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3 hrs ago | KBCI CBS 2

Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing

With a historic endorsement from the Mormon church, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed a pair of ordinances making it illegal to discriminate against gays in housing and employment.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Religion, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Wedding

8 hrs ago | Deseret News

Ex-seminary principal pleads not guilty to sex charges

A former seminary principal accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 15 felonies.

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Related Topix: Religion

15 hrs ago | Arizona Republic

Phoenix LDS temple proposal up for review

The Phoenix Planning Commission on Tuesday will consider a request by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to build a temple at 5104 W. Pinnacle Peak Road.

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Related Topix: Religion, Phoenix, AZ

23 hrs ago | Missourian

Harvard professor tells of Mormon diaries during MU lecture

Bitterness describes more than just the cold weather experienced by a group of Mormons on their trek across the Midwest.

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Related Topix: Religion, Weather, Harvard University, Council Bluffs, IA

Mon Nov 09, 2009

KIFI

Gay Rights Petition Delivered to Mormon Church

A foundation that supports gay rights has delivered a petition to Mormon church leaders asking them to reconsider their policies and political activism against gay marriage.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Rap, Religion, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Judge hears arguments on Smart case witness list

Defense attorneys for the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart argued Monday testimony by experts in Mormon fundamentalism and religious extremism is irrelevant and should not be allowed at a hearing to decide the suspect's mental competency.

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Related Topix: Religion

Deseret Morning News

Mormon Media Observer: No 'backlash' for handcart pioneers and gays analogy

In an Oct. 13 speech, Elder Dallin H. Oaks made an analogy comparing the "effect" of Proposition 8 protests on Mormons to the chilling effect on African-American political participation felt during the civil rights era.

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Related Topix: Religion, Gay/Lesbian, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WISH-TV Indianapolis

Arrangements made for fallen soldier

Funeral arrangements have been made for a fallen Wabash Valley soldier. Sgt. Dale Griffin was killed in Afghanistan last week when the vehicle he was riding in hit an improvised explosive device.

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Related Topix: Griffin, IN, Dale, IN, Terre Haute Metro, Terre Haute, IN, Religion

Deseret Morning News

Remembering what 'to be set apart' means - Kristine Frederickson on MormonTimes.com

As I sat in fast and testimony meeting last week a sister in the congregation got up and talked about what it means to be set apart as a missionary.

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Examiner.com

Video: Stephen Colbert report on Utah gay couple arrested for kissing on Mormon Church property

On Thursday, Stephen Colbert ran a short story about a gay couple that was arrested in Utah for trespassing on LDS Mormon Church property.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Religion, Gay/Lesbian

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Parks becomes LDS counselor

Douglas M. Parks, Blue Ridge Summit, on Oct. 18 was called as second counselor in the York Stake presidency in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Related Topix: Religion, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, Waynesboro, PA, Greencastle, PA, Chambersburg, PA, Opinion

Telegraph.co.uk

Polygamy challenged as renegade Mormon group's trial grips Texan town

Court case sheds light on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, where it is alleged that bigamy and sexual abuse of girls, some as young as 12, are widespread.

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Related Topix: Religion, FLDS, Meditative, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Deseret News

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Related Topix: Religion, Cedar City, UT

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WOAI

Fort Hood victims had different reasons for enlisting

First responders use a table as a stretcher to transport a wounded Soldier to an awaiting ambulance at Fort Hood, Texas, Nov.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Sundance Film Festival, Religion

Deseret Morning News

Perpetual Education Fund benefits Zambia returned Mormon missionaries

The Perpetual Education Fund was taken to young adults of the church's Lusaka Zambia District for the first time with a recent visit by Elder James C. Von Stetten and Sister Aleta Maureen Von Stetten, area missionaries for the PEF in the Africa Southeast Area.

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Related Topix: Religion, Zambia, World News

Towleroad

Gay Mormons Deliver Petitions to LDS Church in SLC by Handcart

Members of the Foundation for Reconciliation, a gay Mormon group, delivered more than 2,000 petition signatures by handcart to the headquarters of the Church of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, marking the one-year anniversary of Proposition 8 in California.

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Related Topix: Religion, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Suicide

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Analyst: FLDS defendant likely fathered girl's child

A DNA analyst testified Friday that tests shows a member of a polygamist sect on trial for sexual assault is 99.9 percent likely to have fathered the child born to an underage girl.

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Related Topix: FLDS, Religion, Texas, University of North Texas Health Science Center, University of North Texas

Towleroad

Venezuela, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chapel Hill, Mormons

Marriage Equality New York holding rally tonight to protest anti-gay vote in Maine : "Please join us at a rally on Nov 4th in Union Square on 14th Street side at 5:30pm urging the NYS Senate to vote and in response to the votes on marriage equality across the United States." 50 Cent is a power ______ . Venezuelan police harassing and arresting LGBT ...

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Related Topix: Religion, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Wedding, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lake City, Raleigh Metro

KSTU - Fox 13

Group Delivers Plea for Reconciliation to LDS Leaders Regarding Mormon LGBT Youth

The Reconciliation Foundation and those backing LGBT rights, many who are also of Mormon faith, delivered a petition to LDS Church leaders Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Religion, Gay/Lesbian

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KSL TV

3. Gay rights supporters fight for same-sex ...

From Maine to Utah, gay rights supporters are vowing to press forward for same-sex marriage or recognition of committed relationships.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Religion

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