Marie Osmond's Son Commits Suicide

AtLast · 03-05-2010, 09:22 PM

Terribly sad. I have not viewed any media info on this, so reserving any opinion about it in terms of how he was raised, or religious factors. And also, what role his being gay actually played. I have no idea if he was gay. Just the fact that this is a suicide makes me feel badly.

I don't have a lot of love for the LDS religion per se, but also have known LDS families that accepted their gay kids. There is also a LDS gay association in SF. I think that like many religions, there exist more liberal offshoots that do not accept the LDS doctrines as truth. But, I do think that this is extremely difficult when a family is in the heart of LDS country such as in Utah. people do leave this and may still have a belief in God likened to what they grew up with as LDS, but I can't just throw all LDS people into one pile.

I have never cared for Barr and don't put much stock in her statements. Frankly, I find them cruel (and really just gossip) in terms of someone having a child suicide. We don't know what was really going on in that family or with Osmond's son.

03-05-2010, 09:22 PM	#12
AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,827 Times in 3,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Terribly sad. I have not viewed any media info on this, so reserving any opinion about it in terms of how he was raised, or religious factors. And also, what role his being gay actually played. I have no idea if he was gay. Just the fact that this is a suicide makes me feel badly. I don't have a lot of love for the LDS religion per se, but also have known LDS families that accepted their gay kids. There is also a LDS gay association in SF. I think that like many religions, there exist more liberal offshoots that do not accept the LDS doctrines as truth. But, I do think that this is extremely difficult when a family is in the heart of LDS country such as in Utah. people do leave this and may still have a belief in God likened to what they grew up with as LDS, but I can't just throw all LDS people into one pile. I have never cared for Barr and don't put much stock in her statements. Frankly, I find them cruel (and really just gossip) in terms of someone having a child suicide. We don't know what was really going on in that family or with Osmond's son.