{"id":1337,"date":"2007-09-27T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/09\/meet-todd-survivors-gay-mormon.html"},"modified":"2007-09-27T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T16:15:23","slug":"meet-todd-survivors-gay-mormon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/09\/meet-todd-survivors-gay-mormon.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet Todd, &#8216;Survivor&#8217;s&#8217; Gay Mormon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToddHerzogpicforIC.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/ToddHerzogpicforIC.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"194\" style=\"float:right;margin: 5px\">Now in its 20th season (can you believe it?) on CBS, &#8220;Survivor&#8221; still has some tricks up its sleeve. This season, the show is set in China, and incorporates many new twists like a &#8220;kidnapping&#8221; stunt.<br \/>\nHowever, some habits die hard. &#8220;Survivor&#8221; has come under fire before for its casting practices. They have openly recruited cast members (including this season&#8217;s Ashley, who is a wrestler for the WWE) and have a disproportionate amount of struggling actor\/bartenders or actor\/massage therapists from the LA area. &#8220;Survivor&#8221; also loves to cast people who fulfill stereotypes, and China is no exception. Meet Todd Herzog, this season&#8217;s gay guy. Who is also Mormon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIn the past, many gay male contestants on &#8220;Survivor&#8221; have been portrayed as prissy, backstabbing divas. Todd isn&#8217;t the first gay man to appear on the show&#8211;in fact, a gay Mormon man named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/primetime\/survivor11\/survivors\/bio_rafe.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Rafe<\/a> made it to third place on &#8220;Survivor: Guatemala.&#8221; But Todd, a flight attendant, is an early favorite this season, and he&#8217;s very open about discussing his religion. Several prominent LDS publications have already started criticizing Todd, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_6986920\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt Lake Tribune<\/a>, who questioned Todd&#8217;s love of drinking coffee, which is prohibited for Mormons. In fact, the article argues, if he&#8217;s openly gay, can he even be considered a Mormon at all?<br \/>\nIn a country that can&#8217;t stop talking about Mitt Romney&#8217;s faith or the recent Warren Jeffs trial, Todd is a valuable asset to &#8220;Survivor,&#8221; a show that tries hard to remain topical. As for whether he&#8217;ll be edited to look more like a &#8220;prissy diva,&#8221; well&#8230; that&#8217;s yet to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now in its 20th season (can you believe it?) on CBS, &#8220;Survivor&#8221; still has some tricks up its sleeve. This season, the show is set in China, and incorporates many new twists like a &#8220;kidnapping&#8221; stunt. However, some habits die hard. &#8220;Survivor&#8221; has come under fire before for its casting practices. 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