tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post3373006457602579978..comments2023-04-03T04:00:20.248-07:00Comments on figuring it out...: Growing Up StraightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-43620651813179054272009-10-05T15:32:47.526-07:002009-10-05T15:32:47.526-07:00Not misreading. :)Not misreading. :)adamfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177880599252455507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-15143201383391337082009-10-04T12:55:20.896-07:002009-10-04T12:55:20.896-07:00This, along with a lot of conference I watched, si...This, along with a lot of conference I watched, simple depresses me. It almost depresses me as much as all my friends facebook statuses that say they are just "SO INSPIRED" by conference. I think I'm uninspirable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-2984936975934158722009-10-02T12:49:16.180-07:002009-10-02T12:49:16.180-07:00Merinmel Caesg~ omg... wow. thanks for those lin...Merinmel Caesg~ omg... wow. thanks for those links. rather heartbreaking; still so many parents beating themselves up over their 'failure' to keep their kid from becoming (*gasp!*) homosexual... :(<br /><br />(and dude... so many kids feeling like freaks of nature, ostracized from family...)<br /><br />(/hearing sweet refrains... <i>"I have a family here on earth... they are galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-58072179836169102742009-10-02T12:43:22.343-07:002009-10-02T12:43:22.343-07:00adam, this is interesting.. so far the authors ha...adam, this is interesting.. so far the authors haven't made many claims about 'morality' (other than the dangers of stds from promiscuous sexual activity), their underlying premise is that homosexual desires are kinda like a deformity. Well, to be precise; a mental illness. The urges themselves a sign of some serious wrongness in the individual's mind. <br />Hafen is more galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-51535783186759789452009-10-02T12:06:07.511-07:002009-10-02T12:06:07.511-07:00Interesting... only a matter of time before we get...Interesting... only a matter of time before we get the unfortunate reaction to this unfortunate book, that of encouraging children to be homosexual. Seriously people, orientation is NOT the same as morality!<br /><br />Idk, perhaps the book is geared for parents of bisexual kids? As in those who have somewhat of a choice? /slight sarcasm.adamfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177880599252455507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-41630609700782750052009-10-02T11:46:03.194-07:002009-10-02T11:46:03.194-07:00I came across a disturbingly similar book on displ...I came across a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Encouraging-Heterosexuality-Douglas-Abbott-Dean/dp/1932597662" rel="nofollow">disturbingly similar</a> book <i>on display</i> for sale at the BYU Bookstore. According to <a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/article_72a5976d-6546-5cdd-ab1f-a69838b2892c.html" rel="nofollow">an article</a> in the Daily Herald, the premise of this book is thatMerinmel Caesghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025064961118599642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-11434786198463823422009-10-02T09:55:50.726-07:002009-10-02T09:55:50.726-07:00(only in pencil... can go back and erase... :)(only in pencil... can go back and erase... :)galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-38780293195997413622009-10-02T09:55:31.527-07:002009-10-02T09:55:31.527-07:00tq- sure! um... but I'd better stop marking ...tq- sure! um... but I'd better stop marking it up, huh?<br />:)galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-18869796307700046312009-10-02T09:52:16.294-07:002009-10-02T09:52:16.294-07:00Could I possibly borrow your copy? I'd love to...Could I possibly borrow your copy? I'd love to scan it and get a PDF floating around the interwebs.Tiffneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713051357651054070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-38923487305127254582009-10-02T08:42:58.872-07:002009-10-02T08:42:58.872-07:00The homosexual/morality issue is unfortunate for a...The homosexual/morality issue is unfortunate for a number of reasons, but an important one to me is that it clouds the REAL issue, that being just plain morality. There are moral gay people and moral straight people. There are immoral gay people and immoral straight people. It is unfortunate that the entire lgbt community is lumped together, for they actually have quite a bit of diversity, not toadamfhttp://shenpawarrior.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-40983585264153114802009-10-01T20:29:32.091-07:002009-10-01T20:29:32.091-07:00sean! you're my super hero!!
emailing you the...sean! you're my super hero!!<br />emailing you the info! thanks!galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-52670628318420989002009-10-01T20:13:19.717-07:002009-10-01T20:13:19.717-07:00Wow, G. I'm glad you're doing this. I admi...Wow, G. I'm glad you're doing this. I admit that when you bought it, I thought you were brave. I mean, better it be in your hands then, say, my dad's. But I'm with Sean, I don't think I'd have the nerve to read it once I had it home. I think I would have destroyed it.Lessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741982738892350097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-87534518483919400672009-10-01T19:21:20.559-07:002009-10-01T19:21:20.559-07:00Also: I'm really enjoying your take on the boo...Also: I'm really enjoying your take on the book, especially since I'm way too chicken to read it myself. :DSeanhttp://aloneandunobserved.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-57998443226035105862009-10-01T19:20:30.787-07:002009-10-01T19:20:30.787-07:00I'm a Goodreads librarian, so I went ahead a c...I'm a Goodreads librarian, so I went ahead a created a record for the book, if you want to add it to your shelf. I don't have all the information on the edition you're reading, so it's kind of bare bones. If you provide me with the publisher, pub date, ISBN (if it has one), cover blurb, etc., I can add them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/Seanhttp://aloneandunobserved.com/noreply@blogger.com