Blixa wrote:I think in this case it is one "rogue" Bishop's overreaction.
The news report mentioned this no cross-dressing flyer being distributed at several wards. Could also have been circulated in unreported wards.
My guess as to the whys and wherefores is the concern which Halloween dressing may pose on the slippery slope of potential escalation. Once young boys get a sense of the comfort posed by high heels, can there be any turning back (at least without tipping over)?
moksha wrote:Hey, this is straight off the local Fox News Channel 13 station in Salt Lake City.
Maybe this is only in Utah?
Because my ward Halloween party is held in a field nowhere near the church. (the hay's already there...)
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
moksha wrote:My guess as to the whys and wherefores is the concern which Halloween dressing may pose on the slippery slope of potential escalation. Once young boys get a sense of the comfort posed by high heels, can there be any turning back (at least without tipping over)?
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I have to admit it's amusing to think that young Mormons today would actually consider such a thing as boys dressing up in gowns and heels. Progress! The idea would have been absolutely unspeakable and unimaginable to the youth of my day.
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Scott Trotter was... er.... trotted out to issue a statement in the article.
He distances the Church from the whole 'no cross-dressing' edict and makes that a local matter but he does reinforce that a ban on masks is official Church policy.
So if masking one's face is against Church policy then how come in the true order of prayer the women folk have to cover their faces?
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Blixa wrote:I think in this case it is one "rogue" Bishop's overreaction.
The news report mentioned this no cross-dressing flyer being distributed at several wards. Could also have been circulated in unreported wards.
My guess as to the whys and wherefores is the concern which Halloween dressing may pose on the slippery slope of potential escalation. Once young boys get a sense of the comfort posed by high heels, can there be any turning back (at least without tipping over)?
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I agree. It's a gateway drug. One minute your little girl is dressed as Spiderman for Halloween, and the next thing you know she will decide she doesn't want to get married right away, and maybe will pursue a career, and then drink coffee, and wear form fitting clothing. By the time she's 23 her life will be ruined. She will be too old and damaged for any return missionary.
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