James Kent

• "It's time for you to stay home and start dating."



• "If you'd lose some weight, more people would find you attractive."



• "How can you associate with that snake, he's so untrustworthy."



• "You need to 'get over' Affirmation."



• "How could you consider yourself to be gay if you don't call yourself a Democrat?"



• "Only name brands can guarantee quality."



• "The Church must be exposed as the evil hypocritical organization that it really is."



• "You think you are better than us because you do not go clubbing."



• "You know the Church is true, you know the will of God, and you know that a homosexual lifestyle is wrong."



• "You are so boring."



• "It's not that I have a problem with drag, but what would visitors and new members think of our [Affirmation] group?"



• You're being selfish."



• "You need to go to Church and set a good example for all those closeted gays and lesbians in your local ward."



• "How can you drink alcohol and still call yourself a Mormon?"



• "James, you need to be a little more discrete."



• "Maybe if you found the right woman, you could go straight."

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deed could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if she fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all [people]; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.