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On Friday, Michael Ferguson and Seth Anderson of Salt Lake City became the first gay couple in Utah history to get a marriage license. They spoke with Religion Dispatches Saturday morning. RD: You…

Utah judge Clark Waddoups strikes down part of polygamy law in case of Sister Wives’ Kody Brown, ruling that although the state has the right to deny people more than one valid marriage license at a time, Utah’s anti-cohabitation laws violate the Browns’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion and elements of constitutional due process.

“I find that really hurtful that as a woman who’s been a member my whole life who’s faithfully attended, paid my tithing, held a calling—that the fact that I don’t have a Y chromosome would prevent me from being allowed to sit before my prophet and listen to his words.”

In July 2013, Salt Lake City photographer Katrina Barker Anderson launched Mormon Women Bare, a website featuring nude portraits of Mormon women: “I think every single person has come out of this more comfortable in her skin, more sure of herself, more powerful.”

Pro-ENDA but anti-equality; turns out Mormons are subject to the same kinds of growth and conflict as people of other faiths.

A matter of “Radical Self Respect.”

Progressives celebrate, conservatives stake out the “religious freedom” defense, but the true lessons of Prop 8 for Mormons have yet to be absorbed.

Last weekend a group of around 400 Mormons marched in the Utah Pride Parade. Calling themselves “Mormons Building Bridges,” they were met with enthusiastic applause.

Elizabeth Smart’s remarks set off important debate about LDS sexuality doctrine and culture.

Eleven years ago, we asked why she didn’t run, but inside we already knew.