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The Wisconsin State Journal In the Spirit column
The Wisconsin State JournalFinding a hotel room June 18 in Downtown Madison might be a little tricky. That's the night the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will make its first-ever appearance here. After the concert at Overture Center, the 600-person traveling group, which includes...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Christianity, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture
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After fleeing polygamist sect, boys face a new world
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Zach Bowers' cultural education included a battle of wills over a simple task: how to mop the kitchen floor. Just when the teenager thought he was done with the weekly chore, Debbie Hofhines would loom like a drill sergeant,...
Tags: Star Wars (movie), Personal Data Collection, Movies, Entertainment, Interior Policy
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Tony Plakas: Boy Scouts' new proposition just provides a distraction
Last week, the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America made a proposition: Yes to gay youth and no to gay leaders. After "the most comprehensive listening exercise in its history," the BSA's executive committee conceded gay boys interested in...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Palm Beach County, Customs and Tradition
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Mormon Church OK with gay Boy Scouts proposal
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a message for the Boy Scouts of America's plan to allow gay Scouts: We're fine with it. The Mormon Church, which has historically opposed same-sex marriage, said Thursday that it supported the Scouts'...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Barack Obama, Social Issues
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Volunteers spruce up Kennedy Park in Pomona
Inland Valley Daily BulletinAll across the Inland Valley and the state, Mormons along with other volunteers tackled numerous projects Saturday as part of the Mormon Helping Hands 2013 community service day. Pomona's John F. Kennedy Park on Fairplex Drive was one of the sites...Tags: Christianity, John F. Kennedy, Religion and Belief
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Mormon bishop comes to rescue with samurai sword: 'I drew on him'
Some intruder picked the wrong house to menace. That’s what happened this week when a gate-crasher in Salt Lake City came face to face with a Mormon bishop — wielding a Samurai sword. Kent Hendrix's teenage son pounded on his bedroom door,...Tags: Weaponry, Stephen Breyer, Christianity, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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Utah Mormon bishop brandishes Samurai sword to defend neighbor
ReutersBy Jennifer Dobner SALT LAKE CITY, April 24 (Reuters) - A Mormon bishop armed with a Samurai sword came to the defense of his neighbor on Tuesday in a Salt Lake City suburb by helping to chase away a man who had accosted the woman, police said. The 37-...Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Redlands 125th Anniversary: Rose Palmer discusses Mormon history in Redlands
Redlands Daily Facts, Calif.Related * Quasquicentennial video history * Apr 6: * Redlands 125th Anniversary: Former city clerk discusses three decades at City Hall * Mar 30: * Redlands 125th Anniversary: Rickard's legacy is the Feast of Lights * Mar 23: * Redlands...Tags: Christianity, General Motors Corp., Abraham Lincoln, Religion and Belief
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Mormonism and the discussion of a woman's place
The newer, smaller and more centrally organized a religion is, the less prone it is to reformed versions breaking away. It also helps if the religion's followers form an insular group, to one extent or another, away from the tug of societal trends....
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Judaism, Religious Events, Separation of Church and State, Christianity
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In rare event, woman leads prayer at major Mormon conference
For the first time in memory, a woman has led a prayer at the major conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Jean A. Stevens offered the closing prayer for more than 100,000 Mormons gathered Saturday for the...
Tags: Christianity, Religious Events, Rituals, Religion and Belief
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Is the Wildly Entertaining 'Book of Mormon' Also Kinda Vapid?
I just saw the super-ultra-atmosphere-piercing smash hit musical “The Book of Mormon” and had two conflicting feelings about it. Yes, it’s entertaining, clever, and funny as hell, but also, has anyone noticed, that much like some of...
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Is Pope Benedict XVI setting precedent for…the Mormons?
The Religion WorldThe Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack writes that Pope Benedicts' decision to retire, rather than die in office, has Mormons talking about whether that could happen to the leader of the Latter-Day Saints? With the resignation of...
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