962: Sam Young's Hunger Strike to Protect LDS Children Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Bishop Sam Young is no stranger to Mormon Stories, and in these episodes we meet with Sam again to discuss his decision to escalate his cause to protect LDS children by attempting a 21-day hunger strike and daily spotlight near Temple Square. We discuss the purpose of Sam’s hunger strike and allow him the opportunity to discuss the effectiveness of his latest actions to end one-on-one interviews between clergy and youth behind closed doors, and in asking questions of a sexual nature. Sam also discusses the 29 questions he has compiled of questions individuals have been asked behind closed doors of an inappropriate and pornographic nature. We then ask Sam what his next steps will be if his escalation does not bring about the desired change.
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| 1:27.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host, |
| 1:30.0 | John DeLin. It's August 9th, 2018 and we are broadcasting to you today live from our |
| 1:38.0 | Open Stories Foundation slash Mormon Stories studios in Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm Dr. John DeLin, |
| 1:45.0 | the host of Mormon Stories podcast. And today we are bringing back guests on Mormon Stories podcast, |
| 1:51.0 | we're bringing back Bishop Sam Young, a dear friend of mine. Sam and my dad were business partners |
| 1:59.0 | with Bartir Systems Incorporated, which was a company back in the 80s in Houston. But Sam Young |
| 2:05.0 | has gone on to become an activist within Mormonism, progressive Mormonism, specifically first around |
| 2:14.0 | this sort of notion of common consent and voting opposed and sustaining that sort of thing. |
| 2:22.0 | He's quickly moved his attention to protecting LDS children and these interviews where children are asked, |
| 2:30.0 | sexually explicit questions while alone with with Bishop's and Stake Presidents and Bishop Rick Members behind closed doors. |
| 2:40.0 | And we've covered Sam throughout his initiative and we're now at maybe the most dramatic phase of his work so far. |
| 2:52.0 | We've seen him put together a petition that started out with a few thousand signatures. Last I heard we're up to 55,000 or more. |
| 3:00.0 | Sam can give us the update on that. We did a series on Mormon Stories podcast on sexually explicit interviews and how they |
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