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Have to share these two links posted on monkeygroup awhile back.
Read The Hypocrites of Homosexuality An essay Card wrote in 1990.
And this interview he did for Salon in 2000. LOL....the interviewer is a militant Jewish lesbian . Ummmm.....wooops.
I cannot believe this guy wrote a novel as cool and amazing as Ender's Game. I'm glad I read it before I found out some of his other views.
Oh - btw. Are there any Mormons or jack-Mormons on my flist? If you are, please check out the following quote from the first link:
We Latter-day Saints know that we are eternal beings who must gain control of our bodies and direct our lives toward the good of others in order to be worthy of an adult role in the hereafter. So the regulation of sexual drives is designated not just to preserve the community of the Saints but also to improve and educate the individuals within it. The Lord asks no more of its members who are tempted toward homosexuality than it does of its unmarried adolescents, its widows and widowers, its divorced members, and its members who never marry. Furthermore, the Lord even guides the sexual behavior of those who are married, expecting them to use their sexual powers responsibly and in a proportionate role within the marriage.
Just out of curiosity - what guidelines does the Lord prescribe for married Mormons and the use of their 'sexual powers?' Is there a list of approved positions?
Read The Hypocrites of Homosexuality An essay Card wrote in 1990.
And this interview he did for Salon in 2000. LOL....the interviewer is a militant Jewish lesbian . Ummmm.....wooops.
I cannot believe this guy wrote a novel as cool and amazing as Ender's Game. I'm glad I read it before I found out some of his other views.
Oh - btw. Are there any Mormons or jack-Mormons on my flist? If you are, please check out the following quote from the first link:
We Latter-day Saints know that we are eternal beings who must gain control of our bodies and direct our lives toward the good of others in order to be worthy of an adult role in the hereafter. So the regulation of sexual drives is designated not just to preserve the community of the Saints but also to improve and educate the individuals within it. The Lord asks no more of its members who are tempted toward homosexuality than it does of its unmarried adolescents, its widows and widowers, its divorced members, and its members who never marry. Furthermore, the Lord even guides the sexual behavior of those who are married, expecting them to use their sexual powers responsibly and in a proportionate role within the marriage.
Just out of curiosity - what guidelines does the Lord prescribe for married Mormons and the use of their 'sexual powers?' Is there a list of approved positions?
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Re: Part II...comment cut for length
Date: 2005-05-20 06:26 am (UTC)From:County =) ). Anyway...I knew this kid who was a class below me because he was always writing letters to the editor (usually because something I said pissed him off). Totally hated gay people and on other positions he was very right-wing (even for the OC). And very very religious.
Anyway I found out later that he came out of the closet to my hs English AP teacher (who I used to go out to lunch with). Of course I heard rumors to that effect...but I didn't believe them. He was always getting beat up on in PE class by other kids because he was different (and some thought he was gay). But lots of kids in hs have that happen and most of the time it's just because they don't know how to fit in and won't fight back.
But why take the side of people who are making life hell for you? And why look for proof in the Bible about homosexuality being a sin and quote references to Sodom and Gommorah? And incidentally, most of the Biblical quotes seem to come from the Old Testament. Jesus was all about love thy neighbor and stuff. I mean - religion is supposed to be something that gives you strength to overcome hardship, and gives you a place in the community. I don't think it should be a tool to murder a part of yourself.
Of course if some churches don't want gay people among them - that's fine with me. It makes me sick though that some gay people are drawn to certain churches that are like this. It's like a black person showing up to a Klan rally asking to be accepted.