Yeah, the Morg spends millions on "I'm a Mormon" ads, and then somebody like Looney Toone comes along and does something like this, which spreads nationwide and reinforces the perception of Mormons being weird.
My kids begged me too. It was funnier than hell. It was obvious I was wearing a costume, and an ugly one at that. Yet, to my dismay, the utard members of our non-utard ward were besides fit to be tied. Mormons are much to serious. They have to be the most non-fun people ever.
Wait 'til some asshole gets a bunch of kids by luring them to his car for candy. Or does that not really happen? Am I the only one whose mother drilled me on stranger scenarios, starting with the one about having candy in the car?
70-90% of child sexual abuse is committed by an acquaintance of the child. Sadly, your child is more likely to be in danger from the nice guy at church than from a stranger in a van.
In school it makes sense because we are still expected to teach even though the kids are in costume. The party if there is one is at the end of the day. The costumes do not facilitate teaching. The day is generally pretty wild and it is very hard to keep kids on task.It would be a lot worse if we couldn't recognize the kids because they were in masks.Personally, I like to know immediately which little darling is throwing paper or punching someone. I don't see the problem with masks for trick or treating or for a party though.It is fun trying to guess who everyone is. If things get out of hand, you can always tell them that they have to remove the masks.
It's an issue of getting through the school day, and also one of safety. Kids have limited vision in masks, but they still need to navigate around tightly packed classrooms as well as up and down the stairwells.
His wife came as an Arab Sheik, complete with a big nosed mask and white sheet draped costume and her husband was the dancing girl in a complete hot pink harem outfit with satin bra top, pink see through gauzy pants and veil!
One of my former Bishop and his wife came as Little Red Riding Hood and the Big bad wolf; His wife wore the wolf mask and he wore the wig, makeup and red hooded cape. He danced with half the elders quorum. They were not happy when the masks came off at the end of the party! Best party he and his wife remember having fun at in the long ago days of the church (the 70s)
The spokesperson for the church was totally dishonest (there's a thing). I was TBM for 30 years in the UK and was taught in the church, the entire time, that cross gender costumes were forbidden. Has the church really changed its policy in the 7 I've been gone?
clairefergie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The spokesperson for the church was totally > dishonest (there's a thing). I was TBM for 30 > years in the UK and was taught in the church, the > entire time, that cross gender costumes were > forbidden. Has the church really changed its > policy in the 7 I've been gone?
I am also in the UK & was TBM for over 30 years, & yes, that was always the policy I knew. I remember one year being surprised when a ward in our stake put on a "christmas pantomime" as it was advertised, but when we went there was no "principle boy" or "dame" characters (for US readers here's a link that explains what a traditional British panto is)http://www.limelightscripts.co.uk/scripts/history.htm I suppose it should have come as no surprise but it was a huge disappointment. It's a great British tradition mainly aimed at children but adults love it as well, & it's fun! But of course the morg not only surpresses fun but any culture other than US/Utah & tries to make us all fit their mold.
When I grew up, it was gender appropriate costumes only for my siblings and mormon cousins. Don't know if that was TSCC policy or just parents policy.
I'm not surprised at the policy and don't know why everyone else is. Seriously - anyone really think the church would think it is a good idea for boys to dress as girls and girls to dress as boys? I'm surprised if anyone does.
And we should all be happy when they do stupid crap like this - it makes them out to be exactly who they are.
Big pregnant pause here, as we all consider lessons to be learned. My guess is that--to most members--it will mean signs of further Persecution of the Latter-day Saints. But will it mean that there will be a campaign to be less weird, replacing the current multi-million dollar campaign to SAY that they are not as weird as made out to be?
What is funny about this is that it has to have diluted any progress that may have come from their precious "I'm-a-Mormon-and so-can-you" campaign. So now what?
...current CHI mentions the ban on masks but omits mention of cross-gender costumes. It appears that the Sandy bishop was indeed making up the rules as he went along. Was it mentioned in earlier versions of the CHI, or was it simply a traditional rule that got repeated over the years, depending on one's ward or stake? Who knows?