One woman's personal experience of Mormonism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lvKgN_htA

She is really pretty.

Movie Star quality.

She is gay friendly now.

(There is a reason they call it gay.)

To be happy, you just need to accept yourself and others for what they are.

To be happy, joyous and free is quite a feeling.

My mother is mormon and my siblings and i were all baptized mormon when we were kids. I have a younger sister who is gay and it really has been difficult for my mother to deal with..for sure!

It is social suicide to leave the church, if ya care about that sort of thing. I never did, still don't...the 'community' will punish you if you allow it.

I was baptized at a young age into the Mormon church. I have no immediate family members (that I know of) who are gay. I decided to not have a part in the church for different (but related) reasons. My parents weren't active in the church, but all of my aunts and uncles are, even now, they tell me that while I "think" that I'm happy, I'm really just in denial. My disinterest in having conversations (read-- "arguing") with them, is proof (in their eyes) that I have guilt over my decision to not be a part of the church.

I have a cousin who has a history of lying. She's kind of the "girl who cried wolf" type of situation. No one wants to now believe that her current husband is physically abusive toward her and that is her reason for wanting a divorce. She's also started to drift from the church and her parents have resented her for it.

As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter if she's lying. If it is a lie, then that is something that she'll have to live with, but I'll be there for her and help her/encourage her to leave him, because if she IS telling the truth, I don't want to find out by reading about it in the paper.

Just my two cents...

I am grateful that my parents, mostly my mother, accepted me for who I am and did not try to influence my religious beliefs.

There comes a time when people have to live their own lives. You life is you life. Don't spend it trying to please your parents or trying to convince them that you are "happy."

Just be happy. And don't worry.