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Here is a review I did for this movie out right now. Our gay son really appreciated it and I tried to be diplomatic to our friends and family who we disagree with. Hope you all see it. We saw “Hi Simon” tonight and it was excellent! It portrayed so much of what we went through with our youngest son. We were so glad they finally showed a movie that did not stereotype all gays. I believe this movie showed what it is like for many families, like ours, when they discover a beloved family member has a same sex attraction. This is not an easy issue to deal with, but very complex. People like to make everything seem ‘black and white’, but it is not. We like to ‘fix’ things that are not the norm, like when my dad tried to make me right handed as a little girl. No matter how you view this issue, this is a great movie in understanding what a young gay person, like our son, and our family went through in his ‘coming out’. It did this with humor, sincerity, and honesty. I could deeply relate to the father and mother who knew the sweet boy they had raised.
“Steven Covey’ who wrote 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” was often quoted with saying, “Seek first to Understand, and then to be Understood”. In Jesus day, the religious leaders, were the ones who condemned and criticized sinners first. They wanted to cast the first stone, but Jesus could see into the hearts of people. The Sadducee and Pharisees were who Jesus was angriest at. I truly hope people will go see this movie so they can have understanding and compassion for those who may be different. Even if we may disagree on this issue, I think we can all agree that ridicule, bullying, and cruelty do not belong in our society. Once you see into the heart of those you may deem as sinners (like a prostitute, stripper, adulteress, porn addict, etc), you can know how to love them as Jesus did.
[attachment=0]MV5BMWMwMDk3MTMtZTY2MS00MGI5LTg1YzgtYzliNjgwNTJjMTYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjQ3NzUxOTM@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg[/attachment] Thanks for sharing Looks like an excellent movie. DW and I plan to see it. Quote:“Seek first to Understand, and then to be Understood”.
I feel that people that take the time to get to know the situation and feelings of gay individuals in the LDS church tend to have an increasingly difficult time with the policy and the rhetoric in the church around this issue.
When Elder Cook spoke recently at our stake conference, one of the things he said without equivocation was that we have done a bad job in the past at trying to understand and not do active harm to our LGBTQ brothers and sisters, no matter our church doctrine about sexual matters. He shared a few examples from his time as the San Fransisco Stake President during the height of the AIDS epidemic, and they were heartbreaking. We have a long way to go before I believe we will be right with God concerning how we view and treat LBGTQ people, but we have come quite a way in the last decade or so and, I believe, will continue to move forward in important ways. Hopefully, someday relatively soon, we will be able to embrace openly LGBTQ members as an active part of our congregations, even before we can accept major doctrinal changes and theological views.
Thanks for the review. My 12 year old has really been wanting to see this and you’ve confirmed our decision to take him.
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