Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.
In the most recent General Conference, two members of the First Presidency claimed that exaltation will be limited to straight married couples. But do the scriptures they cite support their claims? Continue reading Is exaltation reserved for just straight people?
As soon as I saw the article, I knew it’d focus on defending heteronormative marriage as the norm and then outlining why other marriages are abnormal. Continue reading What David A. Bednar got wrong about eternal marriage
You know how every time Pride Month comes around with the parades and coloured crosswalks, you start seeing comments like, “I don’t care if you’re gay, just don’t shove your sexuality in my face.”?
Well, I’ve been thinking about that.
Continue reading “Straight people should be uncomfortable”
About a year or so ago, I wrote a Facebook post where I mentioned that I was unhiding all the people and pages that I had previously hidden, that I was unsanitizing my own news feed, unsiloing it.
I’ve been contemplating that position recently. I’m still doing this, trying to expose myself to different viewpoints and trying to not dismiss viewpoints contrary to my own.
However.
Continue reading “Not unfriending people is a privilege”
A little over two years ago, LDS commentator Greg Trimble wrote an article entitled “The Place For Gays Inside The Mormon Church”. In it, Greg shares an experience he had with one gay man—yes, just one—who believed that there’s a place for gay people in the LDS church.
Continue reading “Mormons love to share only certain gay stories”
Our third trans child approached us last month to say that they no longer want to attend church and no longer believe its teachings.
Half of our children now are estranged from the church. Each of them is trans. I don’t consider this a coincidence.
Continue reading “LDS rhetoric pushes LGBTQ members out”
I attended a meeting where someone discussed the Family Proclamation. They used coded language about how much society had changed since it was announced. Continue reading How we frame the Proclamation is homophobic
Gender and sexuality are things we all force upon our children, as society and as parents.
If our child is born with a penis, for example, the doctor tells us it’s a boy. We believe that doctor and raise that child as a boy. We assign him gendered pronouns and give him a gendered name. We envision him growing into a man one day. We dream of him falling in love with a woman and providing us with grandchildren one day.
Continue reading “We force gender and sexuality onto our children”
Someone recently commented on one of my Facebook posts, saying something like, “I don’t care if people are gay; I just don’t want them shoving their sexuality in my face.”
Continue reading “Don’t shove your sexuality in my face”
About a year ago, an interview of Ben Shapiro was circling on Facebook. When asked about his stance on marriage equality, he responded by saying that the government should stay out of marriage.
Why were libertarians not calling for the government to stay out of marriage prior to gay people demanding the right to marry? Continue reading “The government should stay out of marriage”