Cry Me A River!

[Guest Jenn348]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632930/Gay-marriage-opponents-stereotyped-by-ruling.html

I'm going to have to call a spade a spade here. People who want to actively discriminate against others in such a way as to materially harm them get their panties in a twist when they get called out for their abusive ways. "No fair!" they cry when mere words are leveled at them.

As a member I am ashamed at the behavior of my fellow LDS. I seriously think a 1978 moment is coming again and these will be the folks who will leave the church when that happens.

Sorry for the rant. That is all.

[Guest Xeriis]

seconded.

[VickySGV]

When those we have trusted to be a light in our spiritual journeys refuse to show us and let us share that light, or worse show that they do not have light in their spirit but interpret their own darkness as light, we can indeed be devastated.

[Guest Jenn348]

I do have to wonder at times how much of this comes from revelation and how much of this is just there to placate a bigoted and prejudiced society. God only chooses to share truth with people who can handle it, and we see examples in history where the truth gets withdrawn in full or in part when a people are unworthy. Even Joseph Smith dealt with this issue:

“I have tried for a number of years to get the minds of the Saints prepared to receive the things of God; but we frequently see some of them, after suffering all they have for the work of God, will fly to pieces like glass as soon as anything comes that is contrary to their traditions: they cannot stand the fire at all. How many will be able to abide a celestial law, and go through and receive their exaltation, I am unable to say, as many are called, but few are chosen."

"If the Church knew all the commandments, one-half they would condemn through prejudice and ignorance."

There's a pretty good article here that explains the weak theological underpinnings behind an LDS condemnation of homosexuality: http://www.affirmation.org/scriptures/homosexuality_and_scripture.shtml
The money quote:

Separating us from these ancient civilizations is a wide band of Eurasian medieval history. John Boswell's landmark study chronicles the complete defamation homosexuality suffered during this period (Boswell 137-166). Mormons refer to this time as the Great Apostacy, an age of unprecedented religious corruption. We do not normally hold any of its theological inventions in very high regard. Yet all of the arguments used by the LDS Church against homosexuality may be traced directly to the letters of medieval church fathers, including its linkage with Sodom and its "unnaturalness" (Kimball 77-89).

While we tend to reject anything from the time of the Great Apostasy, LDS society tends to embrace one apostate element: fear and persecution of homosexuals. I don't think Christ could have been more clear when he told Joseph Smith that "All of their creeds are an abomination to me." That alone should be damning enough.

I've prayed about it and feel that in the not very distant future, when society changes a little more, the church will begin to reject the current attitudes against homosexuality. Eventually this will culminate in a moment like when they allowed blacks to hold the priesthood and attend the temple. When this comes, I have no idea, but it is coming.

When that time comes, the anti-Mormon fringe in the Bible Belt will go nuts on us. They'll say they knew the whole time we weren't serious about "Biblical marriage" like they were. That small minority of nutjobs will grow smaller and smaller over time until they are like today's racist fringe.