Skip to content
Main Street Plaza

A Community for Anyone Interested in Mormonism.

Main Street Plaza

A Community for Anyone Interested in Mormonism.

A Civil Faithful-LDS Reaction to “8”

chanson, April 27, 2010

We’ve posted quite a lot about 8: The Mormon Proposition here; all positive. However — whether or not the film deserves accolades exclusively — I’d prefer to avoid the danger of falling into the group-think echo-chamber. To that end, I’d like to point you to a civil and detailed mixed review by faithful Mormon TT. Though I could perhaps have been more civil to TT myself last time he visited here, I’d still like to encourage you to read his review and think about his objections.

civil discourse discrimination Homosexuality

Post navigation

Previous post
Next post

Related Posts

Mormons are too risque for Mormonism

April 28, 2009January 15, 2011

Didn’t anyone else see that Deseret Book has removed the Twilight series from their shelves? Who knew that a non-vampire teenage female NOT having pre-marital sex with a teenage male vampire was so risque that it was offensive to Mormon sensibilities, especially considering it was written expressly to be acceptable…

Read More

Sunday in Outer Blogness: The Gay Agenda Edition!!!

February 23, 2014

I am so glad to be living in the Internet age!! There is so much fun stuff that happens today that just wasn’t even possible before the Internet. Case in point, a Mormon lady posted about the gay agenda in the Disney movie Frozen — and the whole Internet blossomed…

Read More

What is Truth: Gays, Believers and Apostates

March 26, 2011March 25, 2011

As has been pointed out by numerous commenters throughout the (relatively short) life of my blog (at http://invictuspilgrim.blogspot.com), a gay (active/post/ex-/inactive/anything in between) Mormons relationship to the LDS Church is often complicated. The reason for this should be obvious (but perhaps isnt to many members of the Church). Many gay…

Read More

Comments (10)

  1. TT says:
    April 27, 2010 at 10:45 am

    Thanks for the link! No need to worry about what went down last time. These are sensitive issues. People on the internet sometimes get snippy, including myself last time. We are all just trying to do our best and keeping communication open. I’m pleased to do so with you all.

  2. chanson says:
    April 27, 2010 at 11:12 am

    Cool. Glad to be part of the effort at keeping the lines of communication open. 😀

  3. Andrew S says:
    April 27, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    TT’s review is pretty amazing.

    Yet…I could’ve anticipated those criticisms…it truly brings down the impact the documentary could have had on the whole.

  4. Chino Blanco says:
    April 27, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks for the link, it’s a good read and a worthy effort.

    “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they actually watch the damn documentary before forming an opinion, then everybody wins.” — Mahatma Gandhi

  5. Seth R. says:
    April 27, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    I remember watching the trailer, and immediately felt so utterly emotionally manipulated that rather felt I didn’t want anything further to do with the film.

    It had the sort of feeling I get from the standard political campaign ad. Heart-wrenching close-ups of emotionally distraught people with heartwarming pianos or sinister back tone, one-sided slogans, and a narrative that is primarily interested in you not looking too closely at the wider context.

    The review isn’t particularly surprising to me. It just bears out the impressions I already had from the trailer.

  6. aerin says:
    April 28, 2010 at 7:22 am

    4 – chino – did Gandhi really say that? You’re joking, right?

  7. Chino Blanco says:
    April 28, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    @6: I don’t know. He’s supposed to have said something like that, but the provenance is in dispute. Nick Klein described similar stages back in 1914:

    First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.

    And yes, I was just tryin’ to be funny 😉

  8. Chino Blanco says:
    April 28, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    By the way, Steve Evans reviewed Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons back in June 2008, and it was interesting to revisit Steve’s take on that project.

  9. Pingback: Sunday in Outer Blogness: Unlikely Pairs Edition! | Main Street Plaza
  10. M.R. 2 says:
    May 2, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    I am new here but have been following this film for some time now.

    Great review TT!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Mormon Alumni Association Books

Latest Comments:

  1. Cara B. Klein on My conspiracy theory #2April 26, 2025

    Wow, I had never thought about it in that way before You have really opened my eyes to a new…

  2. chanson on LDS vs LGBTQ:  Nathan Kitchen sheds false binariesApril 16, 2025

    The haiku at the end is lovely. Sounds like a great book!

  3. Donna Banta on LDS vs LGBTQ:  Nathan Kitchen sheds false binariesApril 14, 2025

    I imagine anyone who has tried to change the church from within will identify with Kitchen's story. I especially like…

  4. Johnny Townsend on LDS vs LGBTQ:  Nathan Kitchen sheds false binariesApril 14, 2025

    This was a painful review to read. For many years, I held the same hope, that the LDS church would…

  5. LDS vs LGBTQ:  Nathan Kitchen sheds false binaries – Main Street Plaza on It’s Time to Vote for the 2024 Brodie Awards!!!April 14, 2025

    […] sincere acceptance is not a priority. Fortunately, this is what he exemplifies in his memoir, the Brodie-nominated Boughs of…

8: The Mormon Proposition Acceptance of Gays Add new tag Affirmation angry exmormon awards Book Reviews BYU comments Conformity Dallin H. Oaks DAMU disaffected mormon underground Dustin Lance Black Ex-Mormon Exclusion policy Excommunicated exmormon faith Family feminism Gay Gay Love Gay Marriage Gay Relationships General Conference Happiness Homosexual Homosexuality LDS LGBT LGBTQ Link Bomb missionaries Modesty Mormon Mormon Alumni Association Mormonism motherhood peace politics Polygamy priesthood ban Sunstone temple

Awards

William Law X-Mormon of the Year:

  • 2023: Adam Steed
  • 2022: David Archuleta
  • 2021: Jeff T. Green
  • 2020: Jacinda Ardern
  • 2019: David Nielsen
  • 2018: Sam Young
  • 2017: Savannah
  • 2016: Jeremy Runnells
  • 2015: John Dehlin
  • 2014: Kate Kelly
  • 2013: J. Seth Anderson and Michael Ferguson
  • 2012: David Tweede
  • 2011: Joanna Brooks
  • 2010: Monica Bielanko
  • 2009: Walter Kirn

Other Cool Sites!

WasMormon.org
©2025 Main Street Plaza | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes