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Some LGBT Mormons feel like outsiders in their ownchurchBy Nigel Duara Jan 4, 2018

A schism is riling America’s conservative Christian denominations, and ironicallyenough, it's over marriage. The widening split in opinion on same-sex marriage isparticularly apparent in the Mormon church. Though it has has softened its rhetoricopposing same-sex marriage since its support

banning same-sex marriage, a majority of its followers still opposesame-sex marriage.

(For how long, however, seems unclear — a new study of 4,000 religious people thatincluded 700 Mormons found support for same-sex marriage rising considerably. Andthe contentious issue of businesses refusing to serve LGBTQ customers fell below a50 percent approval among Mormons this year, according to the same study.)

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Younger Mormons, in particular, according to , are generally more amenable to the idea of same-sex marriage. And some

young Mormons and their families are going so far as to leave the church over theissue.

To help those Mormons with their crises of faith, a podcaster named John Dehlin runsworkshops across the country that address the most difficult aspects of walking awayfrom Mormonism, including crumbled marriages, lost job opportunities, and shunningfrom family members.

Dehlin hasn’t been a practicing Mormon since 2015, when church officialsexcommunicated him — after numerous warnings — because of his support forsame-sex marriage. But despite the church labeling him an apostate, Dehlin stillconsiders himself a Mormon.

“I am as Mormon as anyone there and I care as much or more than anyone out there,”Dehlin said. “And I challenge anyone to tell me any different.”

This segment originally aired January 4, 2018 on VICE News Tonight.

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