Jeffrey R. Holland's "Musket Fire" Talk

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Sep 15, 2015

Elder Rasband discusses discrimination against both LGBT people and people of faith.

Nov 14, 2017

Elder Ballard discusses the importance of Church members helping LGBT people feel accepted.

Apr 29, 2019

Jenna Alton reports on Matt Easton coming out as gay during his BYU commencement speech.

Sep 17, 2019

President Nelson discussed LGBT policy at an address to the BYU student body.

Sep 30, 2020

Daily Universe reports students feeling their professors teach things not in harmony with Church teachings.

Mar 4, 2021

The Deseret News reports on the lighting of the Y in rainbow colors.

Mar 26, 2021

Peggy Fletcher Stack reports on growing feeling that BYU is becoming "too liberal."

Aug 23, 2021

Elder Holland speaks to BYU faculty about the university's special mission and the LGBTQ movement.

Aug 24, 2021

Alex Cooper criticizes Elder Holland's musket metaphor.

Aug 24, 2021

Questioning LDS is critical of Elder Holland's "musket fire" talk.

Aug 24, 2021

A writer for Exponent II criticizes Elder Holland's choice of the musket metaphor.

Aug 25, 2021

Katie Ludlow Rich addresses an open letter to Elder Holland about the musket empire in his BYU speech.

Aug 26, 2021

Gordon Monson responds to Holland talk.

Aug 27, 2021

The Daily Herald describes protests in Provo in response to Elder Holland's BYU speech.

Aug 27, 2021

The Daily Universe addresses chalk art drawn in protest to Elder Holland's talk and a student washing it away.

Aug 28, 2021

Matt Easton responds to Jeffrey R. Holland's "musket fire" talk.

Aug 30, 2021

The Salt Lake Tribune speaks positively about Elder Holland's "musket fire" BYU speech.

Sep 1, 2021

Hal Boyd responds to the controversy surrounding Elder Holland's BYU "musket fire" speech.

Sep 7, 2021

Daniel C. Peterson discusses Jeffrey R. Holland's comments concerning "muskets."

Mar 25, 2022

Abby Maxwell Hansen describes the story behind lighting the Y with rainbow colors.

Mar 25, 2022

Abby Maxwell Hansen describes the Y lighting.

2023

List of the top thirty most popular BYU speeches of all time.

Mar 15, 2024

ABC4 News refers to Elder Holland's talk as the "musket fire speech."

Mar 18, 2024

Emi Tuyetnhi Tran refers to Elder Holland's talk as the "musket fire speech."

Aug 30, 2024

Jeffrey R. Holland expresses sorrow if anyone was hurt by his speech.

Sep 11, 2024

Tamarra Kemsley reports on Elder Holland apologizing to the parents of Matt Easton.

Sep 22, 2024

The Salt Lake Tribune uses the term "musket fire speech" to describe Elder Holland's talk.