At 7, she said no to Mormon baptism — she says she had no choice
November 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Stories Podcast · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
A Mormon Stories short highlights a moment from the Soft White Underbelly interview with Kit, focusing on her account of questioning baptism at age seven and being pressured into it at eight — the age the LDS Church considers children accountable and ready for the ordinance.
Kit's story raises the question of whether eight-year-olds can genuinely consent to baptism or whether family and institutional pressure make the choice anything but voluntary. The clip has 9,779 views in 11 hours.
The church teaches that eight is the "age of accountability" when children can distinguish right from wrong and are responsible for their own choices.
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