Episode 88 (Bonus): In Response to GC—More Real Talk Around Motherhood
We received numerous requests for our thoughts around some of the messages delivered at General Conference. In this bonus episode, Cynthia and guest Sherry Macnab get real about their experiences raising LGBTQ kids. It’s a vulnerable conversation about the perils of bringing up any kids in a church where they will almost certainly be exposed to some harmful messages.
Notes & Quotes:
Divine Love in the Father’s Plan, by Dallin H. Oaks, April 2022
Sexual orientation is not always black and white.
Shakespeare and Jesus (and MANY psychologists) have observed how both nature and nurture influence behavior.
Replacing "great" for "gay" (and putting my commentary in brackets) Skakepeare states:
"Some are born gay (nature), some achieve gayness (personal choice), and some have gayness thrust upon them (Hollywood indoctrination, trauma, etc)."
Likewise replacing "eunuchs" for "gays" (except the last eunuch reference that refers to a personal choice of actions) Jesus stated in Matthew 19:12:
"For there are some gays, which were so born from their mother's womb (nature): and there are some gays, which were made gays of men (Hollywood indoctrination, trauma, etc): and there be gays, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake (coming out and making a personal choice to be abstinent). He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. (Nobody is going to be forced to heaven.)"