Coming Out Mormon: VC2

Cody Derrick grew up in a conservative Mormon home in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 21, shortly after returning from his mission, Cody came out that he was gay. This is Cody Derrick's coming out story; a story of religion, fear, and family.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• conservative
• Mormon
• Salt
• Lake
• City
• Utah
• mission

[biggsterboy]

@tracylane45 If I have a belief system that eating meat (animals) is morally wrong (a "sin"), do you think I have the right to impose that belief system upon others in my country? If you believe that homosexual behavior is sinful, should all homosexuals practice abstinence on account of your belief? Should we stone children to death for dating outside their faith because a Muslim family believes this is dishonorable? Which belief system is the "correct" belief system?

[einXtein]

Was I the only one expecting a comedy video about a dude coming out MORMON, and not gay? Damn, so disappointed.

[TheVideoVector]

Wow-- thats inspirational. So sweet :3 Dawwwww!

[juniorcodi]

@nisgore that's why it's so flawful. You become blinded and slaved by faith, since you cannot understand or question what you have faith in (that is the very definition of faith). "God" doesn't show aversion to slaving or to sexism in the bible. By the contrary, he reinforces it. If that can change because of current society behavior (along with so many things that changed in the bible), so can homosexuality, which is, by far, not as bad as having slaves or silencing women.

[HyperSugarKid]

I wonder how shaycarl will react if sontard ever turns out gay... hmmm

[nisgore]

It took a while but eventually I dropped religion completely for the same reasons. But you can never drop spirituality. The felt presence of immediate experience with the divine is a confirmation that I was always intended to be right where I am as the person I am. Like Jodi Foster at the end of Contact... I have no way to prove it is real to anyone else. I have no need to, all that matters, is that it is real and perceivable to me. True Faith can neither be proved or APPROVED, it just IS ;) ;)

[Jeffiedingess]

@mohottie30 you can do it, and if you every need support just remember that there are many people who love you and if you ever need to talk in here to get you through

[Jeffiedingess]

@sarahpumpkinhead calm your tits, there will always be straight people to make babies, just as there have always been gays, more people are gay than you think, and gays are slowly comming Out more and more because our society has finally realized that being gay isn't a bad thing, and it's natural

[Sarahpumpkinhead]

Are woman just not attractive to guys anymore?? Like is that what this is all coming down to? Seems more and more people are becoming what is called "gay"...soon woman will be useless and all of our babies will be grown in labs. :(

[LoneIndividual]

@willbond

The very quest for survival is the search for immortality.

[LoneIndividual]

@willbond

Ok, ok, ok. Letz get NIHILISTIC.

Are you ready to die? At what point are you willing to die?

Morality itself is superstition. If there is no God, there is no immortality. If there is only Death, why should I care about what I leave behind in this world?

Death is inevitable, Extinction is assured, Entropy is Observed.

If there is no God, there is no way to live. If there is a God, there is only one right way to live.

One truth, One reality.

Prove me otherwise.

[willbond]

@LoneIndividual Newsflash: There's no forever torture chamber for bad doggies, and no sky cake in Sky City for good little kitties. Your gullible ass has been fed LLLLIES your whole life. Break free of your brainwashing and your grandmammy's superstitions.