Editing September Six (section)

=== D. Michael Quinn ===
[[D. Michael Quinn]] was a Mormon historian. Among other studies, he documented LDS Church-sanctioned [[plural marriage|polygamy]] from 1890 until 1904, after the [[1890 Manifesto]] that officially abandoned the practice.<ref>"LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904," ''[[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought]]'' [http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/dialogue&CISOPTR=15581&REC=7 18 (Spring 1985) 9-105]</ref> He wrote chapter 17, "Mormon Women Have Had the Priesthood Since 1843" in the book ''Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism'' (1992). He was excommunicated September 26.

Quinn was summoned to a [[disciplinary council]] to answer charges of "conduct unbecoming a member of the Church and apostasy," including {{" '}}very sensitive and highly confidential' matters that were not related to Michael's historical writings."<ref name = dnamormons/> Anderson has suggested that the "allusion to Michael's sexual orientation, which Michael had not yet made public, was unmistakable."<ref name = dnamormons/>

Quinn afterwards published several critical studies of Mormon hierarchy, including his three-volume work of ''The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power'', ''The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power'', and ''The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power.'' He also authored the 1996 book ''Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example'', which argues that homosexuality was common among early Mormons and was not seen as a serious sin or transgression. He also authored the 1987 book, ''Early Mormonism and the Magic World View'', which argues that early Mormon leaders were greatly influenced by folk magic and superstitious beliefs including [[scrying|stone looking]], [[talisman|charms]], and [[divining rods]].

Despite his excommunication and critical writings, Quinn, who was after his excommunication [[openly gay]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/mormons/interviews/quinn.html |title=Interview of D. Michael Quinn |date=30 April 2007 |access-date=11 October 2011 |publisher=[[PBS]] }}</ref> still considered himself to be a Latter-day Saint,<ref name = dnamormons>Lavina Fielding Anderson. "DNA Mormon: D. Michael Quinn," in ''Mormon Mavericks: Essays on Dissenters'', edited by John Sillitoe and Susan Staker, Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002, pp. 329-363,</ref> a stance he maintained until his death in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/04/22/historian-d-micheal-quinn/|title=Historian D. Michael Quinn, who was booted from the LDS Church as part of the 'September Six' but remained a believer, dies at 77}}</ref>