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10,000 Gifts for Our Children

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Eve, 2017….a milestone for our children was attained. 10,000 signatures on the Petition: Protect The Children–Stop Sexually Explicit Interview of Mormon Youth

This is the first major step in our march to stop behind-closed-door interviews where our children are probed about sexual matters.

I want to thank everyone who has taken a stand with your signature. Thank you for sharing, discussing and speaking up. I know many of you took a lot flack from friends and family. Let me assure you that your reputation is not at risk. We are on the right side of history.

BTW, I have often seen the petition referred to as “Sam Young’s” petition. Once upon a time, that description was fitting. No longer. It’s “OUR” petition. It now belongs to 10,000 protectors of children.

Very Important Next Step

The petition has already accomplished a lot of good. However, much work still remains to induce the church to make the drastic changes that we want. Several initiatives will be rolled out over the coming 3 months. Please stay the course. If our 10,000 dissipates, the task will be that much harder.

Over the next 2 weeks, our goal is to record 1,000 stories of youth interviews and their consequences. We have already reached 4% of the target. This step is critical in promoting our cause to the media. It will be media attention that will ultimately catalyze change at church headquarters.

Take the next 10 minutes and do the following:

Go to the new site protectldschildren.org
Click on SHARE YOUR STORY
Record your story. It can be as long or short as you choose.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Wellsprings

You may be interested as to where the Protect-The-Children people are located.

I’ve broken it down by State and then by Country. All U.S. states are represented along with 54 countries around the world.

By State

State	Count	%
UT	4,517	47.40%
CA	761	7.99%
AZ	538	5.65%
TX	509	5.34%
ID	461	4.84%
WA	421	4.42%
OR	253	2.66%
CO	238	2.50%
NV	176	1.85%
VA	113	1.19%
NC	100	1.05%
NY	96	1.01%
FL	94	0.99%
OH	81	0.85%
MO	78	0.82%
IL	74	0.78%
GA	66	0.69%
PA	65	0.68%
IN	60	0.63%
MI	57	0.60%
NM	54	0.57%
WY	49	0.51%
MN	47	0.49%
MA	44	0.46%
TN	44	0.46%
MD	43	0.45%
MT	41	0.43%
IA	38	0.40%
WI	37	0.39%
HI	35	0.37%
OK	35	0.37%
AR	30	0.31%
KS	29	0.30%
NJ	29	0.30%
KY	28	0.29%
SC	28	0.29%
AL	26	0.27%
AK	22	0.23%
CT	21	0.22%
LA	17	0.18%
NE	16	0.17%
SD	9	0.09%
WV	9	0.09%
ME	6	0.06%
ND	6	0.06%
NH	6	0.06%
DC	5	0.05%
MS	5	0.05%
VT	5	0.05%
RI	4	0.04%
DE	3	0.03%
TOT	9,529

By Country

Country	Count	%
USA	9,531	92.79%
Canada	232	2.26%
UK	137	1.33%
Australia	90	0.88%
Sweden	39	0.38%
Brazil	25	0.24%
Germany	24	0.23%
Norway	19	0.18%
Finland	18	0.18%
New Zealand	16	0.16%
France	10	0.10%
Netherlands	10	0.10%
Spain	10	0.10%
South Africa	9	0.09%
Ireland	8	0.08%
Japan	7	0.07%
Philippines	7	0.07%
Switzerland	7	0.07%
Denmark	6	0.06%
India	6	0.06%
Mexico	6	0.06%
Austria	4	0.04%
Greece	4	0.04%
Italy	4	0.04%
Singapore	3	0.03%
Belgium	2	0.02%
Chile	2	0.02%
China	2	0.02%
Colombia	2	0.02%
Dominican Republic	2	0.02%
Hungary	2	0.02%
Malaysia	2	0.02%
Peru	2	0.02%
Russia	2	0.02%
South Korea	2	0.02%
Thailand	2	0.02%
UAE	2	0.02%
Antigua and Barbuda	1	0.01%
Argentina	1	0.01%
Bulgaria	1	0.01%
Costa Rica	1	0.01%
Czech Republic	1	0.01%
Ecuador	1	0.01%
Estonia	1	0.01%
Hong Kong	1	0.01%
Iceland	1	0.01%
Jamaica	1	0.01%
Kuwait	1	0.01%
Luxembourg	1	0.01%
Panama	1	0.01%
Puerto Rico	1	0.01%
Uganda	1	0.01%
Zimbabwe	1	0.01%
TOT	10,272

Additional Resources

Testimonials of interviews about orgasm and sexual positions.

