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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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