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Episode 73 - Being an LGBTQ+ Family at Church with Allison Dayton from Lift + Love
I’m releasing this episode at the beginning of December for a reason. This month as we celebrate the birth of Christ, I think of it as celebrating the greatest gift of Love that God could give us – the savior Jesus Christ. This episode is about how to love better, how to extend that love to those who are having some trouble finding it in the walls of their church building and church communities. 

This topic is close to my heart today and will be very close to the hearts of many special families I know. Allison Dayton, the founder of Lift + Love and I had a conversation about being an LGBTQ family in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s not an easy road we walk as we try to navigate our membership and the reality of our families. 

If you don’t have an LGBTQ child, I ask you to listen with an open mind and an open heart to the experience of two mothers who do. And if our experience doesn’t match your experience in the church, please respect ours as we respect yours. 

There are hundreds, and most likely thousands of families like mine and Allison’s in the church today. So many of us are struggling to feel at home in a place that always felt so much like home and used to be so comfortable, but often isn’t anymore. And because it can be so uncomfortable and feel very unwelcoming at times, many of those families have left. 

The Law of Love written by Steve Young

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