, 2004
The Real Issue
Times and Seasons - April 14, 2004
Homophobia as Self-Loathing
By Common Consent - March 30, 2004
Yes, kind sir, I was made that way
Times and Seasons - March 30, 2004
BYU Professor claims scientific evidence of homosexuality
Times and Seasons - March 29, 2004
Obligatory Semi-Weekly Times & Seasons Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage Post, #13 (Yes, I've Counted)
Times and Seasons - March 25, 2004
Did Somebody Say Gay? Gay Mormon Art Stolen from SLC Exhibit
Times and Seasons - March 13, 2004
What Disturbs Me About Dale-Era Boy Scouts of America
Times and Seasons - February 26, 2004
Gay Penguins in the New York Times
Times and Seasons - February 7, 2004
NYT Pans ‘Latter Days' Depiction of Ex-gay Treatment
Ex-Gay Watch - February 3, 2004
Perception of Gays
Times and Seasons - January 22, 2004
The Conservative Case for Group and Sibling Marriage
Times and Seasons - January 15, 2004
Being "born that way" is meaningless
Times and Seasons - January 9, 2004
2003
My (Mormon) Hang-up with (Opposition to) Gay Marriage
Times and Seasons - November 24, 2003
Intolerance for Mormons
Ex-Gay Watch - June 11, 2003
Life Complicated for Gay Mormons
Ex-Gay Watch - June 6, 2003
1 The term "blog" comes from blending the words "Web" and "log" (Web-log). They consist of a series of articles or entries written by blog authors along with comments from visitors, similar to a newspaper editorial. A blog generally provides commentary or news on a particular subject, such as current events, philosophy, politics, or local news; some function more as personal online journals or diaries.