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Mormon Apostle David A. Bednar: ‘We are not bigots’ because ‘there are no homosexual members of the church.’ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon) Apostle and proud bigot/gay hater Elder David A. Bednar revealed to followers recently that there were “no homosexual members of the church.” During a Feb. 23 meeting, the member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles took a question from a church member in Chile who asked, “How can homosexual members of the church live and remain steadfast in the gospel?” “First, I want to change the question,” Bednar replied. “There are no homosexual members of the church. We are not defined by sexual attraction. We are not defined by sexual behavior. We are sons and daughters of God. And all of us have different challenges in the flesh.” For some people, Bednar said, physical challenges meant being “born with a body that is not fully functional.” “Simply being attracted to someone of the same gender is not a sin,” he explained. “There are many members of the church who may have some manifestation of that attraction. They honor their covenants, the keep the commandments, they are worthy, they can receive the blessings of the temple and they can serve in the church.” “It is when we act on the inclination or the attraction, that’s when it becomes a sin,” the elder continued. “We do not discriminate and we are not bigots. We extend Christ-like love to all sons and daughters of God.” Bednar’s sentiments resemble 2007 remarks by then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country,” Ahmadinejad told a group at Columbia University, prompting laughter from the audience. “In Iran we do not have this phenomenon,” he continued. “I do not know who has told you we have it.” In November of 2015, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new gay hate doctrine that same-sex couples would be considered apostates, and that their children would be denied baptism until at least 18 and only after they disavowed their parents' gay marriage, moved out of their house and then got special approval by the Mormon First Presidency, their highest governing body, which includes the Prophet. My sources are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4_wTGv8Ao https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/mormon-leader-we-are-not-bigots-because-there-are-no-homosexual-members-of-the-church/comments/#disqus

This was the Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, embarrassing himself at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, responding to a great question from Andrew Evans, regarding the "gay Mormon suicide crisis." This took place on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Andrew’s Question: “Regarding social warfare, like you said..Less than a year ago, right here in Washington, DC, my friend killed himself. He was Mormon and gay. You’ve gone on record saying that, ‘the Church does not give apologies’. Does religious freedom absolve you from responsibility in the gay Mormon suicide crisis?” Elder Oaks’ Response: “I think that’s a question that will be answered on judgment day. I can’t answer that beyond what has already been said. I know that those tragic events happen. And it’s not unique simply to the question of sexual preference. There are other cases where people have taken their own lives and blamed a church–my church–or the government, or somebody else for their taking their own lives, and I think those things have to be judged by a higher authority than exists on this earth, and I am ready to be accountable to that authority. But I think part of what my responsibility extends to, is trying to teach people to be loving, and civil and sensitive to one another so that people will not feel driven, whatever the policy disagreements, whatever the rules of the church, or the practices of a church, or any other organization, if they are administered with kindness, at the highest level or at the level of the congregation or the ward, they won’t drive people to take those extreme measures; that’s part of my responsibility to teach that. And beyond that, the rightness or wrongness of it I will be accountable to higher authority for that. That’s the way I look on that. Nobody is sadder about a case like that than I am. Maybe that’s a good note to end on.”(DISGUSTING APPLAUSE!) Great job Andrew! You exposed him!

This was the Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, embarrassing himself at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, responding to a great question from Andrew Evans, regarding the "gay Mormon suicide crisis." This took place on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Andrew’s Question: “Regarding social warfare, like you said..Less than a year ago, right here in Washington, DC, my friend killed himself. He was Mormon and gay. You’ve gone on record saying that, ‘the Church does not give apologies’. Does religious freedom absolve you from responsibility in the gay Mormon suicide crisis?” Elder Oaks’ Response: “I think that’s a question that will be answered on judgment day. I can’t answer that beyond what has already been said. I know that those tragic events happen. And it’s not unique simply to the question of sexual preference. There are other cases where people have taken their own lives and blamed a church–my church–or the government, or somebody else for their taking their own lives, and I think those things have to be judged by a higher authority than exists on this earth, and I am ready to be accountable to that authority. But I think part of what my responsibility extends to, is trying to teach people to be loving, and civil and sensitive to one another so that people will not feel driven, whatever the policy disagreements, whatever the rules of the church, or the practices of a church, or any other organization, if they are administered with kindness, at the highest level or at the level of the congregation or the ward, they won’t drive people to take those extreme measures; that’s part of my responsibility to teach that. And beyond that, the rightness or wrongness of it I will be accountable to higher authority for that. That’s the way I look on that. Nobody is sadder about a case like that than I am. Maybe that’s a good note to end on.”(DISGUSTING APPLAUSE!) Great job Andrew! You exposed him!

