No Offense Taken

  Passion is important.  I have passion for a few things in my life.  My family, Education, The Arts, America and all it stands for,  my Faith.  And sometimes I feel like something needs to be said.  In response to a most recent quote by Ex-Mormon Feminist Kate Kelly, I feel the need, once again to take a stand for what I believe and to show what few people may be interested to know how I see it.

In her most recent article from The Guardian:  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/06/gay-mormons-not-the-problem-small-minded-religious-paradigms

Quote:  "Sadly, the Mormon faith has become a place that incentivizes the survival of the least fit. Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented, least articulate, least nuanced thinkers, least likely to take a stand against abuse, and the least courageous people thrive in the Church today"

Right.

 "Sadly, the Mormon faith has become a place that incentivizes the survival of the least fit.

 Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented,

least articulate,

least nuanced thinkers,

  least likely to take a stand against abuse, 

  and the least courageous people thrive in the Church today"


It's not that I am offended by these words.  Taking offense would be my decision to make.  I am not offended.  It's more that I just cant believe that someone who screams for acceptance and tolerance would do the exact opposite of what she is preaching in such a public format.  It's name calling and profiling an entire population, when she doesn't know me, or any of the women I associate with.  We are all individual.  We are intelligent, we are strong, we are talented, yet we can still believe.

Maybe we just all get something that you cant.  Maybe we understand things a little bit more.  I admire all of these women so much because of the questions they have asked and the difficult things they have faced.  Yet they have still managed to come through trials with their faith intact.  They thrive, because of their faith.  I will stand with them.  Their acts speak for themselves.  They, like so many other women I know who endure and understand on a deep level who they are and what their faith means.  I know lots of other women like them.  They do not fit the description you choose to label us as.  Such a harsh generalization only brings your true colors to light.  Once again, those who scream tolerance the loudest really are the least tolerant of all.