"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."

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Source : "Gay Mormons are not the problem. Small-minded religious paradigms are" by Kate Kelly, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2015.

Kate Kelly

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“It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.”
“The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2009). “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir”, p.1, Simon and Schuster
“However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused people to sort of say, what if we could establish religion on that same successful basis? What if we could have a good rational foundation for religious belief. What if religion could be sort of like science. Of course, that can't be.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Without discipline, there can be no freedom.”
“I wasn't very funny or flashy, I was kind of boring.”
“Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars. But you, me, and tomorrow hold hands and make vows that struggle will multiply. The hacksaw has two blades. The shotgun has two barrels. We are pregnant with freedom. We are a conspiracy.”
“The longer we remain in Iraq the more our occupation becomes part of the problem... rather than the solution.”
“I feel like I'm more of the underdog, which is kind of nice.”

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