Shirtless Mormons calendar gets man in trouble

[Raster]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/11/shirtless.mormons.ap/index.html

The "Men on a Mission" calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A Las Vegas man who devised a calendar that features shirtless Mormon missionaries is facing a disciplinary hearing and possible excommunication because of the project. Chad Hardy was summoned by letter to a Sunday meeting with a council of elders to discuss his "conduct unbecoming a member of the church."

A copy of the letter from Frank E. Davie, the senior leader over a group of Mormon congregations in the Las Vegas area, was provided to The Associated Press. It was sent early this week, days before the 2009 version of the "Men on a Mission" calendar went to press, Hardy said in a telephone interview.

A takeoff on calendars of firefighters and returned U.S. servicemen, Hardy's project debuted with a 2008 calendar featuring 12 returned church missionaries in mostly modest poses, minus their trademark white shirts, ties and black plastic name badges. It has sold nearly 10,000 copies.

"You see more in a JCPenney catalog," said Hardy, 31, who once worked for Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller and now has his own entertainment company. "I just feel like my right to free speech is being violated."

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I WANT this calendar!

[monmouth]

1. Wow, it's okay to have sex/rape young little girls, but shirtless

men is verboten? Dear god, it just writes itself doesn't it?

[HereSince1628]

4. Yeah, Mormons, like Muslims, are all the same, too.

Not. FLDS and LDS get along about as well as Sunnis and Shiites

[Kali]

10. you said it

I'm not a fan of the church (or any for that matter) but I know a lot of 'em and yeah...NOT.

[elehhhhna]

2. What,? No magic underwear garment? Uh oh!

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a few other sects of Mormonism, the temple garment is a set of special underwear worn by male and female Latter-day Saints who have taken part in the washing and anointing ceremony in a Mormon temple.

Latter-day Saints who have been endowed in the temple are expected to wear the garment under their clothes every day, as a reminder of special promises or covenants to God. On a practical level, it also serves as a guide to modest dressing — a woman could hardly wear a tank top and a miniskirt while wearing the temple garment, nor could a man go publicly shirtless

http://www.religionfacts.com/mormonism/practices/temple_garment.htm

[KamaAina]

8. Is that codpiece meant to imply something about Mormon men?!

:wtf:

[TahitiNut]

11. Hard to look at that and imagine ...

... Donny and Marie. :silly: :dunce:

[Lifetimedem]

14. Thanks

I just posted about that ...glad you had a pic

[Hekate]

20. Hmm. My uncle's shirt had little patches over the nipples. My aunt refused to discuss it with my mom

What can I say? We lived in Hawaii and they came through a couple of times on their way to and from missions in Samoa and Korea. Auntie did their washing and hung it out in the sun -- that's how my non-Mormon mother got to see the magic undies.

As for the women's garments pictured -- that is some ugly stuff.

Hekate

[elehhhhna]

29. little patches over the nipples???! What? Doesn't God approve of shirt-pockets

So it's assumed that the sight of your uncles nips would drive a gal insane w/ lust, right? EUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. lol.

[CreekDog]

37. how does a church that requires those undergarments have such a high birth rate?

:wtf:

[dsc]

3. I know I will go to Hell for it

but I do have a thing for Mormon missionaries. So many of them are so cute.

[newmajority]

5. If you get a Mormon missionary who becomes the God of his own planet

He could keep you out of Hell O8)

[Raster]

6. I'll be joining you at The Fire Pit.

I have a thing for Mormom missionaries also. They don't even come to my house anymore!

[izquierdista]

28. That's it!

Barely over the age of consent and you are on them like a duck on a June bug. I'm afraid we're going to have to confiscate your copy of 'Latter Days' (if you haven't worn it out, that is). :spank:

[Raster]

30. Spank. Me. Harder.

[KamaAina]

7. Shirtless Mormon missionaries?

How could you tell them apart from, y'know, regular people? It's the starched white shirt that's the dead giveaway!

[LeftyMom]

13. Bike helmets?

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

16. In NOLA they rode the bus

no helmets required, even for those pothole-ridden streets...

[pitohui]

24. must depend on what area in nola you lived

in gentilly they absolutely rode their bikes

if they'd come with shirts off i might have been a little more interested in what they were selling :evilgrin:

[Raster]

25. Pardon me, is that a urim & thummim in your pocket...

...or are you just glad to see me?

[pitohui]

27. tee hee EOM

,

[KamaAina]

34. Right up by the end of the streetcar line

where service finally came back, two weeks ago!!

The (shirted) Mormons and I were pretty much the only Caucasians spotted on the S. Claiborne bus... and no, it wouldn't have mattered about the shirts; they were guys, after all.

[newmajority]

21. Would they tape their engraved nametags to their bare chests?

:shrug:

[Hekate]

31. KamaAina, do you remember the straw "boater" hats back in the day? The uniform for Hawaii was...

...black slacks, white shirt, tie, and this cute straw hat from the 1920s.

I think my aunt and uncle sicced them on us because our front porch became mission territory for a couple of years. My poor mother didn't really want to take the time, but my dad thought it was fun to invite them in to chat for a few hours despite the fact he had no intention of becoming anything but the lapsed Catholic he was. :eyes:

Hekate

[CreekDog]

38. and the "eternal smile"

:think:

[Kali]

9. ...

:spray: :rofl: :rofl:
too funny!

[Lifetimedem]

12. I think it is the magic underwear

that is the real issue.

When a Mormon is baptized and goes through their initiation they are given underwear they are never to take off except to shower, and yes most wear them during sex. It is supposed tp protect them physically and spirituality .

That is why you never see a Temple worthy Mormon in short shorts or a woman in a low cut dress.

The underwear would show.

So these young men took off their special underwear to pose for the pictures. I suspect that would be inappropriate for "missionaries " ( usually young kids) to do

[Raster]

17. You don't get the magic underwear when you are baptized, it's when you do stuff at the Temple.

I was baptized and confirmed LDS and they NEVER gave me magic undies.

[Lifetimedem]

33. Were you Temple worthy?

[FreeState]

35. Doesn't matter if your temple worthy or not

you get the garments when you go through the washing and anointing ceremony in the temple - usually before one goes on a mission or gets married. Once you go through the temple you were your garments even if you no longer have a temple recommend. I know several people who have been inactive in the church for around 20 years and still wear them - there is not a worthiness interview to purchase them.

[FreeState]

23. LOL no

you get it when you go through the temple... and if you would have watched dancing with the stars you would have noticed Marie Osmonds low cut outfits.

You can take your garments off for lots of reasons too - including sex. I should know I use to wear them...

[emilyg]

15. I'll hold out for the

pant-less one.

[undeterred]

18. If they were female Mormon missionaries, it would be a bigger deal.

But this is just silly.

[Raster]

19. Not for me it wouldn't.

I want to find out more about the Holy Codpiece... I wonder... is that what they mean by the Trinity?

[UTUSN]

22. Such attention whores!1 n/t

[MisterP]

26. aw, it's nothing but Jon Heder over and over n/t

[Q3JR4]

32. So if you do a search

on google for "mormon calender" and then click on "images" you can see what the fuss was about.

All I can say is YUM (and that's not something you'll hear me say a lot)...

Q3JR4.

[exothermic]

36. Dibs on Matthew!!!!!!!!!!

pant, pant