Episode #112 – Liahonaroo (Quinceañera Romney)
Eyesore Much?
Elder Holland visits Harvard. Will Apostles play a greater role in actual testifying to the masses in the future?
Conference predictions! Porn? Public Affairs? Judgment?
What are your Priesthood Session traditions? Chuck-A-Rama? Dairy Queen? The grocery store?
Mormons replace Bonnaroo. The Shins are not holy enough.
Orange County LDS teens have their own prom. Way to reach out to the community, guys.
Neighbors take issue with the massive new MTC building. Do LDS neighbors have an obligation to support an eyesore in their neighborhood?
Are primary songs sexist?
Assorted: City Creek opens and the First Presidency attends; Mitt Romney’s cousin is somehow important; Apostles explained; first YSA stake outside of Utah to be organized in Virginia; a day in the life of two sister missionaries
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And you would rather have the LDS kids going to high school prom where kids have sex on the dance floor? One of the dads in our stake DJs high school dances – he and his wife have seen that and more and now the wife won't DJ high school dances any more. Our 3 stakes do a LDS Mormal (Prom) every year too- as far as I know kids who aren't LDS are allowed to come but must abide by LDS standards at the dance.
There's a fine line between working to surround ourselves with those who share our standards and insulating ourselves so much from the world that we are oblivious to it. I'm not saying such a prom is inherently a bad thing, but what about giving kids the chance to know who they are and stand up for it in adverse circumstances? I'm a stronger person today because I went to high school in Southern California and had to face down sophomoric temptations. It's better to avoid sin altogether, sure, but I also had numerous chances to flatly say no to alcohol and drugs, and I'm better for it.
If kids are actually having sexual intercourse on the dance floor (Which I assure you they aren't. I imagine they are just dancing provocatively), then get involved with the school, the principle, the board, and others. Teachers chaperon high school dances for a reason, and if they are failing in their charge, hold them accountable. Isn't it our job to fight to turn evil into good, rather than just walking away from it and creating our own isolated society?
-Geoff
Sure you can stand up and stand up and keep standing up for the right, but it is also nice to let your hair down and have fun with those who share the same standards so as to not have to be "on guard" or worried about it at all times. One dance when how many dances over the course of all of high school doesn't seem too exclusive to me. This mom said it was sex- I'm not going to contradict her- she isn't an uptight chick. I don't know, I wasn't there. I would be mad at the teachers too if that was what was really going on.
LDS Proms are the thing here in AZ. Most of my friends never went to a real prom. They complain that their school prom is inappropriate but how is it supposed to get better if they take the kids with "higher" standards out? I think it is just another way to make us seem clique-ish. I see it with the students I teach and it bothers me!
I'd like to 'spank' TWiM for the near by bicycle accident I almost had this morning. Between the start of 'acid rain' to Geoff's account of sacrament 'spank you's, I nearly fell of my bike laughing.
Good times.
I hope you made it to the veeeeery end of the episode, after the song (which, incidentally, Al and I recorded five years ago).
One of my favorite quotes from this week was when Al said, “That’s neither here nor there”, and Geoff says, “I believe it is here and there”. I think I’m going to have to steal that the next time somebody says that… Can I?
Wait, you mean I actually said something funny? This is a red-letter day, indeed. Thank you.
-Geoff