STERKWORKS | Ex-Mormon Lesbian Surviving Utah

Am I proud to be gay? No.

Am I proud to be white? No. Am I proud to have brown eyes? No. Am I proud to have brown hair (well, originally), five fingers on each hand, or be 5′5″ tall? No. I am not proud of how I was born, as I had no control over any of those things. I just am.

Am I proud of how I handle life’s joys and its obstacles as a lesbian? Very. Am I proud of how I try to live my life honestly? Very. Am I proud of the positive impact I can have on others and their perception of what a gay or lesbian person is like? Of course.

When I celebrate Gay Pride, I celebrate how I live my life, not how I was born. And in that respect, I am very proud.

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Dad,

We rarely see eye to eye. You love Glenn Beck, I think he is the love child of that creature from Alien and J. Edgar Hoover. I doubt you would eat sushi, even if I told you I would become a Mormon if you did. (That would be a lie, and you would see right through it.) You think UFOs come from the devil. I just think they like to hang out in Roswell, NM.

But as an adult, I see how hard it must have been for you at times. I have one child to worry about. You had a wife and five kids to keep clothed, fed, housed and safe. And you did. Always. And you have to admit that all of your kids turned out pretty good.

Thanks for the happy memories. When we were little and you chased us down the street while your jeans slid down to your ankles. When you were on crutches and we were in a restaurant and I put my hand on your forehead and said “HEAL” and you picked it right up, threw down your crutches and yelled “I can walk!” Or when you, me and sis were younger and at the movie theater, and you had your arm around her, and I said “Dad, I thought the judge said you couldn’t do that anymore.”

Happy Fathers’ Day. I love you.

Me

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I should have known not to open the attachment, when in the body of the email itself, the phrase “Come and get your *PRAISE* on!” stuck out like a sore thumb.

The woman who sent this is the company’s spammer. Buy gift wrap from her children. Contribute to her potluck lunch to raise money for a cheerleader daughter. Come hear her sing or act, because you know she is on TV shows shot in Utah. I don’t know why I opened the attachment, but I did.

“Greetings in the name of the Lord
The theme for this celebration is:
“We Offer Praise”
Scripture:: Psalm 9:1-2
Calvary Baptist Church”

And then it gave the time and date and other relevant information.

I have nothing against Jesus, or Buddha, or Mohammad, or David, or Abraham, or Shiva, or Odin. My belief is that a person’s belief system is true for them, and thus they will reap the benefits of that belief system. Mormons will go to the Celestial Kingdom, Hindus will be reincarnated, and so forth.

But sending out this type of email in the workplace is inappropriate and a case could be made for its illegality. And to the sender, I am happy that you love your church, your religion, and your god. But please don’t proselytize via corporate email, against that company’s email policy. And after all, this is Utah, and proselytizing should be done via suits and bicycles.

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Here is a list of the top 15 keyword searches over the past 48 hours according to www.mikes-marketing-tools.com. So, I decided to put them all on my blog and see if it increased my traffic numbers. Not that anybody will every come back and read the blog, but what the heck. If it does increase the number of hits I get, I know that I can throw in some appropriate search terms every now and then and maybe get some new readers. So there.

And by the way, who actually does a search for Google, and do they use Google as the search engine to find Google?

1 play game
2 listen to music
3 ps 2 game cheats
4 youtube
5 youporn
6 game cheats for ps2
7 google
8 myspace
9 game cheats
10 poetry
11 music search
12 ebay
13 redtube
14 transport training
15 games cheat

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Daughter: Mom, there is a new girl in our class named Kathy and we all decided to be nice to her because she is new and everything, but then she started being mean to a boy in our class named Nathan, who has epilepsy and can’t help it, and she makes fun of him, so me and Brittney and Brenda and Cheryl decided not to talk to her any more, but now Brittney and Brenda are talking to her even though she is still mean to Nathan, and I don’t want to hang out with Kathy and am mad at Brittney and Brenda for being nice to her after what Kathy is doing to Nathan, and so I don’t hang with them and just hang out with Cheryl, who doesn’t like what they are doing either, but I like Brittney and Brenda and want to be their friends, and what should I do?

Me: Be nice to everyone and walk away from situations if you feel uncomfortable, and if anyone asks why, tell them you don’t feel comfortable with what they are doing.

(When she turns 21, I will tell her to just drink red wine.)

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