LDS Apostle Targets LGBT Temple Goers?

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Bill Reel

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4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Tonight on Mormon Newscast: LDS Temple Training Raises Eyebrows Over Possible LGBTQ Targeting In our lead story, we dive into concerning reports about recent temple worker training in the LDS Church—allegedly singling out LGBTQ members in ways that raise serious questions about inclusion and policy enforcement. What exactly is being taught behind closed temple doors?… Read More »LDS Apostle Targets LGBT Temple Goers?

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. Welcome to the Mormon. I almost couldn't even say it, the Mormon newscast. I'm Rebecca Bidliateka. I am joined by my colleagues Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon. It is Monday, July 21st of 2025. We're going to begin with Bill, giving us a little tribute to somebody that we've lost from our community.
0:21.6	All right.
0:22.0	So folks, Steve Benson, and this is a person that everyone should know.
0:27.7	I imagine there's a lot of younger post-Mormons or deep-thinking Latter-day Saints who
0:33.5	aren't aware of who Steve Benson is.
0:35.0	But Steve Benson passed away this week.
0:38.1	He was a Pulitzer wedding cartoonist.
0:40.1	He passed away at the age of 71.
0:42.3	It was noted here in the New York Times.
0:44.2	By the way, he made The New York Times, which speaks volumes about the influence that he had on the world.
0:49.3	With National Reach, he won the prize in 1993 and was a finalist for it for other times while at the Arizona
0:56.0	Republic. Some of his work rankled his own Mormon community. I'll just note here, we're sad to
1:01.7	announce the passing of Steve Benson on July 8th, 2025. Steve was a gifted editorial cartoonist
1:07.6	who Sharp Witt earned him the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 in a place in the
1:12.4	national spotlight. Born into a prominent LDS family, grandson of church president
1:16.8	Ezra Tapp Benson, he was raised in the framework of faith in a conservative
1:21.4	values home, but increasingly charted his own path, beginning at the Arizona Republic.
1:27.4	In 1980, he rose to prominence, challenging the powerful and stirring readers with bold imagery
1:32.2	from lampooning, Arizona Governor Evan Meacham, to provoking national discourse on issues
1:37.6	like capital punishment.
1:39.4	In a journey marked by both conviction and rupture Benson publicly left the LDS Church
1:44.0	in 93, following his
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