“About that claim of suicides by LDS teens with same-sex attraction”

“About that claim of suicides by LDS teens with same-sex attraction”

 

Aerial view of SL Valley not in the summer
The Salt Lake Valley from the air in 2010  (Wikimedia Commons)

 

Some of you may have missed this item, from back in January of 2016:

 

About that claim of suicides by LDS teens with same-sex attraction

 

And perhaps you missed this piece, from a year earlier still:

 

https://virtuoussociety.com/2015/01/26/re-examining-gay-mormon-youth-and-suicide-what-does-the-data-say/

 

I mention them both again here because they fit well with an item that I posted yesterday under the title “Does a high youth suicide rate in Utah demonstrate that Mormonism is psychologically unhealthy?”

 

This is a tragically sad and complex issue that nobody should exploit for partisan ideological advantage.

 

Posted from Richmond, Virginia

 

 


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