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November 15 Policy Reveral Articles

Read Stories and Reactions to the Reversal of the November 2015 Policy

April 6, 2019 |
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Uma Chamada Para as Suas Histórias: Reversão da Política de Novembro de 2015

April 6, 2019 |

Por favor, conte-nos todas as suas histórias de tristeza, raiva, alívio, tristeza, felicidade, confusão, seja o que for que rodeia o anúncio de 4 de abril rescindindo a política.

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A Door Opened, but Many Broken Hearts

April 6, 2019 |

I was excited, because a door had been opened. But then I read more and more opinions about the policy reversal. So many broken hearts, angry hearts, and bitter hearts. Because of where I was 3.5 years ago, I can’t share that pain because this policy has only affected me once.

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My Letter to President Nelson Asking for the Policy to be Dropped

April 6, 2019 |

I want my friend back. She was the most Christlike person I ever knew. She lived Christ’s teaching literally. I want all the LDS LGBTQ youth and young adults we’ve lost to suicide back too.

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I Know He Didn’t Deserve the Sad Life We Gave Him

April 6, 2019 |

The sixty-year war the Mormon Church has waged on the LGBT+ community has cost people their lives. And even those of us who are survivors have suffered tremendously.

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Returning Crumbs to the Queer Community the Church Stole a Few Years Ago

April 6, 2019 |

We, the LGBTQ+ members of the Mormon community, are inherently valuable, worthy of praise, and celebrated in God’s sight.

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It’s Not Enough to Change Policy: My Church Needs to Repent

April 6, 2019 |

Yes, this is a step in the right direction, but the process of repentance I was taught, ironically by the organization, included an apology and fixing the problems caused to the most possible extent.

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The Reversal of the Exclusion Policy Means Nothing to Me, The Damage is Done

April 6, 2019 |

I am angered, I am hurt, I am concerned for those who have lost love, lost hope, lost connection with family, lost a loved one to suicide. I used to hold the church in the highest of esteem. Now I look today at the church as the Great and Abominable Whore of the world.

You Can Redact the Policy, but You Can’t Undo the Damage

April 6, 2019 |

I’m mad at all the hurt this has caused, only for it to all be undone 4 years later. I really wish the policy wasn’t put in place in the first place.