Liberals love respectability politics
Liberals love respectability politics. It’s why they like rainbows painted on crosswalks but not on half naked bodies in a … Continue reading Liberals love respectability politics
Conservatives aren’t actually interested in balanced budgets
Conservatives love to laud the goal of balanced budgets. But the thing is that conservatives aren’t actually interested in balanced budgets; that’s just a smoke screen. Continue reading “Conservatives aren’t actually interested in balanced budgets”
The only true and living church
“And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased, speaking unto the church collectively and not individually” —D&C 1:30
The phrase “the only true and living church” is a treasured one among members of the LDS church. If true, it lends legitimacy to the church and its claims.
Why we need to stop calling people racist
Or more specifically, why we need to stop calling people “a racist”. Continue reading “Why we need to stop calling people racist”
The family isn’t under attack
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”
Why do we still refuse to believe sexual assault victims?
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?”
What is “destroying the family”?
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”?
How white people perpetuate racism
My second job in Lethbridge was cleaning carpets. My boss was racist.
If someone calls you a nazi sympathizer
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
Yes, actually, LDS rhetoric does encourage parents to other their LGBTQ children
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”