Mormon Church Calls of Teenagers to Ask Other Teenagers if They Masturbate

Children are Sacred…Policies are Not

david-goliath In response to the Petition, ‘Protect The Children,’ the LDS Church recently released a statement. In it, bishops’ interviews with children are called “sacred opportunities.”

A sacred opportunity?

Taking a child behind closed doors, all alone, with an older untrained man? This is a sacred opportunity?

Then, talking to the child about masturbation, all alone, behind that closed door? Really? You have the audacity to call this sacred?

Every church in America has outlawed this egregious behavior….except one….the LDS Church, my church.

Calling this dangerous and disgusting practice sacred befouls the very meaning of the word sacred. Policies are NOT sacred. Practices are NOT sacred. Especially NOT this one.

Then What is Sacred?

CHILDREN!!

CHILDREN….are….sacred.

And….Adults have a sacred obligation…to protect our sacred children.

Five Stones

David, in preparing for his epic clash with Goliath, “chose five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag.”

For our epic clash with Goliath, we will also need five smooth stones. The first stone is now securely nestled in the bag…10,000 signatures of responsible adults.

It’s time to gather up our second stone…1,000 stories of inappropriate youth interviews and their harmful consequences.

Here’s what I’m asking of you…share your story.

Go to the new site protectldschildren.org
Click on “Share Your Story.”
Record your story of inappropriate interview questions and the harm done. It can be as simple as, “The bishop asked inappropriate sexual questions which caused self-loathing during my teen years.”
Share this blog post and encourage others to record their stories. But, only if it’s safe.

This little stone of 1,000 stories will be very important going forward. Please help us put it in our shepherd’s bag.

Until a week ago, we had no real plan…except for completing the current step. That’s changed. We now have a battle plan. I’ll outline it all soon. In the meantime, let’s get those 1,000 stories. WE made the 10,000 happen. WE can make these 1,000 happen, too.

Thanks for enthusiastically embracing our sacred duty to protect the children.

Additional Resources

Testimonials of interviews about orgasm and sexual positions.

Mormon Church Calls of Teenagers to Ask Other Teenagers if They Masturbate

Destroying Childhood One Interview at a Time

YoungWoman Today, I received the following comment. It was attached to a disturbing story recounting the damage that untrained bishops can unwittingly unleash.

This issue was a major part of the destruction of my childhood. I shared my story on your website. That’s the first time I’ve ever actually shared that story before. I kept it inside for so long and tried to minimize it. All I can think of is how Furious I would be if it had been my daughter.

Her story is recorded on the new Protect LDS Children website. I’m not going to reveal which one it is. After all, she has just now gathered the courage to put it in writing. However, all the narratives shown may very well have “destroyed a childhood.”

To my dear friend of lost childhood: My heart and tears go out to you. What was done to you was wrong. I am sorry. Thousands of thundering voices are now speaking out to prevent this from happening to children of the future.

New Website

It is evident that we need an easily accessible location for the media and members to read about the harm these interviews cause.

***THIS IS IMPORTANT***

Please: Go to the new site and record your story.

Please: Share the existence of the new site so that others can record their story.

Thanks for your incredible support. We are going to change the church. You, me, and 10,000 others.

Oh yeah….SIGN the Petition if you haven’t yet. Join 10,000 thundering voices to protect our children

Additional Resources

Testimonials of interviews about orgasm and sexual positions.

Mormon Church Calls of Teenagers to Ask Other Teenagers if They Masturbate

Want your child behind closed doors, all alone with a man talking masturbation? Then join the Mormon Church. We are the ONLY ones who do it.

Disgusted Girl

Yep. That’s right. You can’t find masturbation interviews for your children anywhere else.

“No other reputable institutional church, private or public school, sports group, youth serving organization, or community center allows one-on-one meetings between adults and children. It’s an invitation for sexual abuse. Why is the LDS church endorsing this horrible practice?” –Statement by Joelle Casteix, SNAP Western Regional Leader

SNAP is a prominent support group that helped expose widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests. The acronym stands for Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests.

In no uncertain terms, SNAP condemns what has become an LDS institutional hallmark, masturbation interviews. According to Ms. Casteix, “The ramifications of these meetings are horrific.”

My Fellow Mormons

I’m ashamed that these closed-door-interviews are still part of our culture. They certainly are not doctrine. We are condoning the shame and self-loathing that our children are experiencing.

The rest of the world has already made changes to protect the kids. Every institutional church and youth serving organization have eliminated behind-closed -doors-all-alone meetings with children…..except us.

