Not what you may think... Grab a tissue. Or six or seven.
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Testimony by Stephen Schwartz
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Testimony by Stephen Schwartz
"Have compassion for everyone you meet even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone."--Miller Williams
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Re: Testimony by Stephen Schwartz
Incidently, the timing of this song "Testimony" sadly coincided with the suicide of another gay Mormon:
Gay Mormon Man from Utah Commits Suicide
Chris Wayne Beers was 38 years old
March 2012
According to stories posted on several Mormon blogs, Chris Wayne Beers, a returned missionary and former church employee, took his life on March 18. He was 38 years old.
Beers was a returned missionary and had worked for years at the Church Office Building in the missionary and travel department, and at the time of his passing he was working at the University of Utah Hospital.
A native from Bountiful, Utah, Beers graduated from Woods Cross High, where he played football and other sports. After serving an honorable mission for the LDS Church, he touched the lives of countless youth as an EFY counselor.
"If we, as Mormons, did what we were supposed to do for all of our brothers and sisters--love them unconditionally--Chris would never have been stripped of his family of faith," wrote Mitch Mayne on a Facebook entry. "He would not have been forced to choose. He would have had a deeper, richer and more spiritual support network to walk him through what life brought his way. Sadly, like many, he was given the "Sophie's Choice:" live life according to a heterocentric cultural practice and do so alone, without a partner--or live life without your family of faith and the strength of that spiritual community."
Funeral services will be held Saturday March 24, at 11am at the Woods Cross 3rd Ward Chapel, 1450 S. 350 W. Bountiful. Friends may call Friday evening from 6-8 pm at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 N. Main, Bountiful and at the church Saturday from 9:30-10:30 am prior to the services. Interment-Salt Lake City Cemetery. Friends & family may share their comments and stories at chrisbeers.blogspot.com and russonmortuary.com.
http://www.affirmation.org/news_2012/2012_026.shtml
(Mods, I accidently double posted the OP in a separate thread. Please feel free to delete that one).
Daniel2
Gay Mormon Man from Utah Commits Suicide
Chris Wayne Beers was 38 years old
March 2012
According to stories posted on several Mormon blogs, Chris Wayne Beers, a returned missionary and former church employee, took his life on March 18. He was 38 years old.
Beers was a returned missionary and had worked for years at the Church Office Building in the missionary and travel department, and at the time of his passing he was working at the University of Utah Hospital.
A native from Bountiful, Utah, Beers graduated from Woods Cross High, where he played football and other sports. After serving an honorable mission for the LDS Church, he touched the lives of countless youth as an EFY counselor.
"If we, as Mormons, did what we were supposed to do for all of our brothers and sisters--love them unconditionally--Chris would never have been stripped of his family of faith," wrote Mitch Mayne on a Facebook entry. "He would not have been forced to choose. He would have had a deeper, richer and more spiritual support network to walk him through what life brought his way. Sadly, like many, he was given the "Sophie's Choice:" live life according to a heterocentric cultural practice and do so alone, without a partner--or live life without your family of faith and the strength of that spiritual community."
Funeral services will be held Saturday March 24, at 11am at the Woods Cross 3rd Ward Chapel, 1450 S. 350 W. Bountiful. Friends may call Friday evening from 6-8 pm at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 N. Main, Bountiful and at the church Saturday from 9:30-10:30 am prior to the services. Interment-Salt Lake City Cemetery. Friends & family may share their comments and stories at chrisbeers.blogspot.com and russonmortuary.com.
http://www.affirmation.org/news_2012/2012_026.shtml
(Mods, I accidently double posted the OP in a separate thread. Please feel free to delete that one).
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"Have compassion for everyone you meet even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone."--Miller Williams
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Re: Testimony by Stephen Schwartz
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden
~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~