Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.
When someone says that gay marriage will “destroy the family”, what they mean is that it will force them to change their definition of family. Same goes for the phrase “attack on the family”? The family isn’t under attack. Continue reading “The family isn’t under attack”
You’ve probably noticed an increase in media reports of famous men being accused of varying degrees of sexual violence, ranging from sexual harassment to sexual assault to rape.
If you’ve been reading the news reports and following the reaction on social media, you’ve probably heard people saying that the accused persons deserve due process.
Or perhaps you’ve heard people say that we should wait until we have the full story before we pass judgement. After all, some woman have falsely accused men of rape.
Here’s why the idea of due process doesn’t work in this case. Continue reading “Why do we still refuse to believe sexual assault victims?”
I recently found out about another local LGBTQ youth who won’t come out to their Mormon parents. They saw how their older sibling, who is also LGBTQ, was treated. Continue reading What is “destroying the family”?
My second job in Lethbridge was cleaning carpets. My boss was racist.
If someone calls you a nazi sympathizer, they’re not saying you’re a nazi. They’re literally saying you sympathize with nazis, that you have sympathy for them. Continue reading If someone calls you a nazi sympathizer
I recently posted a status update regarding the rhetoric the church uses that leads to homophobia among its members. In some of the comments on that post and on versions others shared of that post, people were denying that this rhetoric exists. I thought I’d take recent examples of general conference talks and Ensign articles to show how homophobia is taught to Latter-day Saints in official ways, even if they are covert or indirect.
Continue reading “Yes, actually, LDS rhetoric does encourage parents to other their LGBTQ children”
Have you ever seen white people complain when governments pay reparations to marginalized groups for the oppressive actions of previous governments, particularly regarding people of colour? Have you seen them say something like “They’ve already paid them enough. It’s in the past. Let’s move on.”?
This position is racist. Continue reading “Why opposing minority reparations is racist”
Why are Christians so intent on proving that scriptural events occurred and that they occurred as described in scripture? Continue reading Do we need to prove scriptural events actually occurred?
Most Mormons are Mormon not because the church is true, but because their parents were Mormon. Ask any person of faith what their religion is and what their parents’ religion is, and there’s a super good chance they’re the same. Continue reading Mormons are Mormon because their parents were Mormon
Someone recently asked me why I stay in the LDS church. Continue reading Why I stay