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Mormon Church feels the heat over Proposition 8

Nov. 16, 2008
The church, which has long sought to be seen as part of America's mainstream, joins with other religious organizations to back California's ban on gay marriage. But now it has become a political target. In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision....
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Oldest Mormon Apostle dies at 91

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Joseph B. Wirthlin, the oldest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church, has died at the age of 91.

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.

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.

Mormons scale back Prop. 8 effort

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Mormon Church officials are trimming their efforts on behalf of a ballot initiative to abolish same-sex marriage in California, a church spokeswoman said.

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.

Unitarians struggle with church shooting

BOSTON, July 30 (UPI) -- Unitarians across the country are trying to cope with the shootings at a church in Tennessee by a man allegedly upset by the group's liberal views.

3 women to be ordained as priests

BOSTON, July 18 (UPI) -- Three women who plan to be ordained as Catholic priests in a ceremony in Boston have been warned that they face excommunication.

Church found in Jordan may be oldest

RIHAB, Jordan, June 11 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in Jordan have found what they believe is the oldest Christian church under another church dating from 230 A.D.

Jesus statue stolen from church

DETROIT, June 5 (UPI) -- Officials at Detroit's Church of the Messiah said they were on the lookout for an 8-foot statue of Jesus after it went missing from outside of the building.
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.

Colleges offering classes on Mormonism

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. colleges and universities have been slow to add courses on Mormonism, one of the fastest growing religions in the world, it was reported.

Romney attends Mormon leader's funeral

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney left the campaign trail Saturday morning to attend the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the Mormon president and prophet, in Salt Lake City.

Leader of Mormon Church dies

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Gordon Hinckley, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died at age 97.

Huckabee takes Romney at word on faith

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee shied away Thursday from calling fellow GOP hopeful Mitt Romney, a Mormon, a Christian.

Book of Mormon modifies Indian origins

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A slight editing of the Book of Mormon has religious observers in Utah seeing some serious implications for church doctrine on American Indians.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch