Oct
31
Hazel got a Halloween card in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Davidson. The card mentions her being special. Hazel said that she was not special. This took me by surprise so I started asking her specific things about herself. Are you a sweet wonderful girl? Are you smart? Do you always try to do [...]
Oct
31
The Tragedy of “Love Not Hate”
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It is very difficult to focus on love and tolerance when you feel threatened. My mother’s paper demonstrated well some of the perceived threats felt. I believe that people who are fence sitters on Prop 8, and people for Prop 8 have valid concerns.
National Public Radio is one of the most unbiased news sources [...]
Oct
30
Law Making or Law Upholding
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Okay, so my mother wrote this. I was supposed to put it up on knol for her, but it’s giving me a hard time. I found this paper to be thought provoking. I wanted to share at least parts of it anyway, and since I need more time to write the final portion of Love [...]
Oct
29
Love Not Hate – Part Two
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Just in case you haven’t read Love Not Hate – Part 1 please click on this verbose link to do so now, otherwise this post may not make much sense to you.
Okay, now that I’ve given you the run down on the Plan of Salvation/Happiness I hope you have a better grasp of the Mormon [...]
Oct
29
Love Not Hate – Part One
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I get the feeling that many believe that the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a hate on for homosexuals. While yes, there are some individual Mormons who do, and they annoy me, they are the exception not the rule. Whenever I happen upon one who is unnecessarily spouting hateful [...]