For everyone who thinks that Kate Kelly was in the wrong, I ask you to read the following and then ask yourself if your view is maybe dogmatic. Since, if you can be on the side of God a year in advance of God—but God is eternal and unchanging—maybe youre getting inspiration from God before all fifteen men who lead the Mormon church are getting it. Particularly since they are not retreating to the temple tower to pray and discuss it together. Maybe aligning yourself with justice and righteousness is more important than strict obedience and following men into darkness. 1885: LDS church publicly condemns and releases Bishop John Sharp for renouncing polygamy 1890: LDS church renounces polygamy 1942: LDS church excommunicates Helmuth Huebner, who was arrested for opposing Hitler and was waiting execution 1946: Huebner is posthumously reinstated with note excommunicated by mistake 1977: LDS Church excommunicates Byron Merchant and Douglas A Wallace for opposing LDS ban on Blacks receiving the priesthood 1978: LDS church discontinues ban on Blacks receiving the priesthood 2014: LDS church excommunicates Kate Kelly for requesting revelation on womens ordination 20??: LDS Church ordains women Edited to give credit to Hugo Sunstone Olaiz for putting together this timeline. Here are his references: For John Sharp is Van Wagoners wonderful book on Mormon Polygamy, pp. 183-185. For Helmuth Hubener, the source is Sunstone magazine, Nov-Dec 1980, pp. 20-29. Link: goo.gl/AmD2Df For the 1977 excommunications of two Mormons who believed in ordaining black people, theres a story in The Star News, 15 Oct 1977, page 20. Link: goo.gl/wGQBld
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