Shunned

obedience-and-authority

• As a judicial elder body, we've made the decision to expel you from the true Christian congregation. The charge is adultery.

  S2-001

• A seed of cognition hit me, and my entire body registered the full meaning of his words. Randy was the only holdout.

  S2-002

religion-and-sex

• We exchanged wedding vows written and approved by the Watchtower Society — his promising to love me according to Divine Law.

  S2-009

• Marriage was the only acceptable way to satisfy our sexual urges. That longing to connect overshadowed all good sense.

  S2-004

• I found only joy. No guilt or regret. I was stunned at how easy it had been to fornicate, how liberating.

  S2-006

self-and-identity

• 'Really, Lindy, who is this person who does whatever she wants?' — when we break habits others create, they label us selfish.

  S2-015