Missouri Executive Order 44 (eat your heart out, George) was signed by Lilburn Boggs on October 23, 1838, and ordered that Mormons in the state be “exterminated” or exiled. This destroyed Boggs’ political career, but the order wasn’t formally rescinded until 1976 as a goodwill gesture by Governor Kit Bond. Zombie laws and orders are a hell of a drug that I imagine keep lawyers up at night.
I had left the church by the time I learned about it, but this completely solidified for me that my entire upbringing was a horrific sham of lies and manipulation.
I’m still struggling to unfuck my brain from the absolute twisted mess they left me in.
Have you watched any of Alyssa Grenfell’s videos on Youtube? She’s a former Mormon who makes videos about it from her perspective. I knew the church was fucked up, but the rabbit hole is so much deeper than I expected.
It’s awful. The shit that a lifetime of lies will do to you, and the things you end up digging out years later. You have my sympathy, friend.