Editing Latter Days (section)

==Themes==
Cox has stated that the film is primarily about a love story between two characters.<ref name= "Killer">{{cite web|url=http://www.killermoviereviews.com/main.php?nextlink=display&dId=434&subLinks= |title=Cox, C. Jay -- Latter days|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103165901/http://killermoviereviews.com/main.php?nextlink=display&dId=434&subLinks=|archive-date=November 3, 2007 |website=Killer Movie Reviews |date=April 2, 2004 |access-date= December 16, 2006}}</ref> There is also an exploration of religious attitudes towards homosexuality, and the dilemma of religious homosexuals, torn between who they are and what they believe. A non-fiction film with similar themes that has been contrasted with ''Latter Days'' is ''[[Trembling Before G-d]]''.<ref name= "Jam">{{cite web |last1=Braun |first1=Liz |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/L/Latter_Days/2004/07/16/753449.html |title=Love thy neighbor: Latter Days questions faith |publisher=Jam Showbiz |date=August 16, 2004 |access-date=December 16, 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071022145911/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/L/Latter_Days/2004/07/16/753449.html |archive-date=October 22, 2007}}</ref>

Cox has also said that there is a massive irony, both in the film and in real life, that a religion so focused on the family and its importance is ripping families apart through its teaching on homosexuality.<ref name= "Killer"/> In fact, Cox believes one cannot be Mormon and gay.<ref name="Belief">{{cite web|last1=Phillips |first1=Rebecca |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Latter-Day-Saints/2004/02/A-Topic-Deeply-Buried.aspx |title=A Topic Deeply Buried |publisher=Beliefnet |date=February 12, 2004 |access-date=October 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016052712/http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Latter-Day-Saints/2004/02/A-Topic-Deeply-Buried.aspx |archive-date=October 16, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, a major theme of ''Latter Days'' is that there is an underlying spirituality in the world that goes beyond the rituals and dogmas of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.killermoviereviews.com/main.php?nextlink=display&dId=427 |title=Latter Days |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103165234/http://killermoviereviews.com/main.php?nextlink=display&dId=427|archive-date=November 3, 2007 |website=Killer Movie Reviews |date=December 12, 2006 |access-date=December 16, 2006}}</ref>