Mormon gays, parents work to build bridges at 40th Affirmation conference

PROVO — Scott Mackintosh is a self-described Mormon "manly man," a Lehi, Utah, outdoorsman who can fix anything, like the resourceful TV character MacGyver.Then he tried to fix his gay son.Mackintosh learned he couldn’t, but his story of eventually reconciling his faith and his love for his son is a featured video on the official LDS Church website, mormonandgay.lds.org.He spoke Saturday at the 40th anniversary conference of Affirmation, an independent LGBT support group for members