Why the Church backed Prop 8 and other anti-Gay ballots
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:25 pm
In the late 1960s Gordon B. Hinckley, an Apostle, had a close male relative that was using young male prostitutes, and also having sex with other men, and also female black prostitutes at a "party house" in Salt Lake City, and he was also married and had a position in the Church. Gordon B. found out about this. By Church Law, the close male relative should have been tried in a Church Court, then excommunicated. He was a counselor in a bishopric. But, of course, this did not happen. He later became a Stake President. There is "one rule" for the rank-and-file Members, and "another rule" for the top leaders and their families and "VIP" members who donate millions to the Church, and their families.
Instead, Gordon B. invited the male lover of his close male relative to Church Offices, and accused him on the spot. This guy admitted it, and this guy was excommunicated, his Mormon wife divorced him, and this was published in "The Improvement Era" (as all excommunications where in those days), and his business went into the toilet. He moved to Denver and started a small Mormon church consisting only of men from 18 to 30. The Church didn't work out.
Hinckley's close male relative never had a Church Court, and was never excommunicated, nor disfellowshipped. Nothing happened. He became a Stake President.
All the anti-Gay political stuff the Church has been involved in stems from Gordon B. Hinckley. He was really not a very bright fellow. He truly thinks that if you allow gays to marry, this will "break up" families, including Mormon families, like the bi-sexual flings of his close male relative almost ruined "his" family. Of course, Hinckley did not allow that to happen, but he violated Church law and did not inform the man's bishop of what was going on. These violations happen all the time when it comes to top Church leaders, their families, and the families of VIP members. The normal "Church rules" don't apply to them.
In Hinckley's warped little mind, "gay marriage" would somehow encourage Mormon men to have homosexual "flings" and even stop marrying women! Of course, this is ABSURD, but you must understand this is "Hinck Think". All "Hinck Think" was ABSURD. Remember, it was Hinckley who invented the "Friend Invite a Friend" thing in the Church in the early 1980s, lots of folks were baptized, and almost all of them went permanently inactive once their Mormon "friends" dumped them after baptism. Then Hinckley blamed the Members for it! He was an IDIOT. He may have had a basically good heart with good intentions, but he LIED all the time, covered-up, manipulated. He had a "Puppet-Master" personality. He enjoyed manipulating people....for the sake of manipulation.
I joined the Church because of Hinckley's "BS Machine" called LDS Public Affairs. He headed that for decades! I read "Reader's Digest" articles (really cleaverly disguished paid ads by the Church) on how moral andhonest and selfless Mormons were. I bought it! I believed the bull-shit! Took me years to discover the truth...that Mormons are as diverse as the general population, with Nazis at one end and Sweethearts at the other, and everything in-between.
Gordon B. Hinckley was a liar and manipulator, but he did not do so for personal gain. He was really under the illusion he was doing it for God.
Even though Prop 8 happened after Hinckley died, I'm sure he got promises from Tommy boy to carry on the torch. But, in recent years, after the Gay Backlash to losing Prop 8, I think Tommy is smart enough to not do another Prop 8 and let the whole thing drop.
Instead, Gordon B. invited the male lover of his close male relative to Church Offices, and accused him on the spot. This guy admitted it, and this guy was excommunicated, his Mormon wife divorced him, and this was published in "The Improvement Era" (as all excommunications where in those days), and his business went into the toilet. He moved to Denver and started a small Mormon church consisting only of men from 18 to 30. The Church didn't work out.
Hinckley's close male relative never had a Church Court, and was never excommunicated, nor disfellowshipped. Nothing happened. He became a Stake President.
All the anti-Gay political stuff the Church has been involved in stems from Gordon B. Hinckley. He was really not a very bright fellow. He truly thinks that if you allow gays to marry, this will "break up" families, including Mormon families, like the bi-sexual flings of his close male relative almost ruined "his" family. Of course, Hinckley did not allow that to happen, but he violated Church law and did not inform the man's bishop of what was going on. These violations happen all the time when it comes to top Church leaders, their families, and the families of VIP members. The normal "Church rules" don't apply to them.
In Hinckley's warped little mind, "gay marriage" would somehow encourage Mormon men to have homosexual "flings" and even stop marrying women! Of course, this is ABSURD, but you must understand this is "Hinck Think". All "Hinck Think" was ABSURD. Remember, it was Hinckley who invented the "Friend Invite a Friend" thing in the Church in the early 1980s, lots of folks were baptized, and almost all of them went permanently inactive once their Mormon "friends" dumped them after baptism. Then Hinckley blamed the Members for it! He was an IDIOT. He may have had a basically good heart with good intentions, but he LIED all the time, covered-up, manipulated. He had a "Puppet-Master" personality. He enjoyed manipulating people....for the sake of manipulation.
I joined the Church because of Hinckley's "BS Machine" called LDS Public Affairs. He headed that for decades! I read "Reader's Digest" articles (really cleaverly disguished paid ads by the Church) on how moral andhonest and selfless Mormons were. I bought it! I believed the bull-shit! Took me years to discover the truth...that Mormons are as diverse as the general population, with Nazis at one end and Sweethearts at the other, and everything in-between.
Gordon B. Hinckley was a liar and manipulator, but he did not do so for personal gain. He was really under the illusion he was doing it for God.
Even though Prop 8 happened after Hinckley died, I'm sure he got promises from Tommy boy to carry on the torch. But, in recent years, after the Gay Backlash to losing Prop 8, I think Tommy is smart enough to not do another Prop 8 and let the whole thing drop.