tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post174955156360256570..comments2024-02-23T07:28:01.508-08:00Comments on Owning My Mormon Heritage: The City on the Hill Is a Whited SepulchrePablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390721012768975275noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-86751005441596880492010-07-24T11:08:23.825-07:002010-07-24T11:08:23.825-07:00@Anonymous: Experiences and perspectives like your...@Anonymous: Experiences and perspectives like yours encourage understanding, hope and love. Thank you. <br /><br />@Riley: Thank you. II'm glad you're finding your way and your voice. It may sound trite, but I mean it sincerely. We all have something good to contribute in this world, more than even we can imagine. I'm looking forward to your comments and reading your blog posts as Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390721012768975275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-62213911446882672032010-07-22T09:53:55.164-07:002010-07-22T09:53:55.164-07:00You say you didn't know Todd Ransom. I think ...You say you didn't know Todd Ransom. I think that couldn't be more obvious. I did know Todd, ever since we were children. He was always popular and well-liked. His youth was not tragic, as some people are now imagining it to be. When he came out several years ago, he was not abandoned by his family and friends. I guess it was an adjustment for everyone, but they loved him just the Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-6181561001187838982010-07-21T20:22:10.574-07:002010-07-21T20:22:10.574-07:00Beautiful, Absolutely Beautiful. You described the...Beautiful, Absolutely Beautiful. You described the situation of so many people in a way that I have been unable to. You found the words to express the frustration so many of us fee. Thank you.. Thank you so much for this. Two years ago I used to walk up the same trail where todd took his life, and I fully intended on doing the same. I felt unworthy and subhuman. I had tried to be straight, triedRiley Heinerhttp://howtoburyacastle.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-33188690302101999432010-07-21T17:35:05.566-07:002010-07-21T17:35:05.566-07:00As more and more church leaders experience the joy...As more and more church leaders experience the joys and pains of gay grandchildren (kids might not be forgiven, but all grandparents know that grandchildren can do no wrong), I believe that we'll see a softening of the church's position. As the mother of a gay son, I know other parents who have left the church over this, a few who have rejected their children, and some who are trying to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-56434117364948152172010-07-21T11:11:34.583-07:002010-07-21T11:11:34.583-07:00I wholeheartedly agree that the church walks its o...I wholeheartedly agree that the church walks its own talk. Here’s a small sampling of the dehumanizing talk that is accepted to this day:<br /><br />J. Ruben Clark (June 8, 1941): "When I was a boy it was preached from the stand, and my father and my mother repeated the principle to me time and time again. They said, 'Reuben, we had rather bury you than have you become unchaste.' AndPablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390721012768975275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-76197924526793813172010-07-21T09:45:26.186-07:002010-07-21T09:45:26.186-07:00It would be helpful if the GAs stopped pretending ...It would be helpful if the GAs stopped pretending to receive miraculous communication with God and stopped pretending they know some higher will. They largely wreck havoc on the faithful in order to build a capitalist corporation.Mister Curiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113134172902610883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-87299691539570422062010-07-21T09:30:25.204-07:002010-07-21T09:30:25.204-07:00Fantastic post, Pablo.Fantastic post, Pablo.JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158807819966424747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2533834163006537741.post-20778940308672647232010-07-21T07:58:45.983-07:002010-07-21T07:58:45.983-07:00Impassioned words indeed. I have no doubt that LD...Impassioned words indeed. I have no doubt that LDS authorities and many members would object to the suggestion that the church is not walking its own talk. The good-hearted amongst them would claim to truly love God's gay children. But if they honestly don't hate them, they might as well do so because of their insistence that God requires gay people to give up all love and hope and Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992194211469009236noreply@blogger.com