I empathize with where you are at now. I was at that jumping off point in 1995 when the church held a conference on how to grow out of homosexuality.

I finally wrote the letter and walked the five blocks to the Post Office to mail it. I remember not being sure the entire way if I’d actually do it or not. When I arrived at the blue mailbox outside of the PO, I again hesitated, telling myself that this was permanent. I slowly dropped the letter in the box. And I’m telling you the truth, when I heard it hit the bottom, I knew instantly I’d done the right thing. I felt lighter and lighter each step home. It was a freedom I can’t describe. I have never regretted it, and have never looked back. With each year that passes, I am able to look at the church and it’s teachings and practices with a clearer head. This allows me to see it for what it truly is, which before, as a member, the clear view of that was very cloudy to me.

So many people stay in the church feeling that if they do, they provide a voice within. They really don’t.

The best way to make a statement – to make those who know you think… is to just walk away from it…

Good luck Reed…

I have a father who expressed those kind of opinions like Buttars. He has treated me no different than the rest. It is a shame. He fully defends Buttars. Whatever!

I asked my mom what would happen if someone said in Congress, “Mormon are the greatest threat to America. What would happen?” She didn’t have a response.

Those that removed him stated they only did so to draw attention away from him. Then he said, “We agree with many of the things he said. We may disagree with some of them, we may disagree with some of the ways he said it.”

Nothing he said was intelligent or true, so when they said they agree with ‘most’ of it…. well, they’re all idiots.

This is what happens when you have a cult condition the minds of it’s members, from birth, that whatever the church or the prophet says is the same as if God said it.

These are not intelligent people because they have forfeited their responsibility to think for themselves. They pride themselves on their obedience in ‘following the brethren.’

Growing up, the justification I continuously heard for all of this is… that we are blessed by being obedient, and if the prophet or the brethren instruct us wrong on something, the sin will be on their heads, while we will be blessed for being obedient.

A sad group of people indeed.

If they don’t believe same-sex couples should marry then they don’t have to marry someone of the same sex. That doesn’t give them the right to interfere with personal choices made by others.

Why don’t they simply admit the truth? Marriage is not their real issue. It is just their first step to deny or roll-back any and all equality, safety and civil rights from LGBT people. They will not be happy until society is returning to the day when we, as LGBT people, had no rights and no legal status.

Well, Mr. Buttars, we ain’t going back! Get used to it!

There may be something far more sinister going on. Buttars is the (former?) executive director of what was then known as the “Utah Boys’ Ranch. Below is the fax I sent to the West Jordan UT police dept. over the weekend. They have yet to respond.

Bud (Brother Raymond)

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The Rev’d Brother Raymond H. Burgoon-Clark
Superior (retired)
The Community of the Resurrection
San Diego CA

20 February 2009

Police Department
8040 S. Redwood Rd.
West Jordan, Utah 84088
(801) 256-2000
(801) 562-2105 Fax

Dear Friends in Christ,

I was made aware of this website today:

http://www.mormongulag.com/

Has this been investigated, and if so, what was the finding?

Sincerely,

The Rev’d Brother Raymond H. Burgoon-Clark