I've finally worked up the courage to start blogging. Been thinking about it for a long time but somehow there was always a reason not to. Now I've got a reason. Still nervous, though, as I'm generally not the sharing type.
Gay Marriage
I’m writing this in hopes that it will help clear my mind and because I need to do something. I need to act, more than I have. I just spent some time sobbing on my bathroom floor as frustration and a mess of other emotions overwhelmed me. I just listened to Elder Oaks’ talk on where God wants me to stand on the topic of Gay Marriage. And I believe all that he said. I truly do. I have already thought through and lived with the bulk of his statements. I am a gay man, married to a woman, with children of my own. I have seen the blessings of being married to a woman and I will affirm the importance of it to anyone who asks with no proof other than what I have experienced in my own life. But it is still a challenge, sometimes a daily challenge to wade through the complexities of living as a man who is sexually attracted to men instead of women. At times I feel as if I am single handedly sparing with generations of social stigmas and beliefs about how I should act and what I shou
This was my original post three months ago. I was going to delete it but decided to leave it in as an illustration to myself how much I've grown.
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