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School District Bans "Amazing Grace"—Until Parents Get Involved

There's no doubt these parents understand what is most important in their children's lives.

Famous Latter-day Saints

5 LDS Olympians Who've Won Medals This Olympics

By LDS Living Staff

Now that another Olympic Games has passed, here are five athletes who took home a medal.

SPONSORED: Award-winning team game perfect for families, church youth groups

Featured on NBC’s Today Show and Radio Disney, the award-winning Reverse Charades is a hilarious twist on a classic stand-by party game where one person acts out words for the team to guess — boring! With Reverse Charades (the Original family or Junior editions), the entire team has 60 seconds to act out as many words as one person can guess. It’s a fast-paced, fiercely fun team competition that’s an absolute riot with families, work teams, school groups, party-goers or among a few close friends.

How Many Ways to be Mormon and Gay?

Gay. Lesbian. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Same-sex attracted. Same-gender attracted. LDS. Mormon. Active. Less active. Unorthodox. Open. Ex. Mixed-orientation married. Same-sex married. Partnered. Single. Divorced. Pick any two or three of these adjectives. Link them with a conjunction like “but” or “and.” As many combinations as you can imagine: that’s how many ways there are to negotiate being gay in the Mormon tradition.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Singles and Other Religious Dating Sites Must Now Serve LGBT Singles

A lawsuit, originally filed in 2013, brought by two gay men against the owner of several faith-based dating websites, has been settled.

'Dateline' to feature a rare look at LDS missionaries

The two-year mission is a rite of passage for most young Mormon men. "We get new missionaries every six weeks," said Baton Rouge Mission President Jim Wall, "and every six weeks, we have missionaries go home. And the contrast is incredible."

Fun

LDS Family of 10's Christmas Dance Video Goes Viral

The Orgill family has a unique and fun family tradition. Every year, each of the eight siblings helps create an epic family Christmas dance video. This year, the family even created a human pyramid that reached all the way to the ceiling! Posted December 1, this video quickly went viral on Facebook and has well over 5,000 shares and nearly 400,000 views. Check it out!

Latter-day Saint Life

Louisiana Author Donates a Portion of Newest Novel's Proceeds to Flood Victims

By Katharine Lyon

When Melanie Jacobson started writing her eighth fiction novel, she decided to set the cheery love story in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. However, after finishing the novel, massive flooding caused widespread devastation in Baton Rouge and many other parts of southern Louisiana.

Hi, I'm Grant. I'm an abalone diver, a fisheries scientist and I'm a Mormon.

From the Church

First Presidency Calls 8 New Mission Presidents to Nigeria, Japan, U.S., and More

From Mexico to Nigeria and South Carolina to Guam, the First Presidency has called eight new mission presidents and their wives to serve in countries around the world. They will start their service in July.