“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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Posted on 12/21/2019 1:09:57 PM PST by conservative98
Ed Smart, the father of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart, has shared how difficult it was to come to terms with his sexuality in a new interview.
The 64-year-old Smart, who came out as gay in August, told CBS This Morning that he struggled to accept himself after a lifetime of believing that being attracted to men was “not acceptable.”
“I was praying that I was not [gay]. I didn’t want to believe that I was,” Smart said. “But how do you cure being gay? There is no cure. And for all of those out there that are struggling in the same spot, there is no cure.”
Smart came out in a letter posted to his Facebook in August, in which he detailed that he was in the process of divorcing his wife of 34 years, Lois. Smart added that he was no longer comfortable being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church. While the church announced in April that the children of people in the LGBT community could be baptized without approval from leadership, it still considers same-sex marriage to be a “serious transgression” and acting on same-sex attractions to be a “sin.”
Speaking with CBS This Morning‘s Gayle King in an interview airing in parts this week, Smart said he spoke with church leaders while trying to figure out his feelings.
“I literally called my bishop up one morning, and I said, ‘You know, I feel like I’ve stabbed Lois in the heart,'” Smart said. “And I went to my other church leader, and I said to him, ‘So am I gay? Am I gay?’ And he said to me, ‘I don’t think so.’ He said, ‘You know, there’s this spectrum.'”
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“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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Possessed by a demon of homosexuality.
...Elizabeth’s life wasn’t as screwed up as possible, she came home...to...this...
They live, interact and communicate in a different world than the rest of us!
OFudgePackUla!!
He came out again? I thought he did that a while back.
Sorry buddy but it is your choice. And You can correct it every new day the good lord gives you.
How does he know there is no cure? Is he God?
On his knees in magic underwear,
to on his knees in . . .
One phony ideology to another.
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
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.
“It was my choice to end our marriage.”
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...!)
Leave him alone.
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—
If he wishes to be left alone, he probably shouldn’t do TV interviews.
he did but cannot stfu about it now.
Does he know choosing not be handy around the home like a real man and hiring sketchy “hot” handymen is a choice?
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