Roseanne Barr: Mormon Church Killed Marie Osmond's Son

she is right on... maybe she can still save her daughter

Just make sure folks that from this time forth you spend not one dime to support any effort by this fat cretin Barr.  If homosexuals can attack and harrass supporters of prop. 8 in CA just for holding a point of view then there is no reason that heterosexuals can't hold the supporters of homosexuals to the same standard.  What happened to the Osmonds is a private matter and is not the business of this pig.

Everyone can have an opinion, you people need to drop it with this proposition 8 crap, stop blaming ALL the mormons!!! Not all of them are against it.

Completely insensitive and arrogant.  This washed out old hag has issues. 

Whether or not Marie Osmond's son was gay or straight, whether or not the Mormon belief system had anything to do with the depression that led to his suicide, or whether or not Roseanne Barr is an angry, bitter woman, Michael Blosil is still dead.  There is a mother left, who loved her son, facing an unimaginable grieving period, made even worse by people who choose to blame her for his death.  As a mother I can tell you that it is second nature to blame ourselves when our children don't succeed, Marie doesn't need anyone heaping any more guilt on her right now. No matter how much Roseanne tries to make this about the Mormon church or the Osmond Family, non Mormon straight people commit suicide every day and non Mormon gay people commit suicide every day. It's an issue that is complicated and multi layered, trying to assign blame might give Roseanne another 5 minutes of fame, but it is ultimately disrespectful and heartless.

Whether or not Marie Osmond's son was gay or straight, whether or not the Mormon belief system had anything to do with the depression that led to his suicide, or whether or not Roseanne Barr is an angry, bitter woman, Michael Blosil is still dead.  There is a mother left, who loved her son, facing an unimaginable grieving period, made even worse by people who choose to blame her for his death.  As a mother I can tell you that it is second nature to blame ourselves when our children don't succeed, Marie doesn't need anyone heaping any more guilt on her right now. No matter how much Roseanne tries to make this about the Mormon church or the Osmond Family, non Mormon straight people commit suicide every day and non Mormon gay people commit suicide every day. It's an issue that is complicated and multi layered, trying to assign blame might give Roseanne another 5 minutes of fame, but it is ultimately disrespectful and heartless.

Roseanne Barr proves only one thing by her crude, insensitive remarks regarding the death of Michael Blosil, that she has no class, no empathy and nothing worthwhile to say.  This appears to be a cheap attempt to grab for the spotlight at the expense of a family in pain.  Rosanne you are a sad excuse for a human being.  My heart goes out to the Osmond family and would like to see people honour their request for privacy at this unimaginably difficult time in their lives.  Please do not give Rosanne attention for this cheap shot.  She does not deserve to profit at someone else's expense.  

Lisa BA - THANK YOU.   That was a wonderful comment.  One of the saddest things is that all of Michael's friends tell the media he was very close to his Mom.  I can't imagine her grief, but comments like those from Roseanne underscore the lack of understanding of depression and the stigma still attached to the act of suicide. 

He was not gay!

Cheap shot, Roseanne....   Using a young man's to boost your beliefs in public against the Mormon Church and using the Osmond's grief to give yourself some really sick publicity. Whatever Michael's sexuality (and he wasn't gay, by the way - and Marie has openly told about Jessica being a lesbian) isn't any of your business anyway!  I hope that, when the grief is lesser, Marie and family take the opportunity to give you the publicity you desire - in a court of law for defamation of her son!    

Rosie has issues.  It is unlikely that Marie's son was even gay.Furthermore, Mormons are great people who value the lives of all people.This is exploitation to further a cause that should not be political in the first place, but personal.Get over yourself Rosie.  I'd say apologize, but you've done enough damage already.

Roseanne Barr is a sad, washed up commedienne, looking for whatever publicity she can get from whatever source she can find it!  If it means picking on families who are grief stricken at the loss of a loved one, it means nothing to her.  Interestingly enough, she admits to 'starting my own religion' - an example of the gross ego of Ms Barr, where she puts herself ABOVE God - no wonder she is taking pot shots at everyone 'beneath her'!  She has used the grief of the Osmond family to take potshots at the LDS religion - a religion she knows little or nothing about - and to boost her face in the public eye!  No more - no less!    If this is how she gets her publicity these days - it boost my claim that she is 'washed up'!  I suggest that Ms Barr 'crawls back into her hole' and leaves a family to their grief, instead of using the death of a young man to boost her ratings in the public's eye!

Another thing to note about Ms Barr is that her blog is one sided.  There is nowhere in her entire webpage that she allows for any correpsondence to oppose her views!  This is the sign of COWARDICE, where you can openly attack anything and everyone without any fear of being confronted over your opinions!  Yes, Ms Barr - you ARE entitled to your opinions...but don't hide behind cowardice - give everyone the chance to reply -  on your website!  Or are you scared of the consequences - of finding out just how UNPOPULAR, and ridiculous, you really ARE!?

You have no idea what Marie said to Michael as he was growing up or in their relationship.  You sound like a hateful and judgmental bigot to me.  The Osmonds' are in pain, how classless and rude of you to make your prejudicial comments especially now.  Michael isn't even in the ground.  Show some self control and SHUT UP.