We were forced by the Federal Government to abandon polygamy. We lagged years behind the civil rights movement in finally ditching our embarrassing racism. We are now years behind society again. If you allow our “horrific” practice to continue….the harm to our children is on you!!!

My Non-Mormon Friends

You, your relatives, your neighbors or friends may be considering joining my Mormon Church. If so, be aware that we are the ONLY church in America that conducts sexually oriented interviews with children, all alone, behind closed doors.

I’m giving you a heads up. Your children WILL regularly be called into private one-on-one meetings with a leader of your congregation. Often without your knowledge or consent. It is very likely that those interviews will be sexually oriented with sexually probing questions. Always behind closed doors and without a parent in the room.

The Church offers many good things. I encourage you to seriously weigh the good against the severe risks that your children will be exposed to.

Additional Resources

Join us by adding your thundering voice to the PETITION

Testimonials of interviews about orgasm and sexual positions.

Mormon Church Calls on Teenagers to Ask Other Teenagers if They Masturbate

Next To Murder

For the Strength of Youth

Children in the Mormon church, my church, are instructed to live by the precepts taught in a pamphlet called “For the Strength of Youth.” Under the heading ‘Sexual Purity,’ the following is taught.

In God’s sight, sexual sins are extremely serious. The prophet Alma taught that sexual sins are more serious than any other sins except murder.

Here’s a question for you. Is masturbation a sexual sin? The vast majority of the membership would say yes. So…really? Masturbation is so heinous that it ranks right below murder?

Most reasonable adults would recognize this laughable and ludicrous. If not idiotic.

However, we are not talking about adults here. These teachings are targeted directly at our children. From the tender age of 12, all the way to 17. Six years of linking masturbation and murder in the same sentence. For many, these childhood teachings, reinforced by years of probing youth interviews, will cement in place open wounds of shame that will haunt them into adulthood.

Certainly, parents must see the crushing guilt that can come crashing down on our most vulnerable children. Not just shame. Guilt. Guilt of a heinous crime against God. Is it any wonder that some kids live with self-loathing all through their teen years? Can you see why some of our children ideate suicide? And some attempt it? And the tragic few who actually complete it?

Some of my fellow church members would claim that no kid would actually view masturbation as serious as being next to murder. Oh…how you misjudge the vulnerability of our children.

Other fellow Mormons would say no bishop would ever teach such a gross exaggeration to a child behind closed doors. Oh…how you underestimate our leaders’ commitment to the actual teachings coming out of Salt Lake City. ‘For the Strength of Youth’ is held up as the standard for interviewing our children.

Read and thoughtfully consider the dangerous nature of an interview recorded on the Petition.

Most recent interview with my son, Bishop equated masturbation second to murder. And my son had to apologize to his father for I don’t know what! Second to murder? Are you completely off your rocker? That was the last straw for me, I will not allow my children to go through that mental and emotional abuse.

My recommendation

Never allow your child to go behind a closed door, all alone, with any man. As the parent, accompany your child to ALL youth interviews.
Never allow sexual matters to be discussed in these interviews. There is too much danger for harm. The sexual development of your child is YOUR responsibility as the parent.
Actively teach your child that masturbation and other sexual sins are NOT anywhere next to murder.

In the meantime, almost 7,000 strong are actively engaged in bringing this practice to a halt. We are committed to Protecting our Children.

Join us by adding your thundering voice to the PETITION.

Additional Resources

Testimonials of interviews about orgasm and sexual positions.

Mormon Church Calls on Teenagers to Ask Other Teenagers if They Masturbate

Petition Already Protecting Children

Lion Protecting Cubs Today, this message showed up in my inbox:

Hi Sam – I wanted to reach out personally and thank you for what you’re doing. My wife has struggled with my evolution of beliefs over the past year. So, I’ve been reluctant to bring up church stuff with her. Yesterday, out of the blue, she said to me, “Have you heard about that petition?”

That kick-started a conversation during which she openly and passionately agreed with your message and proclaimed how she won’t allow our daughters to be questioned alone with a Bishop and not at all on worthiness and sexuality.

My oldest daughter is a few months away from youth interviews and I had been worried about how to handle the desire to protect my children, while also not harming the very fragile relationship I have with my wife in relation to the church. It couldn’t have gone better.

She’s considering sharing the petition on her facebook timeline. Her mama bear has come out.

Thank you. Sincerely.

The petition is now at 6,010 signatures.

