Ep. 147 - Scott and Becky Mackintosh - Parenting: From Short Shorts To Loving Boldly

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Scott and Becky Mackintosh were first thrust in to the spotlight when Scott became a viral sensation as the "Short Shorts Dad" for wearing very short shorts to a family function as a loving message to his daughter. This lead to international fame. Years later, after one of their sons came out as gay, Becky found herself becoming more open about her experiences as a Latter-day Saint mother of an LGBTQ loved one. This led to scott learning difficult lessons and eventually finding peace and understanding with his son. As more people learned of their story, they began receiving mails and calls from other concerned parents of LGBTQ children as well as LGBTQ people themselves. This led to Becky writing the recently released bestseller, Love Boldly: Embracing Your LGBTQ Loved Ones and Your Faith. Scott and Becky are popular speakers, well known for their inspirational stories, honest approach and open heart. Their family story was shared in a popular video on the church website. Becky and Scott are funny, engaging, humble and have tremendous insight.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:11.5	Day Saints.
0:12.6	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:16.8	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.4	Hello, friends. Welcome to episode number 147 of the Latter-day Lives podcast.
0:32.3	I'm your host, Sean Rup here. Thank you so much for checking in with us again this week.
0:37.4	We have such a fantastic show for you.
0:40.2	But before we jump into this week's episode, we do want to thank a new reviewer on Apple Podcasts.
0:46.6	The username is S-G-U-R-E-L. And thank you so much for your kind words, your five-star review.
0:52.9	And I love the title of this review.
0:55.2	It says, pick me up, up, and away, which I thought was really fun. And definitely our guests are a pick-me-up.
1:03.1	And today is no exception. Scott and Becky McIntosh have such an incredible life story.
1:10.0	And I've mentioned before that I do some editing on the
1:13.2	podcast, just kind of tighten things up. A lot of times I just edit myself out. But with Scott and
1:18.9	Becky, you get a supersized episode because there just wasn't much that I wanted to take out.
1:25.3	I wanted all of you to be able to hear pretty much everything they say.
1:29.4	It's just such an incredible story. So it is a bit of a supersized episode, and I'm excited for you
1:34.6	to hear it. And this week in my Latter-day Life, I'll tell you a little bit about this weekend
1:39.4	and being neither in the world nor of it. It's all coming up. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this
1:46.6	week's conversation. And today recording live in the Latter-day Live Studios. It's so fun to have people back in the studio right now.
2:03.1	We have such an amazing couple with an incredible story.
2:06.6	You may have seen them for a few things, and we'll definitely get into all of that.
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