The article ran in Saturday's Washington Post.
Calendar Shows Another Side of Mormons
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By Lilly Fowler
Religion News Service
Saturday, October 6, 2007; Page B09
Mormon missionaries can usually be spotted by what they're wearing: white shirt, dark tie, name tag, bike helmet. Lately, they're getting noticed for what they're not wearing: anything above the waist.
Hoping to debunk the popular image of Mormons as strait-laced corporate types, a steamy new "Men on a Mission" calendar features 12 former missionaries, each of them shirtless, sculpted and looking seductive.
There's Jonathan, looking like a Mitt Romney clone, and there he is again, sitting shirtless on a park bench with a sultry come-hither stare. And Shane, holding his Book of Mormon near the Las Vegas Strip and then looking like, well, he's the one going to strip.
Religion News Service
Saturday, October 6, 2007; Page B09
Mormon missionaries can usually be spotted by what they're wearing: white shirt, dark tie, name tag, bike helmet. Lately, they're getting noticed for what they're not wearing: anything above the waist.
Hoping to debunk the popular image of Mormons as strait-laced corporate types, a steamy new "Men on a Mission" calendar features 12 former missionaries, each of them shirtless, sculpted and looking seductive.
There's Jonathan, looking like a Mitt Romney clone, and there he is again, sitting shirtless on a park bench with a sultry come-hither stare. And Shane, holding his Book of Mormon near the Las Vegas Strip and then looking like, well, he's the one going to strip.
It appeared in several other publications as well.
Google news for "Mormon calendar"
BYU chimed in.
Mormons Exposed: A Calendar with a Mission
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By Brandon Dabling - 26 Sep 2007
If you Google the term “Mormons exposed,” two types of sites come up: anti-Mormon literature and the new shirtless calendar featuring male LDS returned missionaries.
The first is blatant in its attempt to tear down the church, while the other claims to celebrate the efforts of its missionaries. I am not so sure, however, with which pole the calendar is more closely aligned.
The “steamy” new calendar has raised eyebrows in and outside the LDS community.
If you Google the term “Mormons exposed,” two types of sites come up: anti-Mormon literature and the new shirtless calendar featuring male LDS returned missionaries.
The first is blatant in its attempt to tear down the church, while the other claims to celebrate the efforts of its missionaries. I am not so sure, however, with which pole the calendar is more closely aligned.
The “steamy” new calendar has raised eyebrows in and outside the LDS community.
Mormon men become hotter-day saints for calendar
Wow. Mitt Romney for President.