I sat on a chair in my parents’ living room while my dad placed his hands on my head to give me a priesthood blessing at 23 years old. He didn’t know that two weeks before I had come out for the first time to my two best friends. He didn’t know that questions about my faith and my orientation were constantly swirling in my head. Then as he gave me the blessing he said, “You will be saved in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom.” I thought, Oh shoot! I know this might s

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