He says — and the national media compliantly echo his claim — that he was excommunicated because of his support for the ordination of women and for the redefinition of marriage.
But the official letter from his stake president doesn’t seem to bear out his claim:
http://www.deseretnews.com/media/pdf/1484938.pdf
It scarcely matters, though. The media like his narrative better than the Church’s.
In other news: “Mormon professor once again denied Nobel Prize for Physics!”
And the individual in question would be . . . me.
Moreover, it’s all completely true: I’m a Mormon, I’m a professor, and, year after year, the Nobel committee has demonstrably failed to grant me the Physics prize.
In much the same way, John Dehlin advocates the ordination of women and the redefinition of marriage, and he’s been excommunicated.
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