▁guilty ▁of ▁" the ▁fil thy ▁crime ▁of ▁hom osex ual ity " ▁are ▁not ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁" Ar my ▁of ▁the ▁Lord ▁to ▁fight ▁evil ". ▁▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁ ▁October ▁– ▁A ▁Bo ise , ▁Id aho ▁gay ▁w itch ▁h unt ▁was ▁launched ▁to ▁h unt ▁down ▁gay ▁men ▁among ▁moral ▁pan ic ▁over ▁several ▁local ▁arr ests ▁of ▁males ▁for ▁same - sex ▁sexual ▁activity . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁nearly ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁people ▁question ed , ▁producing ▁hundreds ▁of ▁names ▁of ▁sus pected ▁hom osex uals ▁including ▁several ▁M orm ons . ▁Author ▁John ▁Ger ass i ▁c ites ▁an ▁opp ress ive ▁environment ▁eng ender ed ▁by ▁the ▁pre domin antly ▁L DS ▁population ▁in ▁his ▁sem inal ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁work ▁Boys ▁of ▁Bo ise ▁as ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁factor ▁for ▁the ▁illegal ▁sexual ▁activity ▁and ▁subsequent ▁w itch ▁hun ts . ▁The ▁document ary ▁The ▁Fall ▁of ▁' 5 5 ▁was ▁made ▁about ▁the ▁events ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁ ▁April ▁– ▁Apost le ▁Clark ▁c ited ▁Old ▁Testament ▁pun ish ments ▁for ▁sexual ▁s ins ▁to ▁highlight ▁that ▁" sex ▁trans gression ▁is ▁trag ically ▁serious " ▁in ▁the ▁April ▁General ▁Conference . ▁He ▁stated ▁" for ▁hom osex ual ity , ▁it ▁was ▁death ▁to ▁the ▁male ▁and ▁the ▁pres cription ▁or ▁penalty ▁for ▁the ▁female ▁I ▁do ▁not ▁know ." ▁▁ 1 9 5 8