It was impossible to have writer’s block when Mormon church leaders were out there spouting homophobia in that fucking grandfatherly intonation, uttering all those weasel words about “eternal families” and “the definition of marriage,” repackaging the simplicity of their hate into ornate boxes. God, even thinking about it now makes me mad. I couldn’t not tell that story. It would have burned a hole in me if I’d kept it inside.
