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Lose Your Faith, Get Expelled at BYU

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Not a Tailor   1,370

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Yep.

I don't get the thing about hiding coffee, that's just bizarre

Caffeine is banned to LDS folks. Being caught drinking coffee by someone who might report it to a bishop could have your faith questioned. So they don't want people to catch them with coffee in case someone reports it to a bishop. I found, when looking for articles on people being expelled for losing their faith, a case wherein a young man and a young lady broke the celibacy policy in the code of conduct. She was expelled and she discovered that every time she and her boyfriend had sex, he immediately went and told his bishop and asked for help. Being reported to the bishops is a very real fear for these people.

Met in 2010 on a forum for a mutual interest. Became friends.
2011: Realized we needed to evaluate our status as friends when we realized we were talking about raising children together.

2011/2012: Decided we were a couple sometime in, but no possibility of being together due to being same sex couple.

June 26, 2013: DOMA overturned. American married couples ALL have the same federal rights at last! We can be a family!

June-September, 2013: Discussion about being together begins.

November 13, 2013: Meet in person to see if this could work. It's perfect. We plan to elope to Boston, MA.

March 13, 2014 Married!

May 9, 2014: Petition mailed to USCIS

May 12, 2014: NOA1.
October 27, 2014: NOA2. (5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day after NOA1)
October 31, 2014: USCIS ships file to NVC (five days after NOA2) Happy Halloween for us!

November 18, 2014: NVC receives our case (22 days after NOA2)

December 17, 2014: NVC generates case number (50 days after NOA2)

December 19, 2014: Receive AOS bill, DS-261. Submit DS-261 (52 days after NOA2)

December 20, 2014: Pay AOS Fee

January 7, 2015: Receive, pay IV Fee

January 10, 2015: Complete DS-260

January 11, 2015: Send AOS package and Civil Documents
March 23, 2015: Case Complete at NVC. (70 days from when they received docs to CC)

May 6, 2015: Interview at Montréal APPROVED!

May 11, 2015: Visa in hand! One year less one day from NOA1.

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Not a Tailor
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What are you even responding to? It's like you quote something and go 'I'll just say whatever I want'. Your posts lack context and I can't figure out whether you're even participating in conversatio

Not a Tailor
Not a Tailor

... But the article is literally about a policy that means if you lose your faith, as a Mormon, and anyone finds out, you will get expelled from the university. There is no misleading information in

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So basically, no reporter should ever report on anything, regardless of sources, unless it has been proven in a court of law?

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This is why people accuse mormonism of being a cult. Weird, arbitrary and esoteric rules that make no sense.

The rule is to do with mind altering substances. Mormons must treat their body as a temple and not take mind altering substances--no alcohol, no caffeine, etc. I'm unsure of what that means for things like psychiatric medications as an official verdict, but I do know that many mormons stigmatize people taking psychiatric medications, though I am also uncertain of the extent of this.

Met in 2010 on a forum for a mutual interest. Became friends.
2011: Realized we needed to evaluate our status as friends when we realized we were talking about raising children together.

2011/2012: Decided we were a couple sometime in, but no possibility of being together due to being same sex couple.

June 26, 2013: DOMA overturned. American married couples ALL have the same federal rights at last! We can be a family!

June-September, 2013: Discussion about being together begins.

November 13, 2013: Meet in person to see if this could work. It's perfect. We plan to elope to Boston, MA.

March 13, 2014 Married!

May 9, 2014: Petition mailed to USCIS

May 12, 2014: NOA1.
October 27, 2014: NOA2. (5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day after NOA1)
October 31, 2014: USCIS ships file to NVC (five days after NOA2) Happy Halloween for us!

November 18, 2014: NVC receives our case (22 days after NOA2)

December 17, 2014: NVC generates case number (50 days after NOA2)

December 19, 2014: Receive AOS bill, DS-261. Submit DS-261 (52 days after NOA2)

December 20, 2014: Pay AOS Fee

January 7, 2015: Receive, pay IV Fee

January 10, 2015: Complete DS-260

January 11, 2015: Send AOS package and Civil Documents
March 23, 2015: Case Complete at NVC. (70 days from when they received docs to CC)

May 6, 2015: Interview at Montréal APPROVED!

May 11, 2015: Visa in hand! One year less one day from NOA1.

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You'll also find that among them there is a broad spectrum of adherence to those esoteric rules. I've known some who are very strict, and others who hold a much looser interpretation in their personal lives. Some won't touch caffeine, some won't hesitate to down a beer...

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