Gay Mormon Men Marry Straight Women larger chance of divorce

[doggie]

well Duhh all I have to say.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/1 ... 64848.html

Study Reveals What Really Happens When Gay Mormon Men Marry Straight Women

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The Mormon couples profiled on TLC’s “My Husband Is Not Gay†may find these statistics sobering: Marriages like theirs — same­-sex attracted men and straight women —are two to three times more likely to end in divorce than others.

That finding and others come from a newly released in­-depth survey of 1,612 self-­selected LGBT/same-­sex attracted Mormons and former Mormons, thought by researchers to be the largest study ever conducted with this population.

Rather than tapping a random sample, John Dehlin, a doctoral student at Utah State University, and Bill Bradshaw, a retired Brigham Young University professor, with help from Utah State’s Renee Galliher, solicited responses via various websites, including pro-­Mormon outlets such as North Star International and those more critical such as Dehlin’s own “Mormon Stories†podcast.

The study found that:

* Between 51 percent and 69 percent of mixed­-orientation Mormon marriages end in divorce, well above the roughly 25 percent of Mormon couples who split up.

* More than 70 percent of LGBT/same­-sex attracted Mormons leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

* 80 percent of respondents reported undergoing efforts to change their sexual orientation — 85 percent of which were religious and private efforts, 31 percent were private efforts only, 40 percent therapist-­led and 21 percent group efforts.

* 53 percent rejected their religious identity; 37 percent compartmentalized their sexual and religious identities; 6 percent rejected their LGBT identity; 4 percent integrated the two.

The study relied on participants in 48 states and 22 countries; 75 percent were male, 22 percent female; 91 percent were white; 7 percent were excommunicated from the LDS Church, 25 percent had resigned, 36 percent were inactive, 29 percent were active, and 3 percent had been disfellowshipped.

[mirele]

For the record, John Dehlin is now facing excommunication from the Mormon church.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2063440-155/ ... cast-faces

[DGayle]

Color me not-shocked.

[doggie]

Color me not-shocked.

must be spreading.