On science, faith, and sexual politics…
The following is a series, and Article V isn’t the last. I’ll send more as they come out. Also, Townhall.com is a conservative media outlet, so there’s going to be bias here, but stories like this are not uncommon.
Of Mice and Mormons
Parts I, II, III, IV, and V
Townhall.com - August 27-31, 2007
Very funny slip…
Picture a woman with terminal cancer, already metastasized and filling her body, presenting at the oncologist’s office for consideration of palliative therapy. The dialog between her and her doctor progresses like rams butting heads.
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Tomorrow is our anniversary…not of our wedding but, two years since the morning my wife found gay porn on our computer and discovered that her husband of 17 years had same sex attraction. It was a dark, ugly day and following months. The kids were just going off to the first day of school. I froze and didn’t know what to say to her question of “What is this doing on my computer??!!”
I’ve recently been reading through some of Chedner’s posts, and this one in particular, followed by a post by Gentlefriend, and it invoked some reflection on my own journey thus far.
When I had some poignant spiritual impressions that changed my heart from questioning my desire to remain in the Church to moving fully forward in it, I did so with the expectation that I would never marry in this life. And I was perfectly okay with that. It didn’t seem ideal, but I trusted that whatever was “right”—and I wasn’t exactly sure what that looked like—would be realized in time or eternity through the Lord’s help. But I was sure it didn’t include marriage in this life. The idea of marriage to a woman—or at least of feeling really attracted and connected within that marriage—seemed absolutely foreign to me.
Actually, there’s two articles on the Utah native and self-identified gay Mormon, Todd Herzog:
Gay Mormon set for Survivor: China
AfterElton.com – August 21, 2007
Utahn will try to survive in China
Deseret Morning News – August 21, 2007
My Romney Problem
New York Sun - August 9, 2007
Something -L- said in his Fallacious Fatty Fatalism post inspired a stream of thoughts I’ve been mulling over the last few days. He wrote: “Does the fact that some can’t change despite their best efforts mean that they shouldn’t want to? No.”
A post that Jason Lockhart wrote “On Change” quite a while back came to mind about what perhaps we should desire, or changes we should seek. And “change” is always possible. The question, imo, is not whether people can change, but rather what kind of “change” we’re talking about. More than that, it’s not enough to ask what’s possible, because what’s possible may not be necessary. So, what changes are “necessary” in order to live in harmony with God’s plan? What changes should we desire?
The following article is in response to the new Church pamphlet, “God Loveth His Children”:
Mormons soften stance on homosexuality
LA Daily News – August 17, 2007
As a medical resident, I spend a fair amount of time reading the medical literature. “Literature” in this case is a misnomer—its particular blend of dryness and soporific potency is the result of careful effort to make passive voice universal and eliminate any interesting modifiers. The entertainment value lies far beneath the surface. You have to dig deep to appreciate the comedy of researchers who spend their heroic efforts bolstering the credibility of their results.
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