tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post1054682145216574616..comments2023-10-31T05:03:38.910-07:00Comments on Letters from a broad...: Steven H. Lee's "Falling into Life: A Gay Exmormon's Journey"C. L. Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-46892843924122971042010-08-06T08:28:02.580-07:002010-08-06T08:28:02.580-07:00I will have to pick that up!I will have to pick that up!Kileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14598910475787952773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-2805662796887145622010-07-24T13:14:14.445-07:002010-07-24T13:14:14.445-07:00Thanks for the review, Carol! I really appreciate ...Thanks for the review, Carol! I really appreciate it!simplifyincohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395620421935143204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-44903876037201206892010-07-22T14:06:25.656-07:002010-07-22T14:06:25.656-07:00Thanks for the review--I have another book added t...Thanks for the review--I have another book added to my "buy" pile. <br /><br /><br /><i>I'm sure that faithful Mormons reading this will protest that the family's problems can't be blamed on Mormonism.</i><br /><br />I don't know about that. All that pressure to look perfect, act perfect and <i>be</i> perfect. That takes at toll on people who simply cannot be perfect because they're human. Add in situations like under-treated or mis-treated depression (which some people consider a character flaw, and some religious people say you could "fix" if you'd only believe and pray harder) and it only gets worse. Of course being gay makes you hideously bad so the pressure from the Church and church peers has to be overwhelming...Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328034026300036704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-23303325331385256142010-07-22T07:08:11.734-07:002010-07-22T07:08:11.734-07:00I got here based on the comparative sort of review...I got here based on the comparative sort of review on MSP...I had previously seen your review of the wife's tale, but...it's so interesting to see things from the other perspective.Andrew Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149921396698798441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-10319067211065940122010-07-22T04:24:14.184-07:002010-07-22T04:24:14.184-07:00thanks for this. I just went and ordered a copy. ...thanks for this. I just went and ordered a copy. :-)Raytheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435606239407632628noreply@blogger.com