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Catholics, Mormons defend backing same-sex marriage ban

Nov. 7, 2008
The Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said insisted Thursday that their support for a proposition to ban same-sex marriage in California did not target any group.
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Police suspect Prop. 8 behind vandalism

FARMINGTON, Utah, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Police in Utah say a recent rash of vandalism in parts of the state may be motivated by California's passage of Proposition 8.

Mormon temples get white powder envelopes

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City received envelopes containing a white powder Thursday afternoon, the FBI said.

Researcher says work on gays misused

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A University of Utah psychologist says advocates of treating homosexuality selectively pick out bits of her research that appear to support their position.

Prop 8 protest at Mormon Church in LA

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Gay rights activists gathered Thursday outside a Mormon temple in Los Angeles to protest the church's role in repealing same-sex marriage in California.

Ex-Mormon gives $1M for same-sex marriage

OREM, Utah, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A former Mormon responded to a call by the church to support a proposition to outlaw gay marriage in California by giving $1 million to the other side.
Polygamists agree to marriage restrictions

Polygamists agree to marriage restrictions

SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 3 (UPI) -- Leaders of a Texas polygamist sect have agreed to restrictions on underage marriage that will allow an estimated 430 children to be released from foster care.

Polygamist leader's sentence is 5-to-life

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Warren Jeffs, the leader of a polygamous sect, was sentenced to two consecutive 5 years-to-life terms in Utah for forcing a 14-year-old girl into marriage.

Jeffs found guilty in rape case

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted of two counts of rape by accessory by a Utah jury Tuesday.

Prosecution rests in polygamist's trial

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A Utah judge refused Tuesday to dismiss the rape charge against the leader of a polygamous sect after prosecutors rested their case.

Child bride testifies at Jeffs trial

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A woman, who claims the head of a U.S. polygamous sect coerced her into marital sex at a young age, testified she was taught as a child to obey church leaders.

Report: Canada should stop polygamy

OTTAWA, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A Canadian report says that the country's laissez-faire attitude towards a polygamist community violates its obligation to protect women and children.

1st of 8 polygamy trials begins in Arizona

KINGMAN, Ariz., July 5 (UPI) -- The first of eight trials alleging sexual misconduct with minors by men from a polygamist community on the Utah-Arizona border began Wednesday.

Push for national gay-marriage ban

WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Roman Catholic leaders and evangelical Protestants, joined by other religious groups, are pushing to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Mormon church ordered to pay for sex abuse

SEATTLE, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A jury in Washington State has ordered the Mormon Church to pay $4.2 million to two sisters abused by their stepfather. Peter Taylor, also a defendant in the lawsuit, served four years in prison for the crimes. The sisters claimed two bishops in the Churc

Mormons pull missionaries from Venezuela

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church, has pulled 400 missionaries out of Venezuela.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler