Suppose your marriage is afflicted with that everyone’s-talking-about-how-they’re-suffering-in-silence Mormon epidemic know as “your husband’s porn addiction.” Suppose you’re absolutely convinced that that is the problem, and if he won’t stop, then your marriage will be destroyed — nothing can persuade you otherwise. But he can’t seem to stop, or refuses…
Category: Marriage
Child Protective Services Are Exposing FLDS Children to Chaos
The Dallas Morning News reports that CPS is unable to properly house a mother with her new born baby: “This woman has been removed from the birthing center with a brand new baby boy and is now sitting in the offices of CPS because they don’t have anywhere else to…
Mormon culture, boundaries and family
Three posts have gotten me thinking about a couple of themes that come up all the time round the DAMU, and perhaps somewhat less regularly around the bloggernacle. This post at FMH is about orthopraxis and the time-honoured discussion of whether there can be such a thing as a cultural…
Husband and Wife Swapping = Order of Heaven? (D&C 132)
All credit to Runtu from FLAK goes for the inspiration behind this post. While I’ve read D&C 132 dozens and dozens of times in my life, I’ve never read it with the “eyes of my understanding” being opened, thank you Runtu. Joseph and Brigham and the early prophets used to…
Escaping…
There was a very interesting exit story posted to Outer Blogness recently on the blog Escaping the Brainwashing of Zion: Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5 * Part 6 The focus isn’t on concluding the church isn’t true so much as it…
Gay Marriage, Stronger Families
A friend mentioned to me recently that he is no longer cruising since he can admit to himself that he is gay. I am sharing that because my friend’s case illustrates the benefits of a rational and open approach to sexuality.
Inoculating the Saints
The following is a comment I made on the Mormon Matters thread about whether the church should or should not teach the things it has so far not taught openly to the members.
It’s Because the Gays Are Getting Married!
Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan: PS: Oded Gross has produced this video. Does anyone know if they have a home page?
How Do I Tell My Wife That I Don’t Believe Anymore?
I recently received the following message. Can you help Eric out? I think it would help to hear from both sides of this situation, so if you know a believing member of the church who is handling a mixed-faith marriage, please invite a response from them. He writes:
The Conservative Logic of Gay Marriage
If you feel queezy about homosexuality, my sympathy. We have all been raised in a culture that identifies homosexuality as a defect if not a sin. It would be dishonest if we were to pretend that we can escape our socialization but we can rely on reason for reflection. On…