the guy deserved to be excommunicated.
Not for righteous unbelief, but for supporting women priests and homosexual marriage and other ills.
#1...the lds church made it VERY CLEAR in their statements that priesthood/same sex marriage, etc. wasn't involved in excommunication reasoning.
#2...even on "women priests"...Lds doesn't have any professional priesthood...they let 12yo boys be "aaronic priests" for crying outloud...!!!
If kids can be a 'priest' in the Lds church...women aren't a stretch!