Signing for Something

Signing for Something

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Dana K. Dahl, Las Vegas, Nevada – Rear View Mirror

Posted on December 21, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

Rear View Mirror Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda seem to be a pretty good mantra for my views into the past of being LDS. It all seems so surreal in the rearview mirror that now, eight years later it feels a little strange to think I EVER belonged. (Do the Wayne’s World dream move…. dooodooodooodoo, dooodooodoodoo) When […]

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Billie Christiansen, Kaysville, UT – resignation

Posted on December 17, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

After carefully studying LDS church history I know longer believe the church is “true” I never formally resigned from the church, as I knew I would still be counted as a member in the numbers of church membership. My reasons for not believing are atattached to this letter. The Mormon church’s active campaign against civil […]

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Carol Bastian, Mountain View, CA – Resigning – Ashamed of LDS Church

Posted on December 10, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

I was sent this website by a relative I am close to who is homosexual. I am resigning from the LDS church and here is part of my letter. I am so sad at the way he and every gay person has been treated and will no longer allow myself to be associated with the […]

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David Johnson, Roswell GA – Treating all people with dignity, I resign

Posted on December 10, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

I, David Johnson, formally resign from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, effective immediately. As a legal adult, I have never consented to membership in the church and I withdraw any consent that can be inferred from my membership as a child. It has come to my attention that I am currently on […]

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Steven Ladd Jones, Newhall, CA – Resignation Letter

Posted on December 7, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

To Whom It May Concern: This letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it is effective immediately. I hereby withdraw my consent to being treated as a member and I withdraw my consent to being subject to church rules, policies, beliefs and ‘discipline’. As I am no […]

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Oppose Proposition 8 But Oppose Hate As Well.

Posted on November 13, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

Several days ago our committee was saddened to see a picture of the LDS Temple in LA with the word “bigots” scrawled in pink across one of its gates. One of our committee members called to express condolences to the Temple President, Grant R. Brimhall, and to inquire if there was any way we could […]

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Captain Moroni, Zion – The scriptures need changing now…

Posted on November 12, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

Maybe they should be altered to read… “Greater love hath no men than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”…unless they are gay “We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions […]

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Lea Christensen-Martin, Grand Blanc, MI – letter

Posted on November 10, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

Fifteen years ago I had a brother. He was funny, creative, talented, intelligent and handsome. But he was suffering. He never shared with his family the fact that he was homosexual and had AIDS. He suffered in silence because we were Mormon. He would come home to visit sometimes when he was sick. He told […]

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Protest Scheduled – Friday, 6 pm – Salt Lake City

Posted on November 7, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

A protest against LDS Church support for California’s Proposition 8 is scheduled for Friday, 6 p.m., at North Temple and State Street in Salt Lake City. If Jacob Whipple gets what he’s hoping for, at least 1,000 Utahns will turn out Friday night to protest the involvement of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]

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Protest Scheduled – Friday, 6 pm – Salt Lake City

Posted on November 7, 2008November 6, 2019 by Ricky Hill

A protest against LDS Church support for California’s Proposition 8 is scheduled for Friday, 6 p.m., at North Temple and State Street in Salt Lake City. If Jacob Whipple gets what he’s hoping for, at least 1,000 Utahns will turn out Friday night to protest the involvement of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]

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