Mormon Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
March 12th, 2020
Brigham Young University showed signs of LGBT acceptance - Briefly. The school updated their handbook to allow behavior showing same-sex affection (like handholding), then a month later, suddenly reversed that directive.
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January 10th, 2020
An Oregon woman is suing the Mormon Church for $10 million in damages, arguing the church shouldn't have reported her husband's confession of child sexual abuse to the police, and instead kept things within the church.
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January 3rd, 2020
The Mormon Church officially pulled 400,000 youth from the Boy Scouts, citing that group's acceptance of LGBT members and leaders. The LDS Church will create its own organization, with greater emphasis on religion.
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August 16th, 2019
Adding to the ever-growing list of banned substances, the Mormon church has officially ruled that vaping is prohibited in the Words of Wisdom. The move comes as many young Mormons believe they can 'get around' the Words of Wisdom by vaping. Vaping joins tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, coffee, and tea on the list of forbidden substances.
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April 19th, 2019
As higher education institutions face a reckoning over sexual violence on campus, some Brigham Young University students say they are actually being punished by the school for reporting their own sexual assaults.
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November 13th, 2018
Dozens of states exempt members of the clergy from having to report sexual abuse crimes disclosed to them during confession. In light of recent bombshell reports, is it time for that to change?
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October 15th, 2018
Breaking with its own longstanding prohibition on substances of all types – including alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and even coffee – LDS leadership has reluctantly sided with pot activists to back legislation allowing medical marijuana to be sold in Utah.
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September 20th, 2018
After 15 years behind bars, Wanda Barzee is a free woman. One of the notorious Elizabeth Smart kidnappers, Barzee walked out of prison yesterday and spent her first evening of freedom in a Salt Lake City hotel room rantings about religious scriptures, according to reports.
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February 13th, 2018
Despite its supposed "zero tolerance" stance on domestic abuse, it would seem the Church of Latter Day Saints really dropped the ball this time. Two female members of the church – who both happen to be ex-wives of White House staff secretary Rob Porter – claim LDS officials tried to cover up abuse they faced at the hands of Porter.
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