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Oh it was a full hour of cringe LOL sadly... Lots of indistinguishable mumbling and sobbing. I was sitting there like "Yup, this is why outsiders think LDS is a creepy cult...". The sister missionaries were nice and one sat with me after I told her how nervous I was though.

Okay. Almost one year later and I went to lds church today! This ward is nothing like my hometown ward was. I'm too embarrassed to go to that ward though, yet anyway... plus it's an hour further from my current house than this new ward is. The bishop asked my address, name, birthday, and baptismal ward so he can "transfer records", I told him that may be hard as I resigned about ten years ago. We'll see what happens I guess...

Thank you! This is a fantastic resource.

I'm on Google Chrome and quote does not work for me EDIT: I closed out my browser and restarted it and now it works lol

Vort - you assume that I am sexually active. I am not. I do love and care for my partner but that is not currently part of our relationship and has not been in quite some time.

I am reading LDS scripture as I am contemplating returning to the Church. I came upon 2 Nephi 5:23 and WOAH! I can see how people find that offensive. Is there any context I am missing? Something to explain away how terribly racist it sounds? Or is it to be accepted at face value? I miss the LDS church and mostly enjoy the LDS church and do disagree with some things but not enough to not go to the LDS church... but this is just wow... Again, I am just questioning is there context I am missing? I know this is a constant for LDS people to be questioned about people of color in the LDS church, but I just need to hear responses from some LDS who know the scripture better than I do and better than those who have spoken about 2 Nephi 5:23 without knowing all LDS scripture. Please be nice in your responses, I know this is a super sensitive subject and I am not trying to attack in any way. I just need to know if I am missing something. Thanks!

As someone who lives in Baltimore I can tell you this - the cops are on a power trip. They abuse minorities and victim blame. My 14 year old niece was gangraped by 5 20-30 year old men and bpd blamed her!

I have not been to an LDS church in nearly 9 years. I was a convert at 16 (the only one in my family) and left at 21 while battling with drug addiction (just like my father... however I've been sober for 7+ years now). I love and miss the church. But I know I will not be welcome. I have been married for 5 years to my spouse who happens to be the same sex as me. While I am not a lesbian but identify as what you could call bisexual so yes I could fall in love with a man, I cannot imagine leaving my spouse and breaking their heart after a total of 6 years together. When I resigned my membership 9+ years ago I never thought I would want to return but honestly as great as my current church is, no church feels like home the way LDS church did.