THIS IS PART 2 of a panel discussion.
Recently, Mike Norton aka NewNameNoah presented an expansion of information that was previously presented regarding McKenna Denson when she came forward with allegations of rape at the hands of the Missionary Training Center president in the 80’s, Joseph Bishop. This further information, and the manner in which Norton presented it has erupted a firestorm of controversy in both the ExMormon and the Mormon communities as people grapple with feelings of betrayal, rage, anger, and disgust. Neither one of these players is getting a free pass. Lesley Butterfield, Bryce Blankenagel, and our fresh panelist Janelle Brinton and I all create a diverse panel with differing opinions on how to digest this controversy, whether rage or compassion is appropriate, and how this could have been handled differently. If you’d like to watch rather than listen, head on over to Patreon for the video of this panel, where it was early released!
Links mentioned in this episode:
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- Part 1: MHH Ep79
- FULL VIDEO of this panel RE: McKenna-geddon on Patreon
- MormonLeaks: Original leaked recording of McKenna confronting Joseph Bishop
- Mike Norton aka NewNameNoah’s video presentation of McKenna’s dossier
- Blog article containing archived link of Mike’s phone call to McKenna
- Episode art found HERE
- VENMO for Mormon Happy Hour one time donations
- Music by bensound.com and by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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This week Colleen brings 3 guests on to discuss several hot topics in Mormonism. First up, Blaire Ostler, a queer Mormon woman, takes on the Exclusion Policy addition to both the Missionary and Seminary manuals. Second, Marie Kent from My Book of Mormon Podcast hashes out Utah Prop 2, the legalization of medical marijuana. And lastly, New Name Noah Mike Norton gives us an update on what we should be calling the church formerly known as The Mormons. Don’t miss Mike’s upcoming plans for Sam Young’s pending excommunication for asking the LDS Church to stop asking children sexually explicit questions. But those can only be found with all the other full-length videos on our Patreon page!
Mike Norton drops by Mormon Happy Hour to share all the exciting details of his arrest at the Jordan River Temple in Utah on his 50th birthday, June 29th, 2018. He also ends with a show-and-tell of a few things he’s found in his old storage unit in SLC, including his very first homemade undercover camera contraption.
(10:05min -24:50min) Content Warning: Rape and sexual predators discussed