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blueorchid
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Date: February 12, 2016 11:55AM
Imagine you are 10, or 12, or 15 and hiding the secret that you are a gay Mormon and you are terrified, and you hear these words from Dallin Oaks from an interview in 2006.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS: At what point does showing that love cross the line into inadvertently endorsing behavior? If the son says, ‘Well, if you love me, can I bring my partner to our home to visit? Can we come for holidays?’ How do you balance that against, for example, concern for other children in the home?’
ELDER OAKS: That’s a decision that needs to be made individually by the person responsible, calling upon the Lord for inspiration. I can imagine that in most circumstances the parents would say, ‘Please don’t do that. Don’t put us into that position.’ Surely if there are children in the home who would be influenced by this example, the answer would likely be that. There would also be other factors that would make that the likely answer.
I can also imagine some circumstances in which it might be possible to say, ‘Yes, come, but don’t expect to stay overnight. Don’t expect to be a lengthy house guest. Don’t expect us to take you out and introduce you to our friends, or to deal with you in a public situation that would imply our approval of your “partnership.”
These words will cut you like a knife. These words can rip a heart out. These words can put a gun or a rope or a plastic bag in your hand.
Dallin Oaks is HATE.
And yet the Big 15 claim compassion and caring for the kids killing themselves. And my own family believe them to be "of God." I cannot separate them from the Big 15 anymore.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2016 12:21PM by blueorchid.