Historian Benjamin Park released a video examining a 1984 memorandum by newly called apostle Dallin H. Oaks outlining how the LDS Church should approach gay rights legislation. The video, which has drawn 7,874 views in 18 hours, analyzes the memo's arguments about decriminalization and anti-discrimination laws and traces its influence across four decades of Church LGBTQ policy.

Park, a historian of American religion at Sam Houston State University, argues the memo shaped the Church's legal and political strategy on same-sex marriage, employment discrimination and religious exemptions through the present. The video draws on leaked documents and public Church statements to track the memo's legacy through Proposition 8, the 2015 policy on children of same-sex couples, and ongoing legislative fights.