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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@guyjantic/116564009962120990 This wasn't idle musing. I don't have the answers, but I grew up #Mormon, with stories of the #LDS leaders being hunted and imprisoned for, IDK, maybe 5 decades, for practicing polygamy. The morality, reality, propaganda, etc. of that aside: I grew up in the US West bathed in stories of the Evil Government abusing my ancestors, ignoring other people abusing them, and then passing laws specifically to abuse them about their marriage choices (AFAIK #polygamy is illegal in the USA because of the moral panic surrounding Mormon polygamy in the 1800s). I grew up with the idea firmly in my mind that the government should stay the heck out of the marriage and relationship business. Then that same church spent tons of money lobbying the US government to get involved in the marriage business--specifically, to make gay marriage illegal. The LDS leaders, those dry, boring, suit-wearing, drama-eschewing Men Of The Earth Etc., wrote amicus briefs in multiple court cases asking governments to get up in the marriage business of other people, told the faithful (and it's extremely authoritarian; the faithful believe what they're told to believe) that gay marriage was super duper evil, and even pressured/commanded (kind of the latter, but with plausible deniability) thousands of members in California and Hawaii to go door to door to convince their neighbors to vote against legalization of gay marriage. After I left (a bit over a decade ago) the church doubled down, led by a new wave of far-right "fire and brimstone" men, and degraded the membership rights and privileges of gay and trans members... and their children. But the message that the government could maybe stay the fuck out of people's relationships (I can say "fuck" now) is still in my head and heart. I don't know all the consequences or how it would work, but I think the government should let marriage be a personal and maybe religious experience with no government involvement whatsoever.

My SIL is at a church youth camp near Mount Hood and sent me a video of her hiking through a thunderstorm in the woods yesterday. I inquired further and she told me the leaders didn't know it was going to storm. I reached out to our bishop and we're going to put together a workshop so that the adult leaders can be empowered to know what to look for to avoid this in the future rather than relying on a simple phone weather app. I don't fault people for not knowing, but now that I know it's a problem I feel like it's my responsibility as a meteorologist to help improve the situation. For now they're proactively texting me asking for updates through the end of the campout. Glad to see they're doing what they can. #weather #ORwx #LDS

New instance, new #introduction. Hello everyone! I’m a meteorologist working at a company that launches #weather balloons. On Mastodon, I toot about #weather, mostly #BCstorm, #WAwx, and #ORwx. I recently moved from White Rock, B.C. to Hermiston, Oregon and am excited to be back in Oregon and closer to family. Some #geology tidbits will be thrown in along with my thoughts on rural life, family life, and my #LDS faith. I am an avid geocacher with 3119 finds. I enjoy sharing my exploration and also stats on my #geocache finds. I will work on configuring profile verification soon.

Wow, big changes in the LDS Church. They're giving women so much leeway over their own organizations! Clearly, Mormon leadership has come to respect women and expects big things from them! They've put a tremendous amount of trust in them for this monumental job! How inspired! Has any human organization ever been so progressive towards women's liberation? It'll be difficult, but I know you can do it girls! 🧵 #exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #LDS #Mormon

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