Dear Mormon Church: I don't know whether to slap you, or to thank you for launching my publishing career. Sincerely, Latayne For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today (Zondervan, 2009). Also...
By way of introduction, I don't really like labels but labeling myself for you is going to be the easiest way to give you a quick background. I am a born-in-the-covenant, divorced, gay, post-Mormon, father of 4. My ex-wife continues to raise our children in the...
If you are an ex-Mormon and would like to add your reason to my “365 Reasons Why I Won't Return to the Mormon Church,” please write me a brief note via the “contact” button on this website. I would like to publish the stories of other...
When I was a Mormon . . .I could not understand why anyone would oppose an organization that did so many good things for people. However, I never considered the implications of . . .an early anti-Christian book published by the LDS Church, the one in which Joseph...
An article today on USA Today relates how libraries are facing the issue of which books to “ban” because of objections to them. The article ends with this quote: Such controversies make headlines, which helps the library association and other...
I recently received this encouraging letter from a reader who asked that her name be withheld: Dear Latayne, I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy reading your ‘365 Reasons' on your website. I was raised by extremely Mormon parents, in an all-Mormon...
