With The fourth of July fast approaching, I am reminded of an incident that happened several years ago to one of the readers of this blog. Nancy and Gintaras Genys were the founders of a private school in Arizona that catered mostly to the children of LDS parents who sought an education for their children free from State control. But Nancy was unaware of how tightly the State had already gripped the parents of her students, because after she introduced those children to the information presented in a blog post I had written, some of those parents yanked their kids out of her school (and most who had children in that class complained bitterly). Those who withdrew their children due to this information rushed them into the safety of the local government propaganda mills. Someone reported Nancy to her bishop. One thing led to another, and Nancy's search for continuing truth eventually got her and her husband forced from the Church.
All because Nancy had tried to reverse some of the false traditions that had been inculcated into the children she was entrusted to teach. All she had intended to do was help break the hundred-year grip the State had on a new generation of youngsters. Everything she introduced in her lesson was documented truth. Not even a hint of falsehood.
Eventually, with most of her students gone, Nancy's school folded. For her and her husband, it was a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars, all gone in a matter of months. They lost everything they had worked for, including their home.
They also lost most of their friends. Because when you get the boot from the the LDS Church of today, you often get treated like a pariah by those who remain in the institution.
Nancy and her husband now live up here in Northern Idaho near my neck of the woods. She and Gintaras have a lot less than they once did, but they are freer than they used to be. Too bad we can't say the same for those students, many of whom are growing into adulthood still chained to the traditions of their fathers.
That blog post that got Nancy into so much trouble with her local Mormon community is as pertinent today as it was six years ago. And just as offensive to some folks, I suspect.
You can read it here. If you dare:
"One Nation Under Babylon."