This was the "Press Conference" for Jeremy Runnells(of "CES LETTER" fame), held on February 10,2016, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the headquarters of the Mormon CULT or the Vatican of Mormonism. John Dehlin conducted the interview. The Mormon Cult leadership has a "court of love"(PURE HATE) planned for this coming Sunday, February 14, Valentines Day.(They're just showing their hate and vindictiveness, by separating Jeremy from his wife on Valentines day..I'm sure they had a great laugh over that one!) It will be held in American Fork, Utah and a big turnout is expected. The Mormon Hierarchy plan to excommunicate Jeremy, without a doubt, as it is ALWAYS predetermined, because he told THE TRUTH about the fraud and lies of Mormonism, which is forbidden. Most of which he has exposed is available on LDS.ORG, especially in the essays, or other OFFICIAL church sources. By this definition, the Mormon Hierarchy should excommunicate themselves, just for the essays, since discussing them publicly will now get you excommunicated! WOW..what a disgrace this cult is! Hope you enjoy the audio..Jeremy was great!

This was the "Press Conference" for Jeremy Runnells(of "CES LETTER" fame), held on February 10,2016, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the headquarters of the Mormon CULT or the Vatican of Mormonism. John Dehlin conducted the interview. The Mormon Cult leadership has a "court of love"(PURE HATE) planned for this coming Sunday, February 14, Valentines Day.(They're just showing their hate and vindictiveness, by separating Jeremy from his wife on Valentines day..I'm sure they had a great laugh over that one!) It will be held in American Fork, Utah and a big turnout is expected. The Mormon Hierarchy plan to excommunicate Jeremy, without a doubt, as it is ALWAYS predetermined, because he told THE TRUTH about the fraud and lies of Mormonism, which is forbidden. Most of which he has exposed is available on LDS.ORG, especially in the essays, or other OFFICIAL church sources. By this definition, the Mormon Hierarchy should excommunicate themselves, just for the essays, since discussing them publicly will now get you excommunicated! WOW..what a disgrace this cult is! Hope you enjoy the audio..Jeremy was great!

This was a fireside by the bigoted Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, on Saturday, January 23, 2016. He discusses how critics of Mormon bigotry, are actually the bigots, not the bigoted Mormons or their leaders. Religion, apparently protects everyone from being bigots, specifically Mormons, according to the Mormon Hierarchy. If you oppose or question ANYTHING they've ever taught or believed, even the cursing and banning of Blacks until 1978 or the current condemnation of gay couples and their kids..they call YOU the bigot! AMAZING! Oaks said: "When you say something you believe and somebody else doesn't believe and you attribute it to your religious beliefs or your church, in these days somebody’s gonna call you a bigot. You ever heard that word before. The people who are calling you a bigot are trying to discredit something you believe or do because of your religious faith; that is not a bigot! A bigot is not a person who believes or doesn’t believe a religious truth or way of action. A bigot is someone who is unwilling to discuss a religious pattern. In other words (Speaking as the person in the example), 'I know this and don’t tell me what you believe, I am not willing to talk about it. I declare and that’s the end of it. Shut-up! Don’t confuse me with your opinions'. That’s the bigot…Don’t accept them calling you a bigot. You tell them, 'you’re no more a bigot for believing that than they are for not believing'."

