My small local paper, The Bellingham Herald, posted the AP story about an hour ago. (Very upper NW corner of Washington state)

Others?

The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah had excellent coverage. The link has already been posted on another site.

One of the main headlines on ABC News web page.

On Yahoo&Google News...and Spirit Daily....may the negative PR begin.

in england, every major news outlet is covering it:

BBC
Guardian
Sky news
Daily Mail

CBC news (radio)

USA Today, BBC, NY Times, TIME, Reuters, Boston Herald, Slate, Washington Post, Huffington Post, LA Times

Right now, it's the second story in the U.S. Section of Google News.

Just on the (public) radio

It was briefly on the CBS evening news (national network)on TV.



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Aw, heck. I didn't get this kind of coverage when I was ex'd. She's on national news and I didn't even get a tee-shirt.

*** Bright idea alert! ***

BcE

She called the church "abusive" on an article on the FRONT PAGE of the NY Times.

That is a paper that is read by way more people than are members of the cult. She just got her message out to the National News.

Score of the game (PR game)
KK = 100
LDS = 0

bwahahaha go kate!

Well, my {exmo} mom sent it to me and she's a recluse somewhere in the Montana wilderness, so that's saying A LOT!!!

I guess. I can't help but wonder if many will see it that differently than if a woman publicly crusaded for females to be appointed bishop, cardinal, or pope in the Catholic church. I have a hard time deciding if she's even genuine, or if she only wants to hurt TSCC. If she is genuine, the whole effort seems somewhat misguided.

I don't really understand people's fervent support of her on this site, other than the embarrassment she is causing LDSCORP. There are far more damning things that could be brought to light than focusing on an all-male clergy.

You are obviously a man. . .says the female.

Yes, check my privilege and all that. Seriously though, might as well be a black person trying to change the KKK from within. What's the point? When an organization has 150+ years of misogyny, practiced by its founders, codified into its holy books, pervasive throughout most of its doctrine, really what is the point? KK is obviously quite intelligent, which is why I question her end-game.

The difference is that the Catholic church allows members to openly disagree with church teachings as long as they don't act on them. Real example: Plenty of members crusading for woman's ordination in Catholicism but the only ones excommunicated are ones who performed rituals they are not permitted to do by church law; whereas KK is being excommunicated simply for speaking her mind by LDS Inc.

The difference is that although both churches refuse to ordain women, one of them at least allows them to talk about it.

Sounds nice, but doesn't appear to be true. The catholic church can, and has, exed people for voicing heretical doctrine.
http://ncronline.org/news/global/australian-priest-advocate-womens-ordination-excommunicated

From late 2013, so it's fairly new and I missed it. Thank you for the correction.

This was a priest publicly advocating for women ordination. A lay person or even a sister would have been left alone for doing the same thing. Also, he had done other things to get himself into trouble. He celebrated Mass after the bishop took away his faculties to licitly celebrated Mass (priests have to have permission of the local bishop to celebrate any of the sacraments in the diocese). He also presided at a Mass where a dog received communion.

Thank Tmac. It was late and only skimmed the article, so apparently my statement still holds true: he DID something to be excommunicated, not just words. Giving Communion to a dog would definitely qualify as breaking church law.

Well, that's the difference between a religion and a CULT.

Take a women's studies class. Read about women's rights. Read about the struggle of educating women in 3rd world countries. So many support her not because she's "embarrassing the church" but because she's standing up against injustice and inequality. The discussions she was trying to create would create a better environment for my nieces and all the other girls in the church. It's way more than just the religion.

Here in Eastern WA it was all over the local news, who quoted her as saying she was deeply hurt by the decision.

Religious love and equality for all.



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The news brought me back here .....

It spread to youtube...Awesome parody of the church's methods by our dear Brother Jake. Set to Oklahoma! "And if you say, there is a better way, Just shut up and, Obey!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0iOc7t7e4

Southpark news show one day?

Australia
Main news web site main story plus picture.
And newspaper the next day

I love Brother Jake. Thanks for posting this video. LOL

Remember folks, this is not a done deal.
From the LDS point of view. (Not mine!)

It's not a life-long done deal. She can, if she wants, go through the LDS Church's Repentance Process to do everything to get her full membership back; attend meetings, follow the guidelines of the LDS Church, be re-baptized and do everything to show her worthiness to get her Temple Recommend back and enjoy all of the blessings of membership. That is what is offered her. That is how they do it This is about loving someone back into fellowship in their view.

It is not some kind of final edict unless she choose it to be. It's about love and being worthy to receive all of Heavenly Father's Blessings, in their view. It's a long process. People do it. It often takes around four years, but people who want to get back in the LDS Church after being excommunicated will do all they can to follow the brethren and show they have a testimony of "the only true church" with the keys of authority to act in the name of Jesus Christ in the latter-days. The choice is hers. That is their system. And it works for many people.

The choice is hers to decide what is next. What she does next will show the LDS Church what she believes. The question is: how much does she want to follow Heavenly Father's Plan and what is she willing to do to be worthy. That is the LDS Church's plan for people who are excommunicated.

This is what they teach. This is their system.

https://www.lds.org/ensign/1990/09/a-chance-to-start-over-church-disciplinary-councils-and-the-restoration-of-blessings?lang=eng

Presented for information only in an attempt at greater understanding.



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Excerpt from new Salt Lake Tribune article:

Women’s ordination advocate Kate Kelly said it’s unlikely she will seek rebaptism anytime soon into the LDS Church, which excommunicated her Monday.

"I’ve done nothing wrong and have nothing to repent," Kelly said in an interview. "Once the church changes to be a more inclusive place and once women are ordained, that’s a place I’d feel welcome."

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58104587-78/women-kelly-church-ordain.html.csp

MSNBC - per this thread http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1303602 she will be a guest tomorrow.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/gender-equality-advocate-kate-kelly-excommunicated-from-mormon-church-287339075756

This is an arrogantly worded instruction to shut up and take a back seat from Ward bishop, Mark Harrison.

"The difficulty, Sister Kelly, is not that you say you have questions or even that you believe that women should receive the priesthood. The problem is that you have persisted in an aggressive effort to persuade other church members to your point of view and that your course of action has threatened to erode the faith of others," Harrison wrote. "You are entitled to your views, but you are not entitled to promote them and proselyte others to them while remaining in full fellowship in the church."

It was on the Good Morning America newsfeed as something like "Mormon activist excommunicated for promoting equal rights for women." Sorry I can't remember it exactly but it was something like that.



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CNN
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/24/mormon-who-advocated-ordination-of-women-is-excommunicated/?hpt=hp_c4

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1303662