Thought-provoking 2010 Calendar Features Pinup Mormon Moms and Their Favorite Muffin Recipes

LAS VEGAS — Mormons Exposed announced today a hot new addition to its controversial international project: a provocative 2010 calendar featuring 12 gorgeous Mormon mothers who have dared to pose in the first-ever Hot Mormon Muffins: A Taste of Motherhood calendar.
A follow-up to the popular and controversial Men on a Mission calendars featuring hunky returned Mormon missionaries, the new Hot Mormon Muffins calendar is a tongue-in-cheek celebration of motherhood done in a playful vintage pinup style. Created as a vehicle to create dialog and deliberately debunk the subservient stereotypes of women’s roles within the Mormon Church, the sexy new calendar celebrates the great looks, beautiful bodies and delicious muffin recipes of these unconventional Latter-day Saint moms.
Many of the women appearing in the calendar are single mothers and have firsthand experience with the arduous expectations associated with living in a strict religious society. Comfortable with their beliefs, these women are independent and brave enough to challenge the status quo in order to promote religious and cultural tolerance.
This is not the first statement by Mormons Exposed on the subject of tolerance. Its Men on a Mission calendar was the subject of countless news reports, newspaper articles and internet blogs.
“All of our projects offer a deeper story than your typical skin-baring calendars—one that we believe can reshape perceptions, heighten awareness and perhaps inspire a broader acceptance of diversity,” says Chad Hardy, creator of Mormons Exposed. “This project has created a polar response from both sides of the spectrum, and has gotten people’s attention.”
The Hot Mormon Muffins calendar will benefit breast cancer research. A portion of revenues generated by calendar sales will go to the cause. This was inspired by models such as Yayoi Swapp (Ms. August), 53 and mother of 2, who is a breast cancer survivor. In addition, Lynda Whitaker (Ms. June), 41 and mother of 4, lost her sister to breast cancer.
The calendar models are also featured in a humorous series of webisodes, Mormon Muffins for TV Dinners, which can be found at www.youtube.com/mormonmuffins.
About Chad Hardy
Established in 2007 by Chad Hardy, the Las Vegas-based Mormons Exposed encourages people to look beyond the stereotypes of race, religion and political affiliation to achieve a greater understanding of one another. The Mormon Church did not appreciate Hardy’s efforts and excommunicated him in a formal disciplinary hearing last year for not ceasing publication of the Men on a Mission calendar. Mormon-owned Brigham Young University followed suit by yanking Hardy’s diploma after his graduation. Though born into a deeply religious, sixth-generation Mormon family, Hardy says, “The calendar is more about people than it is about religion. Whether they love, hate or are indifferent to Mormons, consumers can appreciate what these calendars represent.”
For more information or to purchase the Mormons Exposed calendars and related apparel, visit www.mormonsexposed.com or www.hotmormonmuffins.com.

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