This was a fireside by the bigoted Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, on Saturday, January 23, 2016. He discusses how critics of Mormon bigotry, are actually the bigots, not the bigoted Mormons or their leaders. Religion, apparently protects everyone from being bigots, specifically Mormons, according to the Mormon Hierarchy. If you oppose or question ANYTHING they've ever taught or believed, even the cursing and banning of Blacks until 1978 or the current condemnation of gay couples and their kids..they call YOU the bigot! AMAZING! Oaks said: "When you say something you believe and somebody else doesn't believe and you attribute it to your religious beliefs or your church, in these days somebody’s gonna call you a bigot. You ever heard that word before. The people who are calling you a bigot are trying to discredit something you believe or do because of your religious faith; that is not a bigot! A bigot is not a person who believes or doesn’t believe a religious truth or way of action. A bigot is someone who is unwilling to discuss a religious pattern. In other words (Speaking as the person in the example), 'I know this and don’t tell me what you believe, I am not willing to talk about it. I declare and that’s the end of it. Shut-up! Don’t confuse me with your opinions'. That’s the bigot…Don’t accept them calling you a bigot. You tell them, 'you’re no more a bigot for believing that than they are for not believing'."

Thanks to Doug Fabrizio & Radio West for this episode. The church was invited to participate & like normal, were afraid & declined. They also declined a full hour later in the week. No surprise! For all of the links to the guests & their sites, etc, please go to: http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/new-lds-church-policy-same-sex-families News broke last week that the LDS Church was adopting new policies aimed at married same-sex couples and their children. Mormons in a same-sex marriage will now be considered apostates and could be subject to disciplinary hearings and excommunication. Their children, meanwhile, will be barred from many of the faith’s sacred rituals, unless they get permission from church’s highest leaders. Monday, a panel of guests will join us to discuss the impacts and ramifications of these new church policies. Changes to LDS Handbook 1 Document 2 Revised 11-3-15 %28003%29 GUESTS Jennifer Dobner is a journalist at the Salt Lake Tribune where she covers health care reform, Mormonism, polygamy, justice issues and more. John Dehlin has a P-h-D. in psychology from Utah State University, focusing on religion, mental health, and the L-G-B-T Mormon experience. he co-led the largest study ever conducted on L-G-B-T Mormons that has been published in numerous scientific, peer reviewed journals, including the A-P-A's own Journal of Counseling Psychology. He also produces and hosts the Mormon Stories podcast. He was excommunicated from the LDS Church in January of 2015. He was credited in several news reports for leaking information about the Church’s new policy on married same-sex Mormons and their children. Kendall Wilcox is an openly gay and active Mormon. He’s a co-founder of Mormons Building Bridges, a group that works to build understanding between members of the LDS Church and the LGBT community. He’s currently producing a documentary film about the experience of LGBT Mormons. It’s called Far Between. Mitch Mayne is an openly gay, active Mormon who served as executive secretary in the LDS bishopric in San Francisco through 2013. This post by Mormon blogger and columnist Neylan McBaine was discussed during today's show. http://www.neylanmcbaine.com/2015/11/not-peace-but-a-sword.html We invited The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to join us for today’s conversation and also extended an invitation for them to join us for a full hour later in the week. They have declined, and directed us to this video with Elder D. Todd Christofferson they say provides context for the Church’s handbook changes.

