Posted on 07/15/2008 6:33:19 PM PDT by yorkie
The creator of the beefcake calendar on my desk that has struck some of my male colleagues speechless has been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Chad Hardy, the creator of a 2008 calendar that featured topless male Mormon missionaries, was ousted from the church this week after a disciplinary hearing with Nevada church leaders.
"I have no regrets,” said Hardy, 31, a sixth-generation Mormon who conceived the calendar as a way to spark healthy dialogue about expectations imposed by the church and to soften the image of missionaries around the world.
The ''Men on a Mission" calendar, which has sold nearly 10,000 copies and raised thousands of dollars for charity, featured pictures of 12 former missionaries baring their torsos for the camera.
The calendar also featured smaller photographs of the men in traditional missionary uniform and short profiles about their religious beliefs.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com ...
Cult update.
This thread is useless without a photo.
what happens now? no heaven for him or what?
No heaven for him?
Well, after he dies, he can still be “prayed” into heaven, can’t he? Pay the money, reserve the Temple. Bingo. He’s in. Calendar pin-up or not!!!!
I guess it also answers the question of whether they play "Shirts and Skins" in intramural team sports at BYU...
Damn radicals...
Saw the picture, nice looking young man.
What was the problem? Was it because he was bare chested?
I have a cousin who is homosexual and out and his ward could not care any less than they do, yet this guy gets the boot. Seems strange, anyone have a reason for this drastic reaction from ldsers leaders.
You can see the photos, here, on the right side of the page. It shows young men with bared chests - nothing more.
http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/mormon_hunks_2009#15481
“what happens now? no heaven for him or what?”
I suspect that if he repents, he will be forgiven. If not, not.
ping
Except for the fact it looks like a calendar you would buy in the Castro (San Francisco) they are nice looking young men.
The question is, (I believe), why was Chad Hardy excommunicated?
Mormons have a lot more to worry about than a little soft porn. And then again why was Mr. Marriot who invests in hardcore porn not excommunicated? Good tithing practices perhaps?
LOL! (See post #9)
Well it does all revolve around “The Profit”
Hey - where’s their magic underwear?
Cause Mr Romney had so in what the Marriot hotels can place on their tv for “adults”..
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