Mormon Excommunicated/Kicked Out of BYU For Naked Pictures Of Missionaries

[Aelwynn]

SALT LAKE CITY — Brigham Young University has yanked the diploma of a man who created a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries and was later excommunicated from the church.

Chad Hardy of Las Vegas attended graduation ceremonies Aug. 15 after finishing up his last four units of study online in June. But on July 13, in between completing his studies and the graduation ceremony, he was excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A Sept. 30 letter from Norman B. Finlinson, the school's executive director of student academic and advisement services, said a nonacademic hold was placed on Hardy's record after the church-owned university learned of the excommunication.

"If in the future you are reinstated as a member of the church in good standing, you are invited to contact my office regarding your possible eligibility for the awarding of a degree," Finlinson wrote.

Hardy, 31, plans to challenge the school's decision.

"I intend to fight this tooth-and-nail," said Hardy, who learned about the hold a month after graduation.

For reasons of confidentiality, BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said she couldn't discuss Hardy's specific case. But Jenkins said all universities require students to be in good standing before a diploma is issued.

At BYU, that includes abiding by an honor code that dictates student conduct and behavior standards that mirror the religious principles of the church.

"We do make it clear that even though a student is cleared to walk at graduation, a student must still be in good standing from an academic point of view and an honor code point of view," she said.

Hardy's excommunication for conduct unbecoming a church member was rooted in his failure to pay tithing, a lapse in other religious obligations and, according to Las Vegas regional church elder Frank E. Davie, his involvement with the 2008 "Men on a Mission" calendar.

Hardy's calendar sold nearly 11,000 copies and features 12 returned church missionaries in mostly modest poses, minus their trademark white shirts, ties and black plastic name badges.

The calendar was intended to shake up the stuffy, cookie-cutter stereotype often associated with Mormons, Hardy said.

News reports of his excommunication helped sales of the 2008 calendar and have landed Hardy larger U.S. and international distribution contracts for the just-released 2009 edition, which carries a disclaimer that it is not directly affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Ok personal opinion since I am LDS. When you go to BYU you are told what rules to follow etc. He knew the rules and broke them. If he would have just asked a bishop or member of the college for permission, this would not have been an issue. But since he didn't ask and lied about it, he's being punished.

Anyone else, opinions?

[Nell]

Hahahahaha! Mormons are so wack. They excommunicated for shirtless pics and my ex husband has a girlfriend move in with my boys, next door to my parents and my girls, and it is all good.

[Unamused Cat]

Meow Baby!

~

[Dakota Valkyrie]

The designer of a Mormon beefcake calendar has met with Brigham Young University officials in an attempt to secure his diploma, which was withheld last fall.

Chad Hardy was denied his diploma from BYU in September, a month after walking through graduation ceremonies.

Officials said a non-academic hold on Hardy's diploma was the result of his excommunication from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU is a private university owned by the Mormon church.

Hardy was excommunicated from the church in July after a disciplinary hearing with local church officials in Las Vegas, where he lives.

Hardy maintains the punishment was for his role in producing "Men on a Mission," a 2008 calendar that featured photos of shirtless returned church missionaries.

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/loc...Y_zW3TniQ.cspx

"Men on a Mission" 2009 calendar: http://www.mormonsexposed.com/

[swivel]

You can fuck baby girls but you have to keep your shirt on?

[Athena]

Good lookin' out, Dakota. No... Really.

I once assisted in the escape of an 18 year old from the mormon church in Utah. He was a member of the message board I belonged to at the time, and he got passed from one member to the other through Nevada, California and Oregon until he came to rest at my place in Seattle. He stayed with us, rent free, until he could get on his feet. Good kid. Tried to pay us back after the fact, but I wouldn't let him. Helping kids escape the church was a cause I was happy to donate to.

[Nell]

Lol Swivel.

On a side note, I love when I find random posts of mine that Wynn groaned. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that she thought of me.

[Dr. Salvador]

just for the public record:

Mormons are the single most retarded sect of xianity in existance. I wish we could declare war on Utah and destroy them all.

and yet, i am DOWN with polygamy.

[Death Bed]

I heard that what's her face, Eliza Dushku is Mormon. I would most certainly like to see her naked.

I wonder if the guys in the photoshoot went commando or if they had on their "sacred undergarments".

[Dakota Valkyrie]

If I had a calendar with youngsters on it, I would get this one.
Guess I will have to settle for cats... or the free one from the feed supply store.

[Death Bed]

I got mine from the Bell Arthur Water Co.

Or Wilkerson's Funeral Home.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I got mine from the Bell Arthur Water Co.

Or Wilkerson's Funeral Home.

Don't forget the stick-up one for the car...

[moonlilly1981]

mormons are a wacked out cult. Nothing more nothing less except the ATF dosnt get involved cause they are legal 'bah'.

PS I got my calander from A.C. Schultes cause they are influent to effluent

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Brigham Young University dean has denied an appeal to release a hold on the diploma the creator of a Mormon beefcake calendar says he earned.
[...]
In a letter from Heperi received Monday, the dean says he was not persuaded to make an exception to university policy and give Hardy his diploma.

Heperi says Hardy's refusal to answer some questions about his life since leaving BYU in 2002 and the present were a factor in the decision.

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/loc...wIlQfcKjA.cspx