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Historic events in New Mormon History on 10/15
1966: A Church News article that current non-U.S. LDS chapels "range in architectural style from modern tile and stucco structures in Managua, Nicaragua, to the native-built 'Choza' made from plam trunks, limgs, and coconut fronds." However, as part of the Correlation Program's drive for church-wide uniformity, headquarters soon requires that chapels throughout the world be modeled on those in Utah. In Latin America this makes LDS chapels visual symbols of the often-hated "gringo" power and wealth.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1970: The Deseret News ceases advertising films rated "X" or "R."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1977: Church News feature story that "three LDS men serve their community as members of the five-man committee that controls and regulates the state's [Nevada's] billion-dollar-a-year casino industry."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1982: A First Presidency instruction to all stake and mission leaders that letters from church members "indicate clearly that some local leaders have been delving into private, sensitive matters beyond the scope of what is appropriate... Also, you should never inquire into personal, intimate matters involving marital relations between a man and his wife." The letter continues that even if a church member volunteers such intimate information, "you should not pursue the matter but should merely suggest that if the member has enough anxiety about the propriety of the conduct to ask about it, the best course would be to discontinue it." In response to widespread complaints from married couples being asked if they have oral sex, this returns the First Presidency's stance to what it was prior to the presidency of Spencer W. Kimball, now incapacitated.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1996: Boyd K. Packer, the Twelve's acting-president, tells a BYU devotional assembly that bishops should exercise strict control over LDS funerals because families are conducting funerals where "we hear about the deceased instead of the Atonement." The Deseret News notes that he speaks about "unwritten laws" of church conduct, but does not quote or paraphrase Apostle Packer's statements against the content of LDS funerals by grieving families.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
1966: A Church News article that current non-U.S. LDS chapels "range in architectural style from modern tile and stucco structures in Managua, Nicaragua, to the native-built 'Choza' made from plam trunks, limgs, and coconut fronds." However, as part of the Correlation Program's drive for church-wide uniformity, headquarters soon requires that chapels throughout the world be modeled on those in Utah. In Latin America this makes LDS chapels visual symbols of the often-hated "gringo" power and wealth.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1970: The Deseret News ceases advertising films rated "X" or "R."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1977: Church News feature story that "three LDS men serve their community as members of the five-man committee that controls and regulates the state's [Nevada's] billion-dollar-a-year casino industry."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1982: A First Presidency instruction to all stake and mission leaders that letters from church members "indicate clearly that some local leaders have been delving into private, sensitive matters beyond the scope of what is appropriate... Also, you should never inquire into personal, intimate matters involving marital relations between a man and his wife." The letter continues that even if a church member volunteers such intimate information, "you should not pursue the matter but should merely suggest that if the member has enough anxiety about the propriety of the conduct to ask about it, the best course would be to discontinue it." In response to widespread complaints from married couples being asked if they have oral sex, this returns the First Presidency's stance to what it was prior to the presidency of Spencer W. Kimball, now incapacitated.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1996: Boyd K. Packer, the Twelve's acting-president, tells a BYU devotional assembly that bishops should exercise strict control over LDS funerals because families are conducting funerals where "we hear about the deceased instead of the Atonement." The Deseret News notes that he speaks about "unwritten laws" of church conduct, but does not quote or paraphrase Apostle Packer's statements against the content of LDS funerals by grieving families.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
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