Anti-Gay Actions Carried Out by the LDS Church

See also:    LDS Actions Against Marriage Equality
LDS Rhetoric on Homosexuality
The Proclamation on the Family

Symposium Panel Explores Proposition 8, “Proclamation on the Family”    August 2008

New First Presidency Letter Against Marriage Equality   June 2008

Church Threatens Gay-Friendly Couple   February 2008

BYU Instructor Let Go for Questioning LDS Stand on Gay Marriage

Despite LDS Crusade, Senate Rejects Ban on Gay Marriage

First Presidency Letter Against Marriage Equality

Affirmation Responds to the Religious Coalition

Marriage is a Civil Right

“An Irony in the Church”: Dallin H. Oaks, Polygamy, and Same-Sex Marriage

Does the Church Have a Single Standard?

Prelude to the National ‘Defense of Marriage’ Campaign: Civil Discrimination Against Feared or Despised Minorities

"The Abominable and Detestable Crime Against Nature": A Brief History of Homosexuality and Mormonism, 1840-1980    An updated version of Connell O'Donovan's article

Muslims' and Mormons' fundamental union by Guardian's Brian Whitaker

Wendy and the Lost Girls

Winning and Losing: One Kid's Best Shot at BYU

An Open Letter to the LDS Public Affairs Department in Hawaii

Their Tithing Dollars at Work

Inverted Triangles

In God’s Name: The Treatment of Homosexuals by the Christian Church

Homophobia as a Weapon of Patriarchy

Nazis & Jews, Mormons & Gays: Simmering Hate Crimes (RealPlayer, 38:21 Min.).

Chronologies

Chronology Of Mormon / LDS Involvement In Same-Sex Marriage Politics by Richley Crapo

Chronology of Church's DOMA activities
Compiled by Dave Combe

1996

LDS Church Tries to Modify California Marriage Law

LDS Church Issues Secret Directive

LDS Prophet Visits Hawaii to Encourage Anti-Gay Attack

Mormon Leaders Subvert Democratic Process in Hawai'i

1997

Excerpt from an Interview--Mormon President Gordon B Hinckley on Same-Sex Marriage and Gays in the Church

1998

Salt Lake City Council Rescinds Gay-Protection Law

LA Stake Sponsored Group Cancelled

Legal Problems for Anti-Gay Marriage Forces in Hawaii

Mormons Give Big to Fight Same-Sex Marriage in Hawaii

Gay-Marriage Foes Thank LDS Church For Financial Aid

1999

Brouhaha in the Arizona State Legislature

Church's Letter Urging Members Throughout California to Support DOMA

Why Leno Questions Mormon Role in Anti-Gay-Marriage Issue

Assumptions: The Slippery Slope of Mormon Politics

The Mormon Church and Same-Sex Marriage

Activists Quit LDS Church Over California Letter

Mormons and Gay Marriage

Church Stance Hurts Family

Anti-Gay Letter Distributed by Church in Missouri

Mormon Church Initiates Attack on Gay Civil Rights in California

Church Actions May be in Violation of Law

Mormons now target California

Supervisor Hits Mormons For Politicking

Chronology of Church Political Activities in California

A Fitting Parable

Same-Sex Marriages

Letter Writing Protest Gains Momentum

Mormons Raise Cash to Stop Gay Marriage

Proof: California Mormons have been Raising Funds for the Knight Initiative

Mormons Take 'Family Values' to Polls

Mormon Church Assailed on Gay Marriage Stand

Gay Community to Church: This Is the Last Straw

Marriage, Mormons, and Queers, Oh My!

Anti-Same Sex Marriage Tactics Sure to Produce Embarrassment and Scandal

Who Is Being Harassed?

LDS-Church Leaders Are Hypocrites

Why We Do Some of the Things We Do

2000

California Governor Announces Opposition to LDS-Backed Initiative

Religious Coalition Attacks LDS Church on Knight Initiative

LDS Representative Tells Vermont Legislature to Amend Constitution

Same Sex Marriage Battle in California Heating Up

Church Leader Threatens Family for Opposing Prop. 22

Not All Mormons Support Knight Initiative

Letter to the Editor on Proposition 22, Tracy Press

Mormon Church: The Powerful Force Behind Proposition 22

Ignoring LDS Suggestion, Vermont House Supports Gay "Civil Unions"

Open Letter to President Gordon B. Hinckley

LDS Stance On Gay Law Divides Members

Mormon Support of Prop. 22 Damages Families

Gay Mormon Kills Self Over Prop. 22

Gay Mormon Hoped Suicide Would Help Change Church

Activists Cite Gay Man's Suicide

Letter to a Cousin
Gay Mormon youth shares his thoughts before committing suicide

Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons Statement on Proposition 22

Gay Marriage Target of Proposed Nevada Amendment

Anti-Gay Marriage Petitions Filed in Nevada

LDS Church Supports Nebraska Anti-Gay Union Amendment

Mormons Relent on Resignation

Court Ruling Says Boy Scout Policy is Legal, but is it Appropriate?

Literature Outdated, Inaccurate, 6 Church Members Contend

Parents of Gays & Lesbians Hold Press Conference in Salt Lake City
Family Fellowship Representatives Voice Plea for Their Children

Local and National Religious Organizations Join with the Gay/Lesbian Mormon Community in Responding to Recent Suicides

Stuart Matis Remembered

Gay Mormon Kills Self Over Prop. 22

Gay Mormon Hoped Suicide Would Help Change Church

Letter to a Cousin
Gay Mormon youth shares his thoughts before committing suicide

Stuart and David Remembered

2002

LDS Leaders Threaten Gay-Friendly Author

Nevada Candidate Called a ‘Mormon Bigot’

Mitt Romney Accused of Supporting Anti-Gay Causes


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