1853: Mormon Church Hires LGBT Ally as Head Spokesman - The Mormon Newscast Ep. 5
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week we tackle the polarizing news that the Mormon church has hired an LGBTQ ally, the Church makes a brewing company change the name of a beer, Chad Daybell's legal counsel withdraws due to lack of funds, and new criminal allegations emerge against controversial Mormon figure Tim Ballard.
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| 0:25.6 | Newscast, where we cover breaking news stories relating |
| 0:28.9 | to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:32.2 | Today's date is January 15, 2024. |
| 0:35.7 | Our lead story for tonight will be covered |
| 0:37.6 | by our man on the street, Dr. John Delinn. |
| 0:40.5 | Dr. Delinn. |
| 0:41.5 | Thank you, RFM. Okay, so today the leading story is Mormon Church hires LGBT ally as head spokesman. |
| 0:51.6 | Welcome to the Mormon newscast. |
| 0:53.7 | Deseret News just a few days ago reported that Aaron Sharinian |
| 0:58.0 | is a longtime global communication specialist |
| 1:01.1 | and was introduced Tuesday as the new head of public affairs and media |
| 1:05.4 | relations for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And of course we're all |
| 1:11.5 | wondering if the Tim Ballard, Russell and Ballard, |
| 1:15.0 | Em Russell Ballard, Fiesco was the cause. |
| 1:19.0 | But what's most interesting is for the focus of today we're going to be talking about how sort of |
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