Big Love/LDS Church show-down in the making?

[stoney321]

Thanks to arcana_J for this article about an upcoming storyline on Big Love and how the LDS church is balking at it.

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[irreparable]

See, my father was disfellowshipped before I was born, and when I was born, he was refellowshipped but not allowed to hold office. So the other kids knew about this (b.c when is there anything secret in the LDS?) and would give me hell for it and accuse me of being born in sin and not worthy of being in the chapel, let alone go to the Temple. At the time, the nearest one was in New Zealand anyway, so it was nigh impossible, but when I was 13, they started building the Sydney one, and now there's one in every city in Australia. Between the way the other kids lorded over me about how I was unworthy due to my father's sin of pre-marital sex and the doom-and-gloom of Seminary, my Temple phobia was off the charts. Plus all that white and white makes me look sallow. ;)

That one account was one of the few that really shook me, years after I left. It's the only one I've seriously considered showing my father, but he'd never believe it. I have shown my nieces and only one of them believed it and felt the same empathy, but she's as much out of LDS land as I am, so I wasn't terribly surprised.

Also, your icon is cracking me up hahahaha!

[stoney321]

Oh, of course they gave you hell for your father not being in the High Council, or whatever. Good god, I'm so glad to be out of that toxic environment. I was mocked for my dad ONLY being a high council member and not ever having risen to Stake President, etc. So stupid.

[irreparable]

When he got back his Melchezidreck (c wot i did thar?) they started giving me shit about being born out of wedlock when...I was not. Feh. I am SO GLAD I'm out of it, SO SO SO GLAD.