As the father of a gay, Mormon son I am glad Roseanne spoke out.  Thanks to the treatment he has received from his Mormon "friends" during prop 8 and after he came out as a gay, he refuses to go in a Mormon church any more.Whether she's right about Marie's son, I don't know.  But she's got it right about the church.

This is a shameful attack on a grieving family with the excuse being "speaking my mind". It is outrageous that Roseanne Barr uses somebodys death to make her own allegations and assumptions. Did she know Marie's son personally to make a judgement? She clearly has an agenda against Mormons and has gone to low levels to promote it. As I understand it Mormons have released statements / documents encouraging its leaders to show compassion and love with a complete inclusivity for people of all sexual orientations. I hope that Roseanne looks at her comments again and realises that they will have only caused upset to the family concerned and she has been found out as a bitter woman against a faith she doesn't believe in. But hey she got some publicity which she undoubtedly wants and needs

What Roseanne said was completely true! I applaud her for having the courage to speak out about it. There are so many young people who take their lives because they are gay and the church teaches them to be self loathing. The ignorance, intolerance, mean spirited nature that continues to be perpetuated by the church is absolutely shameful. These kids are taught from the time they are children to hate gays, being gay is a sin, you're going to hell and on and on, that by the time they are an adult, they have no hope, they hate themselves and have a horrible time coping. Roseanne wasn't blaming Marie, she was blaming the Mormon church and rightfully so. She was pointing out that Marie should take a stand against the church on this issue and Marie being a celebrity, could have a real impact. I don't think the general public realilzes what a serious problem this is! To be honest, they the way the church speaks of gay people, I think they really don't care if gays commit suicide and act as if they should. I'm speaking from an inside point of view, and also from the point of having a family member attempt suicide twice, and the indifferent, judgemental response the church had about those attempts. Unfortunately, on the third try he was successful. You go Roseanne! I'm sure Roseanne does know that her son was gay. To the people attacking Roseanne, she is a very wealthy woman, who has has a very successful career, she doesn't need to do this to generate publicity. She had a top ten show that she owned for a decade, what have you haters toward her done? I like how she is standing up for people that she feels are being bullied!

Rosaenne's opportunity to take pott shots at the Mormon chuch will just add more pain to Marie and her family right now.  Best thing is to offer words of comfort.  If Roseanne has a bone to pick with the Mormon church then take the fight with reference to her own daughter and not someone else's grief and loss.  I suppose if Roseanne gets the chance to bury her own child, she probably has some right to comment on Michael's death but until then, I really can't see nor understand why her comments should make reference to Michael's death. 

"To be honest, they the way the church speaks of gay people, I think they really don't care if gays commit suicide"  To be honest, please give an example of the Church saying they really don't care whether homosexuals commit suicide.  As a life-long active member, I've never heard that.  I have heard instead consistent messages that we should love our homosexual brothers and sisters and show respect -- even/especially during the recent Prop-8 campaign.  Search around in lds(dot)org for examples.

Someone said, Mormon kids are taught to hate themselves if they are gay.  They are taught to hate gays, etc, etc."  I have been LDS for 45 years.  I've attended many wards in 3 different states.  Never, never, never have I heard one hateful thing said about gays.  One of my Bishops 30 years ago had a gay son.  He and his family loved that boy, especially when he found out he had AIDS and later passed away.  Maybe someone in some family said something like that, but that's not the church.  Maybe you think that teaching that homosexuality is a sin, is hating.  I live in San Francisco now and have for years.  Homosexuality is not normal.  Can't you see that?  That does not mean I hate gays.  There are families with gay children in every church and non church situation.  There are gays that commit suicide from every one of these groups of people. Roseanne Barr says that she was molested by her father and remembers it happening when she was 6 months old!  If you believe that, you will believe any thing she says.  I don't.  She has issues with Mormons and she has issues with everyone.  

I tried to kill myself several times because I was gay. I married a man and almost drank and drugged myself to death. My parents were very religious. I divorced after 7 years, got sober, and came out. My parents disowned my for two years after finding out I had a girlfriend. I moved out of the midwest and came to California. I married in October 2008 legally to my gay partner. I have protested at the Mormon Church because of their views and message of hatred. It is killing our youth and almost killed me. Roseanne knows what she is talking about. I know. I almost was one of those statistics. Married and Happy!

Having spent 46 years as an Osmond fan, and almost as many in the LDS (Mormon) Church, Rosanne Barr's comments made me feel uncomfortable, as I can recall the electro-shock treatment which was administered to homosexuals at Brigham Young University.  I think about the homophobic views expressed by my 15 year old daughter after a year of attending early morning seminary, and I squirn when I recall reading about the unusally high suicide rate amoungst young men in Utah compared to the national average.  I do remember reading that Rosanne Barr grew up in Utah and had many mormon friends.  I actually don't think that her comments were meant to hurt, although I'm sure they will.  I think she wanted to open peoples eyes before more kids get hurt.  I wouldn't have made the comments publicly, although, having had first hand experience, I did have the same thoughts.  

When Mormons and Catholics and Baptists begin committing suicide because there are gay people then I will feel sorry for them.