I've been censored

The Daily Universe actually published a letter that I wrote them. They did cut a few lines, but the message still got across. I feel so special.

You can read my letter here. (It's the third one down)

If you want to read the editorial I was responding to, it's here.

My email managed not to save a draft of the letter, but I think that they just cut out a line that talked about how, in addition to students that are homosexual there are students that are married to or dating homosexuals. I really can't remember any more--it seems like there might have been a little more in there...

Now I'm just curious to see what kind of feedback my letter gets...

Comments

Th. said…
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Very elegantly stated, I thought. It doesn't read like it had been chopped up.

And is Julie a friend of yours? A long lost cousin-in-law perhaps?
3/10/2006 3:55 PM
Cricket said…
To discount the pain and struggles of others because you are repulsed by their particular temptations...

Excellent! Very well stated!! I'm going to be borrowing that sentiment next time someone gripes at me about "the gay cowboy movie" without even seeing it.
3/10/2006 4:12 PM
Kari said…
Well done! I haven't seen it, but will probably rent it when it comes out. You express yourself so well...
3/11/2006 7:03 PM
skyeJ said…
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY MORMON HEART. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. My sister is The Bomb. That was a great response.
3/12/2006 4:35 AM
COOLGUY said…
You are my hero... I have always admired the way you say what needs to be said and stand for the right. I love you.
3/12/2006 3:02 PM
JB said…
Well done! You were diplomatic and yet very much persuasive. I don't see how anyone could not take that seriously.
3/13/2006 5:44 PM
Cicada said…
Excellent letter! The amount that people talk about Brokeback Mountain bugs me. I read an article in the Daily Universe when oscar nominations came out saying that this year, instead of rolling out the red carpet, they'd be rolling out the rainbow carpet. Besides being a really stupid thing to say, I thought it was interesting that people obviously have their "favorite" sins to hate. I mean, where has the controversy at BYU been in the past when all the movies nominated for oscars had elements of premarital sex in them? Or where was the complaining about movies that portrayed adultery as the solution to finding happiness? No one complained about those, but they're willing to complain about BBM. Why?
3/13/2006 9:46 PM
Christian said…
Because I follow NewsNet (I've got to find someone to upset me on a daily basis), I came across what I think is the first response in the Readers' Forum. Would you be upset if I said that Tanner Hicks is a prick? I hope not, because I just did.

I'm trying to decide if I should paste his letter here. Maybe I will, just in case you didn't see it.

Church leaders or Hollywood?

In Friday's letter, "'Brokeback' depicts pain," Jessie Christensen discusses the hardships of "homosexual love." She states, "There are BYU students who feel attracted to members of the same sex and aren't sure how to deal with these feelings," suggesting that by seeing "Brokeback Mountain" they can learn to deal with these problems. It's disturbing that rather than referring to our inspired church leaders, she thinks that Hollywood has better advice. This couldn't be any more wrong!

Even if this issue does "represent reality for some people in our population," there are better helps out there than Hollywood's lies. We are blessed to be at a university that is led by inspired leaders. These leaders love us and want to help us; they aren't some senseless movie screen. Why trust in some shmoe looking to make a buck in Hollywood?

We should trust the guidance and counsel that living prophets have given us and use the sources the church has made so readily available. My beef isn't with the movie "Brokeback Mountain" or with people who struggle with these issues; it's with the fact that people are so easily deceived into trusting Hollywood's "reality."

Tanner Hicks

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
3/15/2006 2:25 PM
ambrosia ananas said…
Saw your letter, Foxy, and was impressed with the direct and tactful approach you took. Even before I saw that it was you who had written it. : )
3/20/2006 6:02 PM
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