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'Absolutely Not a Choice.' Elizabeth Smart's Father on Coming Out as Gay, Leaving Mormon Church
Time ^ | DECEMBER 10, 2019 | MAHITA GAJANAN

Posted on 12/21/2019 1:09:57 PM PST by conservative98

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1 posted on 12/21/2019 1:09:57 PM PST by conservative98
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After finding that he could not suppress a very real part of himself, Smart decided he needed to speak out so others can know that being gay is not something that needs to be fixed.

“This is absolutely not a choice,” he said. “And I wish my wife knew that. I wish that more than anything.”

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2 posted on 12/21/2019 1:10:14 PM PST by conservative98
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Oy vey 🙄
3 posted on 12/21/2019 1:11:10 PM PST by catbertz
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To: conservative98

Possessed by a demon of homosexuality.


4 posted on 12/21/2019 1:12:27 PM PST by kaehurowing
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...Elizabeth’s life wasn’t as screwed up as possible, she came home...to...this...


5 posted on 12/21/2019 1:12:55 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: catbertz

They live, interact and communicate in a different world than the rest of us!


6 posted on 12/21/2019 1:14:12 PM PST by Grampa Dave (A FRIVOLOUS IMPEACHMENT VOTE is a SERIOUS SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY!!!)
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OFudgePackUla!!


7 posted on 12/21/2019 1:15:20 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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He came out again? I thought he did that a while back.


8 posted on 12/21/2019 1:15:25 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Sorry buddy but it is your choice. And You can correct it every new day the good lord gives you.


9 posted on 12/21/2019 1:16:43 PM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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How does he know there is no cure? Is he God?


10 posted on 12/21/2019 1:18:00 PM PST by MulberryDraw (You can vote your way into Communism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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On his knees in magic underwear,
to on his knees in . . .

One phony ideology to another.


11 posted on 12/21/2019 1:18:57 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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He’s speaking on it again.

Elizabeth Smart’s father made headlines over the summer when he revealed to the public that he’s gay. Ed Smart became a national figure in 2002 when his daughter was kidnapped and then rescued. In an exclusive interview, Smart told Gayle King about struggling with his sexuality for decades, and how difficult it was to come out to his wife and children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqjNjMSR_F0


12 posted on 12/21/2019 1:22:30 PM PST by conservative98
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"Sorry buddy but it is your choice. "

I certainly don't believe that I am choosing to be heterosexual. I simply am.

This in no way suggests that homosexuality is normal.

We know that the typical male and the typical female are wired differently from birth. Neither is making a choice.

I am open to the possibility that some people will claim to be just about anything to get attention.

13 posted on 12/21/2019 1:23:15 PM PST by William Tell
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“It was my choice to end our marriage.”


14 posted on 12/21/2019 1:23:25 PM PST by conservative98
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Ol’ Ed was just missing the limelight. He used to get his mug on the local TV constantly. Funny though, they never had him on discussing how to choose a handyman! He’s not as much homosexual as he is just mentally deranged (not that there’s anything wrong with that...!)


15 posted on 12/21/2019 1:23:57 PM PST by reintarnation (not a noob, i just change my identity over the years...)
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Leave him alone.


16 posted on 12/21/2019 1:28:17 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: William Tell

He has a choice. You maybe didn’t need to consciously make that particular choice but most probably you’ve had to make some other choices to be moral in life. It appears that most everyone has some tests to meet or work at—


17 posted on 12/21/2019 1:32:24 PM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If he wishes to be left alone, he probably shouldn’t do TV interviews.


18 posted on 12/21/2019 1:35:27 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one w)
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To: rktman

he did but cannot stfu about it now.


19 posted on 12/21/2019 1:35:31 PM PST by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: reintarnation

Does he know choosing not be handy around the home like a real man and hiring sketchy “hot” handymen is a choice?


20 posted on 12/21/2019 1:36:07 PM PST by conservative98
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