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That's a loophole big enough for a Star Destroyer.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

You two need therapy.  You need to find and discuss better ways to express your frustrations with each other.  What you describe in your post seems like serious communication problems, and you should really get those evaluated.

That's a loophole big enough for a Star Destroyer.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

That's a loophole big enough for a Star Destroyer.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

It really isn't a democratic system.  But it isn't an all-must-consent system either.  Those with they keys to set apart a person to the calling in question have the ultimate say in the matter.
 
On a local level, if a person were to oppose the sustaining of a bishop, the stake president would meet with the dissenter to determine the reason behind the opposition.  The stake president then has to decide if the reasoning is strong enough to prevent the sustaining ("that man had an affair with my wife last week") or not ("he wouldn't help me install my surround sound system, so he must not understand the meaning of service.")  If the stake president sees no reason to put a halt on the sustaining, the bishop may be sustained over the objections of the few.
 
In the case of the president of the church, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve would hear out the opposition.  If he felt there were a valid cause not to sustain the prophet, and he could gain the support of the entirety of his Quorum, then the Quorum of the Twelve could move not to sustain the prophet.  Such an action would likely precipitate excommunication of the prophet, however, and would probably require a very grievous and substantiated case for opposing the sustaining.

It really isn't a democratic system.  But it isn't an all-must-consent system either.  Those with they keys to set apart a person to the calling in question have the ultimate say in the matter.
 
On a local level, if a person were to oppose the sustaining of a bishop, the stake president would meet with the dissenter to determine the reason behind the opposition.  The stake president then has to decide if the reasoning is strong enough to prevent the sustaining ("that man had an affair with my wife last week") or not ("he wouldn't help me install my surround sound system, so he must not understand the meaning of service.")  If the stake president sees no reason to put a halt on the sustaining, the bishop may be sustained over the objections of the few.
 
In the case of the president of the church, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve would hear out the opposition.  If he felt there were a valid cause not to sustain the prophet, and he could gain the support of the entirety of his Quorum, then the Quorum of the Twelve could move not to sustain the prophet.  Such an action would likely precipitate excommunication of the prophet, however, and would probably require a very grievous and substantiated case for opposing the sustaining.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

My spouse has never, ever been on my speed dial.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

Your husband needs a sleep test for the sake of at least ruling out sleep apnea.  People with sleep apnea die younger than their counterparts without apnea, even when adjusting for any comorbid conditions.  Worse than that, they have worse quality of life in that shortened life span.
 
If he won't go for it, then kick him out of the room.  Make him sleep elsewhere.  His decision to torpedo his health and quality of life shouldn't torpedo yours too.

My formal response to this is "Meh."  
 
But I do object to this guy's template letter of opposition (for those who wish to oppose without attending Conference); he only provides a template for males!

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

I'm a heartless jerk, which is why I've always been baffled by the notion that all of the cousins and friends and youth leaders and anyone else who might have had a bond with the bride and groom need to be invited to the ceremony.
 
Here's a really simple solution.  Grandparents, parents, and siblings of the bride and groom are all invited to attend with their spouses.  Everyone else, we'll see you at the reception.

Aren't we all?

Aren't we all?

I want you to know that I laughed.  But I can't bring myself to like a comment about ending all camping. 

These two statements are really saying the same thing; a gay youth and a straight youth of the same gender aren't usually sexually attracted to each other.  
 
In other words, what JAG is trying to get at is that a comparison of straight-boy/gay-boy tenting isn't exactly on the same level as straight-boy/straight-girl tenting.

But the morality of homosexuality varies across religious declarations.  Some are okay with it, some are not.  And the BSA is fairly clear on its policy that "morally straight" is supposed to be defined between the youth, his/her parents, and his/her religious leaders (emphasis on the youth's religious leaders, not the troop's chartering organization).
 
Until you get to the membership rule, at which point only a religious conviction that rejects homosexuality is acceptable.  (and now, only if you are younger than 18 and not a Venturer, or younger than 21 and a Venturer).
 
 
Actually, BSA policy is quite clear that sexuality is not an appropriate discussion for scout leaders to have with the youth.  They are supposed to refer them back to parents and religious leaders.  And as I said above, morally straight isn't defined by troop leaders anyway.  Much like our temple recommend interviews, absent objective evidence, a youth is living a morally straight life if he says he is.

Aren't we all?

Aren't we all?