Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Not all sins are equal. I would beg to differ... With one exception (the unforgivable sin of denying Christ and becoming a Son of Perdition) Any single sin of any degree, unrepented for, will keep you out of God's presence. And (aside from the exception mentioned above) you can repent for any sin y...

Drat, I spent some time writing a great point-by-point response, but by then my cookie had expired and it had signed me out so when I hit submit I lost it all. Drat. Cog, you make me happy. Vorpal, if that were the only discussion I ever had with my son on the gospel, you're right, I'd be setting hi...

I would vote for it. If I lived in CA, I would for it. Not only because the prophet said so but because despite all I've said, I do want to see marriage defined as between a man and a women. HOWEVER, I would not use it as an excuse to spread judgment, false or sensationalist propaganda, or do anythi...

Some of these people think we are intolerant because of our beliefs; and they think we are homophobic, mean-spirited, intolerant, discriminatory, bigoted, narrow-minded, and show a lack of respect for diversity. I'd say in a lot of cases, they'd be right to think so. We can be all of those things i...

Ah, nothing like a site with "where queers conspire" at the top to enlighten us of the serious political agenda of homosexuals (honestly it took me a while just to convince myself the site was even semi-serious and not a parody). As for the kids being taken to a marriage, my beef with it h...

Palin is having an effect on us. Have you noticed how often she pops up in daily conversation? Joe Biden is just an idiot. But I won't even be old enough to vote by voting day, so it's not that big of a deal. However, my mom has a good point. If the U.S. is attacked by terrorists, who do you want g...

Only three things to say (a bit after the fact): -Cog, I dig the comic (I'd pretend to be bothered you stole it from me, but since I hardly came up with it myself and you very well could have gotten it from somewhere else, I'm just going to say, "oh yeah, that IS funny isn't it"). Plus, I ...

I'm a little late in joining this conversation, but here's my take on it: I don't mind same-sex unions. I do wish we'd not redefine the word marriage to apply to same-sex couples, but I don't think preventing that will solve the problem. Same-sex marriage is a symptom of a problem, and not even the ...

For nursing, after discussing it with many endowed mommies, I decided to go on wearing my cottonpolys, but to wear them OVER my nursing bra. Then when I nurse, I either pull the neckline down (most garment styles let you do this, but I suppose it depends on your chest size too) or pull the bottom up...

I am sooo right there with you. But I do complain about it. I'm definitely a garment-whiner. I don't mind the bottoms particularly (though could we PLEASE get rid of the "lace" on the bottom of carinessas? It itches!) But my beef has mostly to do with the tops: the only ones that fit long-...

I would WANT to show that level of support, but I don't think I have it in me. I don't think I could support a friend going through with that decision. I only hope the situation never arises.

I'll REALLY miss The Cleaning Lady. Her posts always seem to say what I would want to say if I were a writer. I could have guessed the Madame Mim thing though. Both pseudonyms were appreciated.

Hey, sometimes the painfully obvious isn't obvious to both genders. I've been really surprised a few times by the misinformation flying around amongst the youth of the church. ETA: I was one of the misinformed ones before my wedding. And I've since discovered that most of my newly married female fri...

Oh my, this has gotten out of hand quickly. I agree with orb completely, except for the last line which I'm assuming was meant to be cheeky, as evidenced by the ^_^. Though I don't agree with most of the racist-geared comments on this particular thread (and they have gone both ways- things like &quo...

1) No one ever explained to my husband how the male body works post-puberty. He spent 6 years (until his mission) thinking he was bound for hell because he couldn't control certain physical aspects of being a guy. 2) Had I known what was going on for him or any of my male friends, I probably would ...

ETA: men's bodies don't really give them that hard of a time if they don't have sex. i've had boys tell me that, and they're full of it. guys i've dated and close friends have admitted that most guys make that up so the girl will feel bad and sleep with them (creepy much?). but i know, for me, i ge...

first, I want to say I think Steen did an awesome job of answering the question. I do think that physically, men are more hard-wired to need, um, "physicality" more than women. I mean, women's bodies don't give them a hard time if they go a while without... release. Men, from what I unders...

I've been diagnosed with ADD and the diagnosis made things so much worse, for sure. It was like bad behavior was expected of me. I also noticed with another kid in my family (not diagnosed with anything) simply being labeled "the problem child" and being treated as such definitely led a do...

I'm a married woman, and I read the Twilight series (to me, they are worth the week it takes me to read the whole series- nothing amazing, but a fun easy read). My husband is no Edward, but he's pretty darn good for real-life. He buys me flowers or chocolates every blue moon. I give him less-than-su...

Yeah I was curious about that, as I've never had any problems with my gmail account, which I've now had for... 4 years? Since whenever it started. And I use it all the time to sign up for stuff online. The spam filter just sticks it in the spam folder and it never bothers me at all. come to think of...