Joseph_Hillstrom [he/him]
Gay Mormons break my heart. If they come out they’re usually expelled from home if they live with their family. If they try to stay Mormon then they’re systemically excluded from participating in the organization. The dinosaurs who run the church are super bigoted about it.
Early Mormons were chased out of the US for being polygamists/pedophiles. They kept fleeing west until they reached the Salt Lake Valley (which was then part of Mexico), which is relatively habitable (even though it’s in the desert) because snowmelt from the nearby mountains provides enough water via irrigation for drinking and agriculture.
No, I was too scared of girls to even think about it. Mormons are forbidden from dating until they’re 16 and even then it’s frowned upon, because you should save your dating energy until you’re 21 when you can date to get married.
Also I don’t know anyone who has soaked or jump humped. tbh I think it’s an urban legend but friends of friends have claimed to have done it, so :shrug-outta-hecks:
I think the church will bend before it breaks. A lot of ex-Mormons want to believe that internet use and growing LGBTQ+ support among young people will end the church, but I think they’ll adapt with some new “revelations” that accept gay people, similar to the black membership thing from the 1970s.
Yes. This is a controversial question even for ex Mormons though. In my mind it is for three main reasons:
- Reverence for their leaders as god (Joseph Smith and their current prophets are treated as if they were as holy as Jesus)
- Demands for huge amounts of your money (10% of your gross income, otherwise your access to religious blessings are revoked)
- Difficulty leaving the church (it took me months to officially leave and I was ostracized from my community for it)
