Pregnant Man?

It seems like something you would see on the front of the Enquirer, but this is the real deal folks... although the reality is really that the man used to be a woman and still has internal woman parts but very much looks and acts like a man. Oprah did an interview with the "man" and his wife yesterday, and you can read it here.

I am pretty sure the whole thing kind of confuses and disgusts me and for once I am really going to say what I think about it because this is my blog and if it is offensive to someone then I apologize but everyone is entitled to their opinion. Frankly, I think it's wrong. Sure, "he" and his wife are probably wonderful people, and I am sure they are going to love their daughter, but there is a reason God made us the gender that we are and when we try to alterate that we make a big mess of things and start playing with powers that are not ours to have. Besides, this child is going to have a whole set of interesting issues to deal with. Other children are cruel and I foresee a lot of heartache in this kid's future. I don't agree with gender alteration.

I kind of like the neighbor's comment when he found out... "Obviously, it's a pretty unusual situation, and it was unusual for me when I found out," he says. "It was kind of sexually dyslexic for me to put it together." I'll say.

I am not trying to be intolerant or prejudice or close minded. But I believe that people are unique and created uniquely. In our church - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - the former prophet and president of the church President Gordon B. Hinckley along with his counselors issued a proclamation on the family several years back called Family: A Proclamation to the World. In regards to gender it states,

"All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose."

I seriously wonder how God feels about this? I mean, of course he wants his children to come to earth and be born in good families, which I am sure this is one. But how does he feel that this former woman altered an identity she was divinely given and in some ways makes a mockery of womanhood and motherhood. As you can tell, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.