Minutes – Executive Committee Meeting September 15, 1977 Page 6

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13 Homosexuality

Reference was made to a letter on homosexuality which was circulated several weeks ago to all General Authorities purportedly from the Department of Psychology at Brigham Young University. It has been determined that the letter did not come from the BYU Psychology Department, and all indications are that the person who anonymously planted this letter in the mailroom in the Church Office Building attempted to implicate the BYU Psychology Department. It was reported that the publication, “The Open Door,” which purports to be the voice of the Salt Lake City “gay” community, has begun to reprint that letter in a series of articles over the next six months. It was indicated that Commissioner Holland and President Oaks are working very closely with Elder Boyd K. Packer concerning this matter. It was also reported that Dr. Allen Bergin of BYU had prepared an excellent paper refuting the major claims made by homosexuals and that this paper could be helpful to the University and the Church in counteracting the rather sophisticated pro-homosexuality platform espoused by the anonymous letter which the General Authorities and others had received. The Bergin paper was prepared at the request of the Welfare Services Department, and is available through them.

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