Thanks to Doug Fabrizio & Radio West for this episode. The church was invited to participate & like normal, were afraid & declined. They also declined a full hour later in the week. No surprise! For all of the links to the guests & their sites, etc, please go to: http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/new-lds-church-policy-same-sex-families News broke last week that the LDS Church was adopting new policies aimed at married same-sex couples and their children. Mormons in a same-sex marriage will now be considered apostates and could be subject to disciplinary hearings and excommunication. Their children, meanwhile, will be barred from many of the faith’s sacred rituals, unless they get permission from church’s highest leaders. Monday, a panel of guests will join us to discuss the impacts and ramifications of these new church policies. Changes to LDS Handbook 1 Document 2 Revised 11-3-15 %28003%29 GUESTS Jennifer Dobner is a journalist at the Salt Lake Tribune where she covers health care reform, Mormonism, polygamy, justice issues and more. John Dehlin has a P-h-D. in psychology from Utah State University, focusing on religion, mental health, and the L-G-B-T Mormon experience. he co-led the largest study ever conducted on L-G-B-T Mormons that has been published in numerous scientific, peer reviewed journals, including the A-P-A's own Journal of Counseling Psychology. He also produces and hosts the Mormon Stories podcast. He was excommunicated from the LDS Church in January of 2015. He was credited in several news reports for leaking information about the Church’s new policy on married same-sex Mormons and their children. Kendall Wilcox is an openly gay and active Mormon. He’s a co-founder of Mormons Building Bridges, a group that works to build understanding between members of the LDS Church and the LGBT community. He’s currently producing a documentary film about the experience of LGBT Mormons. It’s called Far Between. Mitch Mayne is an openly gay, active Mormon who served as executive secretary in the LDS bishopric in San Francisco through 2013. This post by Mormon blogger and columnist Neylan McBaine was discussed during today's show. http://www.neylanmcbaine.com/2015/11/not-peace-but-a-sword.html We invited The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to join us for today’s conversation and also extended an invitation for them to join us for a full hour later in the week. They have declined, and directed us to this video with Elder D. Todd Christofferson they say provides context for the Church’s handbook changes.

In 2013, the actor Leah Remini left the Church of Scientology after more than 30 years. Her new memoir, Troublemaker, might make her the most famous former Scientologist to publicly criticize the religion. (The Church calls the book "revisionist history.") The story starts when Remini was nine, growing up in Brooklyn. Her dad had just left, and her mom got a new boyfriend. He was a Scientologist. Her mom joined the church, too. When Remini and her sister got into fights, her mother suggested they go to Scientology classes and learn how to communicate. Remini says she liked being treated like an adult at the Scientology center. "As a kid, I think, it offered structure, I think we loved that there was structure to these courses. And then the second part of that was, we were told that you're a spiritual being, and you're very powerful, and you're not a child." Then in the early 1980s, Remini, her sister, and her mother moved to Florida, where Remini worked to join an order within Scientology known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org. "We were living in a run-down motel off of a freeway in Clearwater, Fla.," Remini tells NPR's Kelly McEvers. "We lived in dorms with other children. It was roach-infested; oftentimes we didn't eat if we didn't wake up when meals were being served. But again, you're a child that all of a sudden has this independence, so in one way, it was scary ... but it was also, we felt independent, and we were in charge of ourselves. We didn't have an education other than Scientology education, so we were kids living on our own." After a conflict with her superiors in the church, Leah Remini and her family left the Sea Org and moved to Los Angeles. She wanted to be an actor. At first it was a struggle. But she eventually landed a lead role on a big sitcom, The King of Queens, which ran for nine years. As a celebrity, Remini was able to ascend to the upper levels of the church; in a 2002 interview she said it had helped with her confidence and career. She took hours of classes every day, and continued to do auditing, or counseling sessions, which both cost money. "During my thirty-plus years in Scientology," Remini writes in the book, "I spent close to $2 million for services and training, and donated roughly $3 million to church causes." But Remini started doubting whether those donations were going toward a good cause, as the Church of Scientology told her. She wanted to see what critics of the church were saying. But, she tells McEvers, she knew she could be questioned for that. http://www.npr.org/2015/11/03/454308222/a-troublemaker-leaves-her-life-in-scientology Transcript: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=454308222

