Erin Parsons

ERIN PARSONS is a journalism and prelaw student at the University of Utah. This paper and those of Jeffery Ogden and Lavina Fielding Anderson which follow were presented at the Mormon History Association Annual Meeting, May 1981, in Ogden, Utah. 1

Single Cursedness: An Overview of LDS Authorities’ Statements About Unmarried People

Articles/Essays – Volume 16, No. 3

Being married is one of the most important ideas within Mormon culture, emphasized almost to the exclusion of other states of being. Much like the moon that is visible only when reflecting the sun’s light,…