Wade Englund Protests at Temple Square

[_Mister Scratch]

I don't doubt that Wade's experience was genuine. I did see a lot of people on "my side" yelling at counter-protesters. But does this surprise you that they were? Going down there to counter-protest was just as legal and free-to-do as protesting was in the first place, but it seems pretty common sense that Wade's actions were near to an invitation for a punch in the face (not that it would be right for him to be punched, but you just don't make faces at the rottweiler's gate and expect it to not try and bite you). It's like the protesters we see at general conference that give the figurative middle finger to incite anger and emotions--then call members out on it when they respond in anger.

Yes, I think you're right, Hobart.

Although I did see families down there on both sides, I sure wouldn't have brought my children to such a place filled with emotion. Also, I'm not sure where Wade has been all these years, but there are a host of "odd-looking" people everywhere,

It seems clear that his remark was just a petty swipe.

[_antishock8]

Uh. You people are clearly missing the point. Wade didn't go there to "counter protest". Really? I mean really? You don't see it? C'mon now. We're all growed up, aren't we? We understand human behavior, no?

There's a reason why I made the comment that he was holding his sign with one hand, and fondling himself with the other. Bro was down there checkin' dudes out. That's the way it is with this cat. He's full of shiz, and is dissembling reference his motivation for "counter protesting". He's like a fat chick on a diet looking at the bakery section... Oh, yeah. No doubt.

[_TAK]

Uh. You people are clearly missing the point. Wade didn't go there to "counter protest". Really? I mean really? You don't see it? C'mon now. We're all growed up, aren't we? We understand human behavior, no?

There's a reason why I made the comment that he was holding his sign with one hand, and fondling himself with the other. Bro was down there checkin' dudes out. That's the way it is with this cat. He's full of shiz, and is dissembling reference his motivation for "counter protesting". He's like a fat chick on a diet looking at the bakery section... Oh, yeah. No doubt.

ab'sa'f*kin'lutly !
I'd bet my 401k (such as it is at the moment ..) his palms were sweaty the whole damn time..





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[_The Nehor]

I am very curious to see a TBM male defend the notion of celestial marriage as anything other than male fantasy. Beastie once spoke of her ex-husbands desire to have a "petite Asian" wife in the next life. Is this sort of thing typical among TBM males?

I dated a bisexual girl once. She told me that if we got married that she got first crack at any other wives I got. The relationship didn't last long. Not a purely male fantasy. :)

[_Mister Scratch]

I am very curious to see a TBM male defend the notion of celestial marriage as anything other than male fantasy. Beastie once spoke of her ex-husbands desire to have a "petite Asian" wife in the next life. Is this sort of thing typical among TBM males?

I dated a bisexual girl once. She told me that if we got married that she got first crack at any other wives I got. The relationship didn't last long. Not a purely male fantasy. :)

Sorry, Nehor. You know full well that Church doctrine does not allow for things such as "bisexuality." While you might have been turned on by this female's comments, I think you know that her joke---which was obviously at your expense---has no bearing in reality, either secular or the Church's.

[_Dr. Shades]

I dated a bisexual girl once. She told me that if we got married that she got first crack at any other wives I got. The relationship didn't last long.

Why not?

[_truth dancer]

Hi Gad,

[quote]Actually, Mister Scratch, it's common. A friend of mine who is outspoken on right-wing politics, God, "the family" and so on has this fantasy about having a Disney cartoon character as his wife, Jasmine. He has all these video clips and .jpgs of her and is always like, "look how hot she is in this picture". Stuff like that. It's a locker room elbow jab to the side that presents these odd obsessions obliviously as good, hearty American male fun. A boyish zeal for pure, pretty, and unobtainable girls. What they don't realize is that to normal people, they just come across as dirty old men.[/quote] (bold mine)

Nicely stated.

I think this LDS male mindset, that they are stuck with one wife for now but get a harem in heaven is a very damaging belief to marriage. It is one of the most destructive of all teachings/doctrine in the LDS church in my opinion.

Some LDS men (just read the MAD board), "joke" around about their heavenly fantasy, meanwhile their wives are stuck with the humiliating and demeaning realization (reality in their minds), that they are in for an eternity of being cast aside as their husbands engage in their fantasy.

Very sad. :-(

At least in Islam women get their seventy virgins as well. LOL! (Not sure where all those virgins come from but hey... I heard it right out of the mouth of an Imam).

~td~

[_antishock8]

At least in Islam women get their seventy virgins as well.

Uh. No.

[_TAK]

At least in Islam women get their seventy virgins as well.

Uh. No.

My guess she meant men .. not women..

[_ludwigm]

quote="TAK"

At least in Islam women get their seventy virgins as well.

Uh. No.

My guess she meant men .. not women..
/quote

The Holy Quran says nothing about heaven for women.
They should imagine something for themselves.