Libby Anne is, naturally, worried about her siblings.
…it is hard for me to watch my siblings being raised with beliefs and methods I have come to so oppose. I have to watch my sisters being taught that their only role is in the home, and to see my siblings expected to obey and conform. The hardest part is watching my sisters. I hear them talk about the blessing of fatherly protection against the evils of the world and their future plans to eschew all kinds of birth control and have as many children as possible. I watch them and wonder if they will ever, like me, break free.
That would be very difficult.
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NathanDST
September 7, 2011 at 7:50 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I think I feel a slight glimmer of that when, as I recently did at a mini-family reunion, I see family that I otherwise like discussing the Sunday School classes they’ll be teaching, and debating theology with other family members.
I walked away.
Jennifer
September 7, 2011 at 9:15 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I am astonished that things like this still occur. Until I realize that my own family accomplished the same through simple Catholic guilt. It doesn’t need to be this explicit to be effective. Disgusting all the way around.
Classical Cipher, OM
September 7, 2011 at 10:01 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
This is somewhat tangential to the topic – but for an example of the disturbing strangeness that comes out of these patriarchal movements, see this letter from a “Bible-believing Baptist” couple explaining their marriage ceremony. (Shamelessly stolen from Rebecca Watson.)
NathanDST
September 7, 2011 at 10:59 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
There is so very much wrong with that letter, so very much.
annp
September 8, 2011 at 1:38 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
That letter is so cult-friendly. I want to send police to help.
docslacker
September 8, 2011 at 2:03 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Actually, this is fantastic, for two reasons:
1) They say that god has already chosen who will be saved, therefore they can shut up and stop preaching to the rest of us.
2) They also state that the official wedding is merely to get certain legal and tax benefits. Voila, no more argument against marriage equality.
docslacker
September 8, 2011 at 6:32 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I was referring to the link posted by Classical Cipher
Ophelia Benson
September 8, 2011 at 11:36 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ewwwwwwww that letter is so disgusting……
Rebecca where? At Skepchick?
Classical Cipher, Murmur Muris, OM
September 8, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Facebook.
Ophelia Benson
September 8, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ah; thanks.
Johnny Anderson
September 8, 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
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Arnold Perra
January 27, 2012 at 3:36 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
i feel cold when i look at this picture, more of a nippy brisk cold. names like jake and joe come to mind.
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September 8, 2011 at 12:18 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
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