Gabriel Meyr

Software engineer, intermittent writer and rocker, heterodox Mormon feminist

[your calvin will stand between you and ICE @calvinjburke]

Since yesterday I've gotten upwards of a hundred DM's from struggling LGBTQ youth & adults

All are in deep pain. Many express thoughts of self harm. Some talk of suicide

They're pierced with deep wounds

When will it end?

"Oh Lord, my God"

Rabboni, Rabboni

#GeneralConference

[Exponent II @TheExponent]

A record low number of women speaking this #LDSConf #GeneralConference. Representation matters.

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@livefromhereapm @christhile All The Things She Said by t.A.T.u
@christhile @livefromhereapm #instantsongrequest

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I've got seasonally appropriate #instantsongrequest for you, @christhile @livefromhereapm --
Steal My Sunshine by Len

[Dread Pirate Games 4ever DM @GamePawn]

Retweeted Ryan Pancoast (@rpancoast_art):

The Fellowship. #frontierfantasy #lotr #fanart https://t.co/IAj19FCNZG https://t.co/NT682RgFEb

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@PlamondonComics @MrsBombastic98 That is terrible. I wouldn't call it a smear campaign since I don't think they intended for the info to hit the public. But I agree with the author that it's sad to see the church use such callous corporate tactics on such a sensitive issue

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I get what #ElderCook is saying, but "nonconsentual immorality" seems like the wrong way to describe sexual assault since the victim did nothing immoral. #ldsconf

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@yolotrav Sure does

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@yolotrav We sure are. Thanks for taking the time to talk about this. I think it's good for all of us to actually talk through this stuff instead of just camp out on our sides. Best wishes to you as well!

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@yolotrav You're right that not all feel that, but many do. We are covenant bound to bear one another's burdens and mourn with those who mourn, so that should be enough reason to listen and take them seriously. Then you'll see that the problem is much wider than any scheduling error

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@yolotrav @rachelsteenblik @BroHales Women being marginalized is exactly the subject of the original tweet you commented on

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@yolotrav @rachelsteenblik @BroHales I'm okay with what it says about me that I stand up for marginalized people.

Sarcasm isn't extinct but should still be used tastefully. When Jesus encountered people in need he responded with empathy, not sarcasm.

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@DeanthePolitic @KevinCSullivan @rachelsteenblik The problem isn't the good things that are being said, it's the good things and perspectives that go unsaid when only one group of people gets the microphone all the time.

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@PlamondonComics @MrsBombastic98 I did not know that. Do you have a link?

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@MrsBombastic98 Also Happy Easter to you!

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@MrsBombastic98 I agree and it's great that they are so good about that. I just think the lends itself to misinterpretation by people who are not as clear about that.

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@mormongrl89 I agree, and it's awesome that he did it. Just awkward phrasing because of the linguistic tendency in the church to us "immoralit and "sexual activity" interchangeably

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@moose66221912 @DeanthePolitic @rachelsteenblik That's a disgusting and ignorant thing to say. In this very general conference we've had a talk about how the young women are an amazing resource who are ready for more responsibility than wards have previously been directed to give them.

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@xrey68 @rachelsteenblik The church isn't perfect, neither are its leaders. That's something they even taught in Conference this morning. So why would you choose to threaten women with "the will of the Lord" instead of trying to understand why this bothers them?

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@Mike_to_the_Dub @rachelsteenblik Probably should, especially since Elder Oaks taught that women still exercise priesthood power in their callings and assignments without specifically being ordained.