The eternal nature of rings
Last year, our second oldest asked me to MC his wedding reception and provide a few remarks preceding the ring ceremony. Continue reading The eternal nature of rings
Category: Marriage
Is exaltation reserved for just straight people?
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?
Tad Callister is trying to repackage the gospel of Jesus as right-wing politics
Tad Callister recently wrote a Church News op-ed, complaining about an attack on the family. However, it’s just a bunch of right-wing talking points disguised as gospel principles. Continue reading Tad Callister is trying to repackage the gospel of Jesus as right-wing politics
What David A. Bednar got wrong about eternal marriage
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
The government should stay out of marriage
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”
“But it’s not natural . . .”
If your Facebook News Feed was anything like mine during the second week of July, you probably saw a lot of posts about Teen Vogue’s article on anal sex. Most of it probably in opposition to the article. There were even progressive voices criticizing it.
But this post isn’t about anal sex. Well, not really.
Last week, I was discussing the article after a Facebook friend posted a popular video of a woman criticizing the article. In this discussion, someone labelled anal sex as unnatural, using phrases like “against how the body is constructed” and “the anal (sic) is not made for that purpose”.
And it’s that idea of nature that I want to discuss. Continue reading ““But it’s not natural . . .””
The LDS church is wrong about same-sex marriage. Again.
Elder Larry R. Lawrence of the Seventy wrote an article titled “The War Goes On”. It appears in the April 2017 issue of The Ensign, an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Here is a quote from that article:
“Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, but same-sex marriage is only a counterfeit. It brings neither posterity nor exaltation. Although [Satan’s] imitations deceive many people, they are not the real thing. They cannot bring lasting happiness.”
See? This is just more proof that even in 2017, the LDS church just doesn’t get it. They can think they’re all clever and progressive by dropping the S from mormonsandgays.com, but stuff like this just reiterates how out of touch leaders are on the topic of its LGBTQ members. They literally don’t get it.
There are a few problems with this statement: Continue reading “The LDS church is wrong about same-sex marriage. Again.”
Following the prophet is easy when all you need to do is agree
A sacrament speaker brought up the November policy change today. That marks yet another consecutive week of someone mentioning the … Continue reading Following the prophet is easy when all you need to do is agree
LDS policies on gay marriage leave more questions than answers
I’m sure by now you’ve read a recent change by the Mormon church regarding participants in and children of same-sex marriages.
As a parent of an LGBT teenager (who had earlier this summer left the church and experienced significant ostracization and judgement as a result), I can tell you that this policy change has been weighing on my mind heavily over the last two days. Continue reading “LDS policies on gay marriage leave more questions than answers”
Two problems I have with the family proclamation
Despite the fact that The Family: A Proclamation to the World has never been canonized, many members of the Church of … Continue reading Two problems I have with the family proclamation