I'm uncorrelated, unorthodox, and free-range Mormon. If you have a predilection for choosing to be offended, please don't follow. I can be disrespectful.
Oct 9, 2019 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
I just read the Church’s Amicus Brief for the Supreme Court case re: whether employers can fire individuals for being LGBTQ+. This is instructive, as it clearly outlines the Church’s thoughts and positions in a setting where specificity matters. 1/17
We hear our leaders talk about LGBTQ+ issues in other venues, like GC and other conferences, but those are candy coated lines (h/t @MindyGledhill), where they dissimulate the positions by wrapping it with pretty language. 2/17
Oct 7, 2018 • 25 tweets • 4 min read
Elder Oaks' understanding of the gospel leads him to say that I am required to oppose my transgender child in being who he is, and if I don't I am literally in Satan's army. Here's a few thoughts.
A very long thread.
When our son was born he was assigned female at birth. He's not our first kid, so we had some experience in raising kids. We had worked out many of the early parenting issues, and hit the ground running with him.
May 24, 2018 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
A thread on feeling the spirit. Like most of us, I was raised with the idea that the Holy Ghost testifies to truth and we feel it as a warming sensation in the chest and a feeling of peacefulness. Thus when you felt that, you could trust The Thing was true. 1/16
I was taught this, I taught in on my mission, and I used it extensively over my 20+ years of teaching Sunday School. And even now, in my unorthodox understanding of the church, I agree with this concept. Allow me to ramble a bit. 2/
