Mormonism has different views about the afterlife. It's long and complicated, but there's a belief that people can still "progress" after they've died and come to realize the truth (which is Mormonism, of course). This will happen up to a certain point in time, and then everybody receives their eternal glory.

Personally, I don't think officially making someone a member of a religion before they are old enough to know what they're doing is completely immoral. Children don't have a choice and shouldn't be indoctrinated in a religion before they're old enough to think critically about it.

That's ok. I AM queer, and my heritage is Jewish. So you were being pretty accurate.

THANK YOU. My family is Mormon and is completely mystified about why people (Jewish people in particular) find this practice offensive. I doubt I could ever convince them that it's actually problematic, but, you know, it's nice to have the resources.

I don't think people believe their relatives are being "forced" into Mormonism. It's just that it's so so so disrespectful to people of other religions or no religion at all. It's like they're saying, "your beliefs weren't good enough so we're going to baptize your (mother, sister, grandpa, etc) for you so they can…

Every active, temple-attending Mormon (like Mitt Romney) has done some kind of proxy "work" for the dead. It might not be baptisms (though I'm sure he's done them since he's been Mormon all his life and it is very, very common for youth to do them), but every time a Mormon goes to the temple other than their first…

I was raised Mormon and remained a member well into my twenties. I remember Doing baptisms for the dead a few times when I was twelve or thirteen—they usually have kids between 12-19 doing baptisms, not adults. What most people don't know, though, is that adults who have been through the temple go through the temple…

I'm a queer former Mormon. I've been on that site today, I posthumously converted a lot of people to my "lifestyle."

I love, love, love Raising Hope. A couple of friends got me addicted to it, and now I just can't stop. Please never leave me, sitcom-of-my-dreams.

Hmmmmm.

I love it, too. It's like she really appreciates women of all kinds. We don't all have to be super-glam beauty queens. We can be dramatic and dark and funny and weird and tacky and a million other ands. I love Sharon. And her name is the absolute best.

I've learned this, and I've also learned (from dealing with my nephew, who has a sensory integration disorder) that if I put a hand on the kid's shoulder, or hold their hands while I speak to them, it is much much easier to calm them and get them to listen. When I lived close to my sister, I was the only person my…

I'm not sure that works. I've heard of families overriding funeral/memorial instructions set out in wills. I'm definitely including all my instructions in the will, though, just in case people actually will obey them.

That is awesome. I'm stealing it.

Way better. It's mostly in SE Idaho, I think. I haven't seen it elsewhere. It's the richest dressing I have EVER tasted.

I love Sharon so much. She is sooo the best. Phi Phi was just being awful. I was really happy about the awesome one-liners, though.

I haven't tasted Nancy's, but I do have to say that Chiz's in Idaho has the best Ranch ever. I've never been to the actual restaurant, but their dressings were sold at all the local grocery stores when I lived there because EVERYBODY LOVED THEM. Their Blue Cheese is to die for, too.

The last comment was directed at you. Somehow it was sent to me, but it's to you. I don't talk to myself that much.

Sir Edmund didn't become famous until after Hillary Clinton was born.

This sort of makes me want to be the center of a Scott-Hamm sandwich. Yum.