LGBT Suicides & Church Response

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amateurparent wrote:

There is a wonderful book called The Unwritten Rules Of Friendship. It is a guide book to social nuances for the socially awkward. A great book for Aspie kiddos.

In one of the chapters, the book uses a story of a boy who is playing basketball. He gets angry and because he owns the ball, he picks up the ball and goes home. He ends the game for everyone. The next day, he goes out to play and he cannot understand why the other boys are angry with him. He has forgotten all about the previous day. The book discusses the need to realize that while YOU forget and move on, other people might still be angry about something you did in the past. You need to be aware of that. When you make decisions, understand that there are social consequences.

I keep thinking of this basketball story when I think of the LDS Church and its stance on SSM.

I think the Apostles are struggling to “treat everyone with Christlike love” like they assert while still “uncompromisingly upholding the Lord’s standard” as they teach, when the “Lord’s Standard” might not be very Christlike. To me, it feels like a group of girls on the playground who have formed a club. They tell the other girls who want to join, “Well, we can’t let you in. But you can play with us…well, when we’re not doing club things, which is most of the time, because you can’t be in our club…See, teacher! We’re nice to everyone!”

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amateurparent wrote:

In one of the chapters, the book uses a story of a boy who is playing basketball. He gets angry and because he owns the ball, he picks up the ball and goes home. He ends the game for everyone.

When this policy came out, this was the exact analogy that my wife and I both used.

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TT, I’m sorry about your frozen burrito. I’d bring you some funeral potatoes if I could.

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turinturambar wrote:

DarkJedi wrote:

While I don’t particularly like that all the church has to say is “sorry,” I do like that this was addressed in the church newspaper. I was further impressed that it is a fairly lengthy and in-depth article that gave some attention to some people who could be considered somewhat dissident or at least outsiders.

I agree DJ. It’s a nice start. If they think they have “reproved” LGBT folks with sharpness, where is the increase in love? We have no choice but to esteem them our enemies. They need to get going on this.

It makes a lot of sense what you say here. NO POWER OR INFLUENCE — that scripture says…and that would, IMHO, account for everything. NO POWER OR INFLUENCE CAN OR OUGHT TO BE MAINTAINED!!!!

The persuasion side seems a little weak to me. Why can’t the GAs share the reasons they have? But even more than that, what about the increase of love afterward?

Once heard someone say: “If you don’t have the balm to heal up the wound, then you better preclude the spank.”

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