All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay (ADMANG) is a satirical website which states that it turns deceased members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally called LDS or Mormons) gay in the afterlife.[1][2][3]
Purpose
editThe ADMANG site is meant to mock the practice in Mormonism of baptism for the dead for unwilling people, especially that of Jewish and LGBT Holocaust victims, a practice which has been widely seen as antisemitic, homophobic, and overall offensive.[a] The site allows one to insert the name of "their favorite dead Mormon" into a slide and click the "Convert!" button to "baptize" the person into "the joys of homosexuality".[6] There is also a "Choose-a-Mormon" option if the user does not have a specific Mormon in mind.[5] The website warns that there is no way to undo this act.[4][7] The LDS Church is largely perceived as being anti-gay in US polls,[8] condemns all same-sex sexual activity as sinful,[9][10] and was instrumental in defeating the legalization of same-sex marriage in six US states.[11]: 2, 65, 69, 71, 78, 85 The church also taught for decades that any adherents attracted to the same sex could and should convert those attractions through sexual orientation change efforts and righteous striving,[11]: 25–30, 89–101 and provided therapy and programs for attempts to change sexual orientation.[12]
Reception
editWithin a few days ADMANG garnered 17,000 likes on Facebook but drew the ire of many members of the LDS Church and some from the Christian right due to their belief that it was blasphemous.[13] Jay Michaelson of Religion Dispatches named the site his favorite of 2012.[14] Jack Werner of Sveriges Radio called the news of the site "perhaps the oddest news story" of February 2012.[15]
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ Ravitz, Jessica (March 9, 2012). "Mormons crack down on proxy baptisms; whistleblower's access blocked". CNN. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Ring, Trudy (November 17, 2015). "Website Make a Mormon Gay for Eternity". Advocate.
- ^ Ravitz, Jessica (March 11, 2012). "Mormons crack down on proxy baptisms; whistleblower's access blocked". Beaumont, Texas: KBMT. 12NewsNow.
- ^ a b "Site Turns Dead Mormons Gay For All Eternity". HuffPost. February 22, 2012.
- ^ a b Lipman, Jennifer (February 24, 2012). "Mormons targeted in spoof 'convert to gay' site". The Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ Gross, Josh (February 23, 2012). "Website Turns Dead Mormons Posthumously Gay". Boise Weekly. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lang, Nico (January 3, 2018). "Here's How to Make the Mormon Church's Recently Deceased President Gay in the Afterlife". Into. Grindr.
- ^ "A Survey of LGBT Americans". Pew Research Center. June 13, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "Same-Sex Marriage". LDS Church. July 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "What is the Church's position on homosexuality? Is it OK to be friends with people who have homosexual feelings?". New Era. Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church. July 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
The church opposes homosexual behavior ... Homosexual behavior is contrary to [our] purpose and violates God's commandments. ... Neither the Lord nor His church can condone any behavior that violates His laws. Again, we condemn the immoral behavior, not the person.
- ^ a b Prince, Gregory A. (2019). Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. ISBN 9781607816638 – via Google Books.
- ^ Galliher, Renee; Bradshaw, William; Hyde, Daniel; Dehlin, John; Crowell, Katherine (April 2015). "Sexual orientation change efforts among current or former LDS church members". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 62 (2): 95–105. doi:10.1037/cou0000011. PMID 24635593 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Vojir, Dan (February 24, 2012). "Retaliating Through Satire And Blasphemy: All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay". OpEdNews.
- ^ Michaelson, Jay (February 23, 2012). "All Your Dead Mormons Are Belong To Us". Religion Dispatches.
- ^ Werner, Jack (February 27, 2012). "Jack Werners nätsnackisar: Oscarsgalenskap, läckta porrlösenord och bögdöpta mormoner]" [Jack Werner's Internet gossip: Oscar madness, leaked porn passwords, and gay-baptized Mormons] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019 – via Internet Archive.