Episode 769: Jessie Salter and Jett Atwood, Same-Sex Marriage, Attending Church

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

My friends Jessica Salter and Jett Atwood (gay Latter-day Saint women in a same-sex marriage, attend and believe in Church) join us to share their stories. Jett & Jessie (who were married on June 15, 2024) talk about their supportive ward in Utah County (including their bishopric attending their reception) and being so fortunate to have many in their ward “catch” them. Jett (who is older than Jessie; Washington DC South RM, gifted cartoonist) talks about her journey to accept that her sexual orientation is part of her divine nature. Jessie (mother of 3 kids, former adjunct professor at BYU) also talks about accepting her sexual orientation and how they found each other. Both women talk about their supportive ward, principles to better support queer Latter-day Saints, the resurrection, focusing on what is in their control, their love of the church, and the beauty of their marriage and family. Thank you, Jessie and Jett, for sharing your story. You are two wonderful women—doing much to bless and help others. I’m glad the two of you found each other. Links: Instagram account: @headedtonineveh

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.3	My guest on today's podcast are a married couple, two women, and a same-sex marriage.
0:14.9	They got married on June 15th, 2024.
0:18.0	Congratulations, my friends, Jet, J-E-T-T, and Jesse. Welcome to the podcast.
0:26.3	Hey, thanks. We've been visiting for quite a bit as this is a pretty unique story listeners,
0:33.1	and I'm going to read their email to me, and then I'm going to do some bio, so you can kind of get a baseline of where they are as they begin to share their story.
0:42.9	This is the email I got last month.
0:45.8	Hi, Richard.
0:46.4	My partner, now wife, with a big explanation point, met at church, and got married a couple weeks ago.
0:52.7	We've been so fortunate to have our ward
0:54.8	catch us. Our bishopric even attended our reception. We love to connect and share our story
1:01.6	if you're interested warmly, Jesse. And I love this visual imagery that our bishopric,
1:08.1	our ward catches us. And you're too trying to participate as
1:13.8	much as you're loud in the church um let me read a little bit about jesse there's some notes i've
1:19.0	taken jesse salter sall t-r grew up in washington state and then utah county um she is a prior adjunct professor at BYU, taught in ballet.
1:32.1	She was married to her husband.
1:35.9	They have since divorced and are on good terms and are raising three kids.
1:40.3	You have three kids.
1:41.1	You're in your 30s.
1:43.3	And you up until your marriage were serving
1:47.1	as the primary course during your ward. Jet was raised in Davis County, spells her name,
1:54.7	J-E-T-T, Atwood is her last name, and they've kind kind of legally, they haven't done this, but they've
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -242 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Richard Ostler, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Richard Ostler and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.