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ANOTHER GAY MANIFESTO: MY PROBLEM WITH THE MORMON CHURCH

Robin Johnson, January 1, 2013

What Can I Say…I Am Still Gay! I have never been known to stay where I am not wanted.  My present Bishop and Elder’s Quorum President do not like me because I am now openly Gay and they know it.  They are both very Homophobic. L Therefore, I have been…

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Mormon Moment Series on poetrysansonions.blogspot.com

Julia, October 7, 2012

Ahhhhh! The smell of fresh, juicy, slightly wrong Mormon blog posts. It must be Sunday! I have been doing a series of posts related to Mormon and Post-Mormon issues that seem to be *hot* this year. With more and more people interested in Mormons, and now the change in rules…

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Gay People Do Exist – Coming out to my Grandparents

SoACTing, July 11, 2012July 11, 2012

Gay People Do Exist! Coming Out to My Grandparents My grandparents were/are committed Christians. They’ve taught 3rd and 4th grade Sunday school for as long as I can remember. On the infrequent occasions when I attended their church, from kindergarten until I was about 12, I always pulled up a…

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Book Review: Playing Dangerous Games

profxm, August 28, 2010August 27, 2010

Hi Everyone. DJ Williams, a somewhat infrequent commenter on MSP, recently published a book that, while not primarily about Mormonism, addresses it as it relates to BDSM. I recently read and reviewed the book and DJ has agreed to respond to comments on MSP. Here’s the review: Even though the…

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what to say when

aerin64, June 24, 2010

Recently I saw a (small maroon) book with a title like “What to say when: answers for latter day saints”. I’ve searched popular search engines, online book retailers, LDS church publisher websites to no avail. So I can’t post a link. But I thought it was an interesting idea/concept. It…

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Oldies but Goodies: Testimony of a Dissident

Hellmut, September 10, 2009October 20, 2010

A while back another blogger asked me to submit an essay about my Mormon experience. Probably, for good reasons he changed his mind and never published it. Since it is already written and might shed some light on my argument at Times and Seasons, I might as well publish it…

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it’s okay to be Mormon and depressed?

profxm, July 2, 2009September 3, 2011

I caught this article in the MormonTimes today: Mormons don’t get depressed? It’s an MD saying that it’s okay to be depressed, be on medication, and be Mormon. While I don’t think this is a stunning reversal of any official Mormon positions, I have to wonder if this is kind…

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A reminder to be positive and upbeat, especially with members

Andrew S, March 2, 2009

When I left the church, I found that more things made sense to me. I didn’t have to start rationalizing things to make it fit in with doctrine, and I could just believe in the world based on how I saw and experienced it. So, I’d definitely say that when…

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If they feel happy and think they’re happy, how is that different from BEING happy?

chanson, February 4, 2009January 15, 2011

That was Rebecca’s response to her Mormon mom who dismissed the possibility that an exmo friend might be happy (“Oh, she only thinks she’s happy”). I thought of this point when the subject came up again, and Hellmut mentioned how awful the Mormon phony/forced happiness is.

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So, are you enjoying your exmormon despair and unhappiness yet?

Andrew S, February 1, 2009January 15, 2011

So, I recently had a fun escapade in the comments at a post at Feminist Mormon Housewives. It was a post from a guestposter, Jon, on whether or not the church might be a hostile place. Who ever could have thought of that?! …I’m still freshly reeling about the “hostile”…

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