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Modesty, Mormon Style...Doves and Serpents Post

Heather at Doves and Serpents writes about a disturbing article in The Friend geared towards the smallest members. It is a lesson in modesty. The subject of the story is a four-year-old girl.

She writes:

Reading this story–written for an audience that includes my children (ages 8, 11, and 14)–made me feel like a member of a freakish cult that hypersexualizes its preschool
children girls rather than a member of a beautiful (and sometimes weird) religious tradition that has brought a lot of blessings and meaning to my life.

This is not an easy point to discuss, but this must be discussed. This is not about slamming the Church. This is not anti-Mormon rhetoric. This is important.

Thank you, Heather, for speaking up about this. Read her post here.

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