However…..this is NOT the most important statistic. The real significance is what’s happening in homes and families. Several members have now resolved to protect their children from being taken behind closed doors, all alone, with an untrained older man. And then probed about masturbation and other sexually oriented matters.

Stand Up to Protect Our Vulnerable Children

Help me and 6,000 other thundering voices to eradicate this dangerous and damaging practice.

Sign the Petition. Share the Petition.

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Love Dan Peterson. Protect Our Children.

DanPetersen Yesterday, a prominent and well respected Mormon apologist wrote an article about a campaign that’s abrewing. Oh boy, do I ever hope he’s right about that.

Here’s my comment on his blog.

Dear Dan,

Thank you for bringing this issue to the forefront of discussion. I really appreciate that.

“I’ve read online complaints about sex-related questions for quite a few years.” Obviously, you are way ahead of me on this issue. Until this year, I was not aware of ‘complaints’ about probing sexually oriented interviews.

As children, neither you nor I were asked probing sexual questions. During our bishoprics, neither you nor I asked probing sexual questions. Your one friend who was asked….well, he turned out fine.

That’s all well and good. You, me and your prominent friend…we are all fine. But, I’m not really concerned about those who are doing fine.

Like you, the teachings and example of Jesus speak to my heart. I’m trying to be like him and follow his gorgeous teachings.

I’m touched by the way the Savior framed His parable of the Good Samaritan. First, a priest saw the wounded, half-dead man and “passed by on the other side.” Then the Levite, another priesthood holder, came upon the same bloody and beaten human being. At least he “came and looked on him.” Ultimately, the Levite also turned up his nose and scurried away. It was the lowly and vilified Samaritan who had compassion, bound up wounds and cared for the man in misery.

This parable points a finger directly at me. Like the priest and Levite, I hold priesthood. The high priesthood. The Savior wants me to act like the despised Samaritan. Not like the priest. That’s what I’m attempting to do. And sometimes, I really suck at it.

Over the past few months, I have personally heard hundreds of stories from those who carry deep wounds from their childhood worthiness interviews. No way am I going to walk away from them. My choice is to listen, understand, help, build, support, & serve. And….work to prevent future damage to our children.

Dan, you are obviously a very good man. I invite you to help me raise awareness, healing, and protection for our children. Changing our interview practices will also safeguard our bishops and the reputation of our church.

Thanks for all you do to defend the faith,

Sam Young

Stand Up for Our Vulnerable Children

Help me and 5,473 others eradicate this repugnant practice.

Sign the Petition. Share the Petition.

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A Slut in the Bishop’s Office

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Tonight, I visited temple square and took this picture of the nativity. Peaceful, calm beautiful. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ that this scene epitomizes. Humility, tenderness, love.

I’m going to relate a different story of what is happening in the Church which bears His name. But, this narrative bears no resemblance to His gospel.

I was 15 and had a 18 year old boyfriend. I lost my virginity. My parents went to my bishop and asked him to talk to me. I was forced to go. I Confessed and he asked me, “Do you know what people called girls like you?” He called me a Slut. He told me I’d never get a descent young man and I had ruined all my chances. The rose petals were damaged and could never be made beautiful again.

I married the first boy that was nice to me at 17 and got the heck out of there. He was horribly abusive to me. We divorced at 21. Luckily no children.

That bishop, that monster! I was so young and already suffered from low self esteem. I felt absolutely horrible and then his words broke my heart. That kind of personal attack and degrading stays with me even today. For several years, I was very depressed and suicidal. I just needed a friend, an ear and some positive kind words.

As I write this, I’m calm. However, when I first read the story, I released an angry expletive when I came to the word ‘slut.’ This could have happened to any one of my six daughters. It will NOT happen to my granddaughters. That is what drives me to fight for change.

Back to the tender babe of the season, who is my Savior. Christ beckoned all children to come to him. He did not beckon any little girl to go behind a closed door, with an untrained older man, all alone, to be asked if she masturbates. And…what other dangers might lurk behind those closed doors? For one, calling a vulnerable 15 year old, a slut. That is not the embodiment of Christ’s love. It’s the embodiment of evil.

To my dear friend of this story:

I’m sorry this happened to you. It was wrong. You were wronged. I believe what you have shared. Thank you for honoring me with your trust. I can assure you that sharing your story you will help many, many others who are still struggling with self-loathing from this misguided practice.

Stand Up for Our Vulnerable Children

Help me, and thousands of others, eradicate this repugnant practice. Sign the Petition. Share the Petition.

Additional Resources

Testimonials of interviews about orgasm and sexual positions.