roseanne barr got into a little bit of blogging trouble last week, when she relayed the news of mormon celebrity marie osmond's son committing suicide because he's gay.
for several days, rosanne posted several links and her own personal commentary on the very damaging correlation between mormon teachings and the church's (mostly closeted) gay members; most notably, the above-average rate of suicides.
turns out, that part about osmond's son being gay was apparently from an untrustworthy source, and not substantiated by those who knew him. so the faithful logged on to blast roseanne for having posted that aspect of the story irresponsibly. something for which she apologized, profusely.
what the saints didn't address, however, was the substance of roseanne's posts: that there is real danger when a church, claiming to have a direct tunnel with the BIG DOG, tells you that there's something inherently wrong with you, that you aren't worthy of a temple marriage, and thus not going to "the highest degree" of their multi-level heaven.
it's not okay to make up this kind of baloney, and the "general authorities" -- who, ironically, have no authority in general matters -- should publish very clear statements that they are wrong on the subject of homosexuality.
because they're christians, and christians who lie will also be barred from that highest degree of their heaven. do they really want to spend eternity living with the homosexuals?
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