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Calendar boy excommunicated from Mormon church
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 15, 2008 | Staff

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 ...


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KEYWORDS: beefcake; ldschurch; mormonmissionaries
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1 posted on 07/15/2008 6:33:19 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie

Cult update.


2 posted on 07/15/2008 6:35:52 PM PDT by Patrick1
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To: Patrick1

This thread is useless without a photo.


3 posted on 07/15/2008 6:38:12 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (The elephant has fallen and it can't get up.)
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To: yorkie

what happens now? no heaven for him or what?


4 posted on 07/15/2008 6:40:56 PM PDT by Selmore (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.)
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To: Selmore

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!!!!


5 posted on 07/15/2008 6:43:36 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (The elephant has fallen and it can't get up.)
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To: i_dont_chat
I'd turn the other cheek for him anyday.......


6 posted on 07/15/2008 6:43:47 PM PDT by TightyRighty (I enjoy well-mannered frivolity.)
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To: yorkie
Man, I hope none of them were drinking coffee during the shoot, they will burn for sure...

I guess it also answers the question of whether they play "Shirts and Skins" in intramural team sports at BYU...

Damn radicals...

7 posted on 07/15/2008 6:44:37 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: yorkie

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.


8 posted on 07/15/2008 6:45:16 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: i_dont_chat

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


9 posted on 07/15/2008 6:46:12 PM PDT by yorkie ( Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....It's about learning to dance in the rain.)
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To: Selmore

“what happens now? no heaven for him or what?”

I suspect that if he repents, he will be forgiven. If not, not.


10 posted on 07/15/2008 6:47:10 PM PDT by Old Student (We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
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11 posted on 07/15/2008 6:47:22 PM PDT by TightyRighty (I enjoy well-mannered frivolity.)
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To: Lady Jag

ping


12 posted on 07/15/2008 6:48:20 PM PDT by yorkie ( Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....It's about learning to dance in the rain.)
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To: yorkie

Except for the fact it looks like a calendar you would buy in the Castro (San Francisco) they are nice looking young men.


13 posted on 07/15/2008 6:49:31 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: svcw

The question is, (I believe), why was Chad Hardy excommunicated?


14 posted on 07/15/2008 6:51:05 PM PDT by yorkie ( Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....It's about learning to dance in the rain.)
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To: yorkie

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?


16 posted on 07/15/2008 6:56:41 PM PDT by whatisthetruth
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To: Morgana

LOL! (See post #9)


17 posted on 07/15/2008 6:59:10 PM PDT by yorkie ( Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....It's about learning to dance in the rain.)
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To: whatisthetruth

Well it does all revolve around “The Profit”


18 posted on 07/15/2008 6:59:24 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: yorkie

Hey - where’s their magic underwear?


19 posted on 07/15/2008 7:04:08 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit (He's eating my brain. I can feel it.)
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To: whatisthetruth; All

Cause Mr Romney had so in what the Marriot hotels can place on their tv for “adults”..


20 posted on 07/15/2008 7:06:00 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Barak Obama: The Candidate of Clarification)
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