Really? No, seriously? For reals?

I guess after almost 18 years, my buttons have been pushed just one time too many.  I recently watched a commercial that had a lovely Mormon woman claiming that her place was "not in the kitchen."  She went on to proclaim her love for art.... creative expression.... uniqueness.  All wonderful thoughts if you are not completely suppressed, degraded, manipulated, and brainwashed into believing you are a second-class citizen and heck, you're grateful for it! 

This commercial placed the finger ON the button.  There were a series of small pressure pushes.... the bombardment of commercials playing in my Midwestern city (a RED state, of course - GO, MITT!)... the rebuttals of Mormons on open forums ("We swear, we are totally against polygamy!").... and of course, the continual, unbelievable denials of the Mormon hand (or should I say "fist") in Proposition 8.  If I have to hear, just one more time how accepting, loving, and all-encompassing the Mormon faith is, I will surely ralph up every bit of casserole I ate at Enrichment Night. 

The continual (CONTINIUAL) denials of Mormon beliefs when linked to polygamy are mind-boggling.  Any one of them (including their Prophet), will stare you right in the eye and let you know that polygamy is illegal!  It is wrong!  And it is not practiced by their members, nor has it been for over 100 years!  Okay, so let me lay this out for you:

*A mormon man and woman get married in the temple - "sealed" for time and all eternity
*The mormon woman gets sick and dies
*The mormon man gets re-married, IN the temple, to another mormon woman, for TIME AND ALL ETERNITY
*Mormon man now has 2, count 'em, TWO wives for time and all eternity

This is not from 100 years ago.... polygamy may not be practiced in "this life"... but for them to continue to say they have nothing to do with polygamy and they do not condone it as doctrine is a direct and out-right lie.  These women get married to their husbands under the idea that they are to be with them FOREVER.  If any of them asked their Bishop or Stake President if what I'm saying is true, they would surely not lie to them - they don't need to because if they have enough "faith" they will see that even if it is something they don't understand, it will be known to them in the hereafter (translate: don't ask questions, just do what I say).  Women do not get to choose... women do not get a say... they will tell you that if a woman does not want this to be so, he will respect her wishes.  Yea, maybe he will.  But maybe he won't. HE decides. 

This is to be an open forum for other WOMEN (keep it to yourselves, brothas!) who wish to speak their minds, thoughts, and "testimonies" pertaining to their experiences or ideas about the nature of the church and their continual desire to tell "untruths."  These commercials are telling me that something is wrong.  Numbers must be down.  Mitt Romney is running for president in 2012 and someone better shine some light on the Anti-gays.  My whole point is to KEEP IT REAL and TELL THE TRUTH.  Too many lies for just too long.  Sigh.