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Feb 5, 2025

3 lawsuits against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We discuss the class action suit, Judson et al v. LDS, the recently tossed case of Huntsman v. LDS, and the civil RICO suit Gaddy v. LDS. Where do they stand? How likely are they to prevail? What are the next steps? We go over them and discuss the implications and steps forward. Then we chat about the 2015 movie Spotlight about the Boston Globe journalists who reported on Cathlolic sex abuse in the early 2000s. We wrap with some happy news about a new solar plant being built in Oregon!

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Show Notes:

Gaddy v. LDS

https://casetext.com/case/gaddy-v-corp-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/utah/utdce/2:2019cv00554/116009/141/

https://becketfund.org/case/gaddy-v-corporation-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.116009/gov.uscourts.utd.116009.135.3.pdf

https://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/75208-gaddy-lawsuit-judgement/page/2/

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-utd-2_19-cv-00554/pdf/USCOURTS-utd-2_19-cv-00554-3.pdf

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16025781/gaddy-v-corporation-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UQYzFYaxc

Judson et al v. LDS

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/utah/utdce/2:2024cv00296/147894

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.912925/gov.uscourts.cacd.912925.1.0_1.pdf

https://casetext.com/case/chappell-v-corp-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-sts/case-details

https://www.abc4.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/01/Judsons_v_Church-et.-al.pdf

Huntsman v. LDS

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/07/21-56056.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0z0RlmuGbs4QHRVQ6byrR4hxtFMJnO3ATZY6_OZoxAa0amlQMV1hjt_u8

https://www.seegerweiss.com/news/lds-church-members-file-class-action-suit-over-misuse-of-donations/

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/litigation-continues-in-federal-actions-alleging-fraud-with-lds-tithings#google_vignette

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/lds-church-federal-court-tithing/

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10324777/james-huntsman-v-corporation-of-the-president/?q=huntsman+v+lds

https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20250131123631/21-56056.pdf

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2025/01/31/huntsman-tithing-lawsuit-dismissed-9th-circuit-panel/

Other related resources:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-267/132540/20200210155952382_19-26719-348tsacNationalRightToWork.pdf

https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/river/workshop9/178594.shtml

https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/religion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Shelby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAOqZHyxbtg

https://www.mormonstories.org/church-on-trial-history-fraud/

https://wasmormon.org/facts-vs-beliefs-no-limit-at-all-on-what-church-is-required-to-teach-or-not-teach/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/121/1327/2505205/

https://www.churchlawcenter.com/church-law/when-churches-own-a-business/

MOGP:

Spotlight (2015): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/?ref_=tttrv_ov

Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/spotlight

Articles:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)

Wired: https://www.wired.com/2015/11/spotlight-journalism-movies/

LA Press Club Veritas award: https://lapressclub.org/veritas/

Happy News:

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/oregon-to-host-nations-largest-solar-plus-storage-installation

Recent Live Show Book Club on Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxAsGWNVXo

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Ep 168 — Terryl and Fiona Givens | The God Who Weeps 0

Jan 22, 2025

It’s time to start a new year and new book for our long-form deep dive reviews of terrible Mormon books. And this one is… not terrible? The Givens present a form of Mormon theology which tries to “make sense of life” and we’re here for any Mormon theology that doesn’t include discrimination, sexism, and anything holding it over from its past. We dive into the introduction and first chapter of the book. But, what would a book review be without some due diligence about the authors? We spend the first portion talking about Terryl and Fiona Givens, their histories, publishing careers, and try to get a sense for what we can expect throughout this book.

Terryl and Fiona Givens:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Givens

https://www.fionagivens.com/about

https://www.patheos.com/topics/2014-religious-trends/mormon/joseph-smith-on-mormon-women-and-the-priesthood-fiona-givens-071014?p=2

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/the-perfect-union-of-man-and-womanreclamation-and-collaboration-in-joseph-smiths-theology-making/

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/missing-and-restoring-meaning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terryl_Givens

https://www.terrylgivens.com/about

https://web.archive.org/web/20110827023337/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705385222/Daniel-Peterson-Terryl-Givens-making-his-mark-in-Mormon-writing.html

https://www.google.com/books/edition/By_the_Hand_of_Mormon/cC_RCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover

https://www.deseret.com/2012/11/15/20509757/scholars-terryl-and-fiona-givens-discuss-life-love-and-their-new-book-the-god-who-weeps/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA7kdkzW09c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yecCget_CNM

Sword of Laman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-go-to-hell.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo

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Ep 167 — Callis, Kimball, Skousen, Gilbert–Utah & BYU Police State | Minority Report 0

Jan 8, 2025

BYU and SLC anti-vice. We discuss the history of Charles A. Callis, his career in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and politics, and his final assignment before death, creating a sexual purity surveillance and counseling/therapy program for Mormons in the 40s. After his death, Spencer W. Kimball took the reins and vastly expanded the reach and purposes of the program, resulting in The Miracle of Forgiveness. Cleon Skousen was running raids on gay clubs and anybody else seen as commie enemies of god’s country. The systems they created have adapted, evolved, and conformed to the times, but never gone away, as evidenced by the recent SL Tribue piece about BYU’s retrenchment and culture of fear. Then we chat about Minority report, a Tom Cruise sci-fi flick with surprisingly profound concepts. We wrap with happy news about the first openly transgender congressperson in American history.

Show Notes:

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/05-the-miracle-of-forgiveness/

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/16-the-cure-2-0/

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/07-salt-lake-city-gay-scene/

https://archive.org/details/spencerwkimballt00kimb/page/271/mode/2up?view=theater

https://ourphoenixfoundation.org/includes/about.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_International

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/gay/individuals?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/transgender/understanding?lang=eng

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/01/05/byu-blue-why-these-are-dark-days/

https://fairnessforall.org/the-utah-compromise/