- L, along with a bunch of other faithful gay Mormons, started a blog for, by, and about faithful gay Mormons.
- They made a sidebar linking to faithful gay Mormon blogs; the blogs were chosen based on L's assessment of who might consider themselves faithful, gay (by this or any other name), and Mormon.
- Despite L's explanation of how he had made the list and that if anyone wanted to be on it or not be on it all they had to do was say so, some people's feelings were hurt and other people just plain didn't like the idea, accusing L et al. of exclusivity and pointless us vs. themming. Who was L, after all, to determine who was righteous enough to be on his Dream Team of righteous gay Mormons?
- L insisted and insisted that the sidebar was not exclusive, that it was not some kind of popularity contest or righteousness meter, and eventually he had the site administrator take the sidebar down until further notice.
Having been raised Mormon, I naturally have separated my heaven into three degrees:
- The first degree of fobbiness is determined by one's level of righteousness as demonstrated by familial relation to Master Fob. These people can do nothing to earn or lose their place as Fobs by Blood or Marriage--they are righteous by association, whether they like it or not.
- The second degree of fobbiness is determined by one's level of righteousness as demonstrated by membership in the Friends of Ben writing group. Like the first degree, once you're in this one you're in for life. Official Fobs can rest easy knowing their fobby future is secure.
- The third degree of fobbiness is determined by one's level of righteousness as demonstrated by two factors:
- Having commented on the Fobcave more than once.
- Having commented on the Fobcave within the last month or so.
(to be read in a dry monotone)
Ooh ooh ooh yeah. What have you done for me lately?
I love your blog. I'll be back on June 2, 2007.
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-L-
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to comment again a little early to also clarify that Northern Lights is not really "for, by, and about faithful gay Mormons." It's also by spouses of gay Mormons (or soon will be), also for anyone interested in talking about issues as long as they can do it in a way respectful to believing Mormons, and also about building a community in general (not just strictly gay all the time). The brouhaha you mention may have given the mistaken impression that we're not interested in intelligent dialog that disputes or challenges points of view that are expressed. Well, we are.
ReplyDeleteHope you don't mind me saying so on your post that wasn't really about that blog. :-)
I don't mind at all, L. Thanks for the clarification.
ReplyDelete“Having commented on the Fobcave within the last month or so.”
ReplyDeleteThis counts as May’s requisite post. I expect to be kept from your Outer Darkness equivalent.
Thank you for eliminating that terrifying "cave" picture from the blog.
ReplyDeleteI hope that .jpg ends up in Outer darkness.
You are goofy!
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ReplyDeletePhew.
I’m Terrestrial…even in the Blog-o-sphere…
ReplyDeleteAs long as some demon isn’t poking me with pitchforks near a lake of fire and brimstone, I’ll consider myself decently well-off.
Woo hoo! I'll always be safe. That makes me happy. Now, I should just add a minor stipulation here. I expect to approve of all blogonyms of any future writing Fobs seeing as how I wish to make sure that I will always be the first. Just so you know. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh lord, I am such a bad honorary Fob. I didn't even realize I was on the edge until what, two days after I'd been warned?
ReplyDelete*cringe*
Um. Erm. Can offer up valuable local knowledge of the city in exchange fo rmercy? :)
I feel like such a sinner. But. Now that I know what is expected of me, I'll try to be better.
ReplyDeleteYou are forgiven, my child. Go and sin no more.
ReplyDelete:P
ReplyDelete(Does that count?)
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