tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post2238945854283765281..comments2023-04-28T07:38:34.667-07:00Comments on Teh Portly Dyke: Happy Turkey -- with Mormon SaucePortlyDykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598941981828041835noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post-7797003919287838882008-11-30T07:26:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:26:00.000-08:00I'm glad you and your beloved had a nice thanksgiv...I'm glad you and your beloved had a nice thanksgiving!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09113649615898017098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post-21991012982252310652008-11-29T03:24:00.000-08:002008-11-29T03:24:00.000-08:00One of my old friends used to take off his clothes...One of my old friends used to take off his clothes to answer the door when the LDS and JOHO preachers came. <BR/><BR/>My close friend Amy just moved to a small town near Salt Lake City since it was the only place there was a job opening. <BR/><BR/>Amy has a great family but she is social and loves to have lots of friends. She is very depressed since all the women she meets are not interested in talking to her once they figure out she only has three kids and she is not a Mormon. <BR/><BR/>Amy says she feels like the only liberal feminist in the state. If anyone has progressive friends in the SLC area, let me know. <BR/><BR/>When I lived in Boise and worked as an RN, some of the patients refused to allow me to be their nurse because I wasn't Mormon. This is not a joke. <BR/><BR/>Here is an article, "580 reasons to leave the Mormon church." <BR/><BR/>http://www.lifeafter.org/reasons.aspRubyRomainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239063021792397827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post-19288115459171994172008-11-28T20:24:00.000-08:002008-11-28T20:24:00.000-08:00I have to say your reaction is the same as mine wh...I have to say your reaction is the same as mine when they come crawling to our door. I have admit the last time I was not polite. I asked them why they were bothering to try and recruit me when the church has made their position on POC very clear. They stood there dumbfounded as I closed my door.<BR/>I agree it is creepy to have people come and knock on your door and try and spread their faith this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post-81345500211183513272008-11-28T06:45:00.000-08:002008-11-28T06:45:00.000-08:00A Thanksgiving Anecdote, perhaps?:I love Thanksgiv...A Thanksgiving Anecdote, perhaps?:<BR/><BR/>I love Thanksgiving, all the preparation, that all of the kindoms of Earth are invited to the party in one form or another, the divine aromas, the all-day oven. On one particular holiday, I got a similar tap-tap-tapping on my door as I was in the midst of baking apple-cranberry pie, and who should it be but my local Jehovah's Witness, an old guy who'd been to my house a couple of times before. This time, though, was different. For one thing, he brought along his wife (this turned out to be a significant difference to my experience). For another, he showed up on my holiday, and this fact put my wary on alert. "What are you doing here?" I asked, still smiling at this point. "Well, we like to catch people at home," he said. ("Oh, really...?" I thought.) His wife had this strange look of reluctance on her face. "Well, I can't really chat today, because I'm busy cooking," I said, starting to get aggravated now, because it dons on me that the Witnesses don't believe in holidays. At this point, I was expecting to have to press the point (since I always seem to need to), when the wife chimes in, asking about what I'm fixing, and as she begins to back away toward their car, suggests to me that sipping wine during the process, even at that early hour of the day, is one of the precious gifts that only the cooks get to really enjoy--speaking as someone who clearly knew what she was talking about, which surprised me. I realized it was a three-fold message--she was raising a sort of virtual "toast" to my revelry, apologizing for their invasion on my celebration, and revealing herself as not a completely bought-and-sold Witness. In hindsight, she seemed to me to be a little miserable that she found herself NOT doing what I was doing.<BR/><BR/>I never answered the door to that fellow ever again, because it really, really bothered me that his anti-holiday beliefs made him willing to impinge on my holiday--my holiday of gratitude, no less. It seemed rude, finally, and I might have wasted too much energy working up a fume about it, had his wife not offered her conciliatory gesture. <BR/><BR/>They live in a strange world, it seems to me. I'm very thankful that I don't live there.<BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving to all!<BR/><BR/>LambnessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post-29849868206611050922008-11-28T06:00:00.000-08:002008-11-28T06:00:00.000-08:00Oy Vey.I used to live in Idaho, Boise specifically...Oy Vey.<BR/><BR/>I used to live in Idaho, Boise specifically. The missionaries there were local fixtures, which is strange since there is a huge population of Mormons there to begin with...the were always very nice people, even when they figured out that I was a big ol' queer living with my equally queer girlfriend. <BR/><BR/>I also have met Mormons abroad, and they are so very different than the ones I have met here. I had one friend that I met while living in the Middle East, I even went to one of his church services, and he accepted me completely and absolutely. <BR/><BR/>I really feel for these kids...so many of them are raised in such a straight-jacketed way...Dorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676888930241945753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795483213843043301.post-78294869835451620812008-11-28T04:58:00.000-08:002008-11-28T04:58:00.000-08:00The Witnesses have a church on the next street - i...The Witnesses have a church on the next street - in other words, directly behind my apartment.<BR/><BR/>When I answer the door at all, they usually start out "we'd like to share with you..." and I usually respond, "no, thank you."<BR/><BR/>If they press it, I go ahead and let them know that my beliefs don't really include their God and their Bible.<BR/><BR/>I'm very nice about it, but this is such a non-confrontational culture, they really don't know what to do with that.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453489879246452921noreply@blogger.com