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That didn t work, and so then she turned on the sex. and that had travis, a devout mormon, tied up in knots, breaking the church s law of chastity, that is, having sex before marriage, is serious stuff. mormons believe the sinner risks an eternity in hell if he or she fails to repent before death. the result seems to have been that travis kept his relationship with jodi in the closet. he wanted people to believe, especially the girls that he was dating, that he was still a virgin, that he was still worthy to have a healthy long-term marriage with a good mormon girl. so this was a guy leading a double life? yeah. jodi tried to resolve that conflict by converting to mormonism, only to find it wasn t good enough for travis. he summoned his will and broke it off with her. the moral equation may have been cruel, but to travis it was ....
FILE - Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson speaks during a special session at the Utah State Capitol Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Nelson, a Utah lawmaker and prominent ....