In 2013, the actor Leah Remini left the Church of Scientology after more than 30 years. Her new memoir, Troublemaker, might make her the most famous former Scientologist to publicly criticize the religion. (The Church calls the book "revisionist history.") The story starts when Remini was nine, growing up in Brooklyn. Her dad had just left, and her mom got a new boyfriend. He was a Scientologist. Her mom joined the church, too. When Remini and her sister got into fights, her mother suggested they go to Scientology classes and learn how to communicate. Remini says she liked being treated like an adult at the Scientology center. "As a kid, I think, it offered structure, I think we loved that there was structure to these courses. And then the second part of that was, we were told that you're a spiritual being, and you're very powerful, and you're not a child." Then in the early 1980s, Remini, her sister, and her mother moved to Florida, where Remini worked to join an order within Scientology known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org. "We were living in a run-down motel off of a freeway in Clearwater, Fla.," Remini tells NPR's Kelly McEvers. "We lived in dorms with other children. It was roach-infested; oftentimes we didn't eat if we didn't wake up when meals were being served. But again, you're a child that all of a sudden has this independence, so in one way, it was scary ... but it was also, we felt independent, and we were in charge of ourselves. We didn't have an education other than Scientology education, so we were kids living on our own." After a conflict with her superiors in the church, Leah Remini and her family left the Sea Org and moved to Los Angeles. She wanted to be an actor. At first it was a struggle. But she eventually landed a lead role on a big sitcom, The King of Queens, which ran for nine years. As a celebrity, Remini was able to ascend to the upper levels of the church; in a 2002 interview she said it had helped with her confidence and career. She took hours of classes every day, and continued to do auditing, or counseling sessions, which both cost money. "During my thirty-plus years in Scientology," Remini writes in the book, "I spent close to $2 million for services and training, and donated roughly $3 million to church causes." But Remini started doubting whether those donations were going toward a good cause, as the Church of Scientology told her. She wanted to see what critics of the church were saying. But, she tells McEvers, she knew she could be questioned for that. http://www.npr.org/2015/11/03/454308222/a-troublemaker-leaves-her-life-in-scientology Transcript: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=454308222

Former CES director Grant Palmer was interviewed on Monday night,Oct. 19, 2015 from 7-9pm at the University of Utah Union Building Ballroom in Salt Lake City. Jason Wallace interviewed(And they debated) Grant and an LDS Institute Director from the U of U Institute of Religion (Alma Jensen), on the Implications of Joseph Smith's use of his stone for producing the BOM.(the earliest 18 sections of the D&C, and treasure seeking between 1822-1827, that he reportedly used this stone for) It is a timely subject since a picture and article of the stone just came out in the Oct. Ensign Magazine. The debate will be on Youtube. Here is the Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qiKwsPJg8 THANK YOU "Thinker of Thoughts" over on YouTube for the video & audio.

Former CES director Grant Palmer was interviewed on Monday night,Oct. 19, 2015 from 7-9pm at the University of Utah Union Building Ballroom in Salt Lake City. Jason Wallace interviewed(And they debated) Grant and an LDS Institute Director from the U of U Institute of Religion (Alma Jensen), on the Implications of Joseph Smith's use of his stone for producing the BOM.(the earliest 18 sections of the D&C, and treasure seeking between 1822-1827, that he reportedly used this stone for) It is a timely subject since a picture and article of the stone just came out in the Oct. Ensign Magazine. The debate will be on Youtube. Here is the Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qiKwsPJg8 THANK YOU "Thinker of Thoughts" over on YouTube for the video & audio.

M. Russell Ballard at a YSA Devotional-Provo-October 2015: "I just simply say to you brethren, wake up! Open your eyes and look around a little, and you beautiful girls, don't wander around looking like men. Put on a little lipstick now and then and look a little charming. It's that simple. I don't know why we make this whole process so hard." For the whole transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3g0j1CYhLRXam5IMDNjbGhkT2M/view YSA Devotional-Provo-October 2015

M. Russell Ballard at YSA Devotional-Provo-October 2015(COMPLETE AUDIO): "I just simply say to you brethren, wake up! Open your eyes and look around a little, and you beautiful girls, don't wander around looking like men. Put on a little lipstick now and then and look a little charming. It's that simple. I don't know why we make this whole process so hard." For the whole transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3g0j1CYhLRXam5IMDNjbGhkT2M/view Thanks to the person that was there & recorded this for posterity, since MORMON INC was embarrassed & humiliated by the public outcry & removed the video within a day of posting it. Hard to believe they ever posted it in the 1st place..LOL!