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Every time I see this thread title, I wonder if it is code for an underground gay LDS hookup site. Posters type what they type, and those in the know can pick up on the hidden meanings in unrelated...

At the risk of derailing the thread, I agree with both of you for most cases.
In some cases, though, I think it is a supremely rational act. The freedom to choose when & where to end one's life is...

I agree that LA Ute posts in good faith geared towards rational discussion.

This blog-post, though, (for quick reference:...

or check your diary!

What is the list of sins/behaviors that will get a person excommunicated from the LDS church?
(I am avoiding "denying the Holy Ghost" because I don't really know what that means or how it can be...

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If disciples of Jesus "are defenders of traditional marriage", I suppose that Elder Nelson considers opponents of traditional marriage not to be disciples of Jesus.
Not exactly...

Sure.

Oh, of course I was asking you too. Please, everyone but tooblue should feel free to chime in.

I believe that there is a certain amount of "slippage" between what The Church in SLC directs and...

LA - do you think the LDS church will/should come out with a stronger statement about cases when its members support gay marriage?

My wife (a devout LDS) is convinced that the leadership of the...

LOL.
Now you just sound ridiculous.
When in doubt, scream "racist!"

I am all about encouraging respectful dialogue, especially with people of religious faith.
I am also all about protecting...

So essentially you are making the argument that "might makes right"? (A lousy argument, but seemingly the one you are making -that different peoples construct their own moralities as they can, at...

Yeah, because America had terrorized Pakistan so much before 2001. Sanctions, i guess, when Pakistan's gov't ramped up its nuclear program, but hardly terrorism.

Maybe the real reason they...

what about this story is "moving?"
cheering at the news of the deaths of innocent civilians is a lot of things, but "moving" is not a descriptor that I would have anticipated. I really can think of...

I think tooblue's next allies will be the poor folks of Iran & Pakistan & Niger & Russia & elsewhere who are upset that Charlie Hebdo still dared to publish those cartoons of Muhammad last week.
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I will vouch for LA Ute: whatever stance he has on this issue (or any others) is the result of principled thought & his faith. His opinion is a valuable one.

Ridicule by private citizens is not loss of religious freedom. Not in the USA, anyway.
I can't speak for your silly country.
It's unseemly, sure.

From my understanding, the majority of these anti-discrimination ordinances have exceptions written in for small-time landlords (<4 units, iirc). The basic premise is that...

I believe that women will hold priesthood offices in the LDS church in my lifetime (within the next 50 years, say). There is really no doctrinal reason to prevent women from exercising priesthood...