Though technically still a member, Whitesides claims that she 'exploded' out of the church and her marriage in 1993, and she now considers herself a practitioner of Native American philosophies. Whitesides was the first of the group to experience church discipline and was disfellowshipped September 14, 1993. Lynne Kanavel Whitesides is a Mormon feminist and is noted for speaking on the Mother in Heaven. Six Individuals Lynne Kanavel Whitesides The church's action was referred to by some as evidence of an anti-intellectual posture on the part of church leadership. The term 'September Six' was coined by The Salt Lake Tribune and was used in the media and subsequent discussion. The September Six were six members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who were excommunicated or disfellowshipped by the church in September 1993, allegedly for publishing scholarly work against or criticizing church doctrine or leadership. Six people excommunicated or disfellowshipped by the LDS church
