Monday, June 30, 2014

MRHM and Mormons



Recently I have noticed something within the Men's Rights movement that has given me pause for questioning my social stance. I identify with the MRHM, but realize that I am not very popular. Mormons within the movement have always been there and identify well with the MRHM, but we are also hated for various reasons, sometimes because there are those who hate what we are, but also by those who simply don't agree with us on every point. Take BR Merrick for example, a writer for AVfM, who came out in response to an article declaring an alliance between Mormonism and the MRHM that was mostly negative because Mormons don't embrace homosexuality.

The Church Says NO



Well, I'm not surprised but Kate Kelly was excommunicated, and for apostasy no less. It what happened in Alma after many church members were divided by the teachings of Nehor. So why are we surprised when church members excommunicate someone who is trying to defy the gospel on such a grand scale. She has created a following, that is not asking for change but demanding it via media pressure and by recruiting people to a cause that is similar to a civil protest or peaceful revolution. This has the power, same as the advocacy group for the LGBT in the church, to create a schism on a large scale, one where many members will be divided and fall away.  You would think a return sister missionary, someone who has been a member almost her whole life, would understand this.