And so-called “soft swinging”, one of the show’s scandals, would “definitely” be “discouraged” by the Church, she says.
Influencer Taylor Frankie Paul was at the centre of the story in series one of the show, when she described her and her then-husband as being sexually intimate – but stopping short of “going all the way” – with two other couples at various parties.
Ashlyn explains how in the LDS, “we have something called the law of chastity that says we should really save sexual relations within our marriages”.
She says her lifestyle in Burnley is “very family-centered, very healthy, trying to focus on going to church on Sunday, serving others, being a really good example to others, and helping in the community”.
Ashlyn adds: “I don’t think it would be as entertaining if The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was actually just them bringing cookies to their neighbours and just living very wholesome family lives.”
Another theme in the show centres on Layla, a black member of the LDS, who stops attending because she says the Church didn’t “resonate” with her any more as a person of colour, having converted to LDS and moved to Utah when she was 16.
“There is an old scripture in the Book of Mormon that states that black skin is a curse. It’s something that I am aware of now that I wasn’t aware of when I first converted,” she says in the latest series.
In 2013 the LDS “disavowed” those teachings, and now believes “everyone is an equal child of God regardless of race”.
BBC News spoke to Naomi, a ‘Young Women’s President’ in her local congregation in London, meaning she looks after girls between the ages of 12 and 18 in her area. She told us how as “a black female”, she hopes the children “can see me and my example and know what’s possible”.
Naomi says she hasn’t “had any negative experiences” in the Church based on her race, and says the teachings “have been denounced”.