188: The LDS Church, Proposition 8, BYU, the Daily Universe and Censorship Part 1

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2010

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this 3-part interview, we speak with three important historical figures in the history of Proposition 8: Laura Compton - Co-founder of Mormons for Marriage, a pro-gay marriage movement within Mormonism. Morris Thurston - A Harvard trained lawyer and opponent to Proposition 8, and Cary Crall - A BYU student whose letter to the editor discussing Prop 8 motives was censored by the Daily Universe All of these guests are active members of the LDS church. During the interview we also take calls from listeners.

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0:14.0	Hello and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast.
0:19.0	My name is John DeLin. I am your host and I'm very excited to have a bunch of you with us today online.
0:26.0	We're streaming live on the internet.
0:28.0	You can, you know, those of you who have found this podcast are finding it through MormonStories.org.
0:34.0	But we have with us today some very special guests. I have with me Carrie Crawl.
0:40.0	Carrie, welcome to Mormon Stories.
0:42.0	Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here.
0:45.0	And we also have Morris Thurston. Morris, welcome to Mormon Stories.
0:49.0	Thanks, John. My pleasure.
0:52.0	All right. Well, so I guess this podcast is a long time coming.
0:59.0	So Morris and Carrie, again, thank you so much for joining us.
1:03.0	We are also hoping to have Laura Compton here as well.
1:06.0	And we're hoping to patch her in soon.
1:08.0	But let me just begin by saying that this podcast is long overdue.
1:13.0	Proposition 8 happened quite a long time ago.
1:16.0	Morris, how long has it been since Proposition 8 went down? Has it been over a year?
1:20.0	Yes, definitely. A couple years?
1:23.0	Well, the vote was probably less than two years.
1:28.0	But when it first was up and people were campaigning for it was probably two years or more ago, actually more.
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