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Prop. 8 protesters target Mormon temple in Westwood

Nov. 7, 2008
Gay-rights activists criticize the church for helping to collect millions to aid passage of ban on gay marriage. More than a thousand gay-rights activists gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Mormon temple in Westwood to protest the role Mormons played in passing Proposition 8, which banned...
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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.

Historian: Mormon land grabbed in Missouri

SALT LAKE CITY, June 27 (UPI) -- A historian at Brigham Young University argues that Mormons were persecuted in Missouri in 1838 in a deliberate and successful effort to get their land.

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, Obama claim Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential primary in Utah as expected on Super Tuesday, but Barack Obama squeaked out a win on the Democratic side.

Clinton, Obama close in Utah; Mitt cruises

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney was the winner of the Republican primary in the Mormon stronghold of Utah Tuesday evening while Barack Obama led in the Democratic Party contest.

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.

Postum goes the way of the buggy whip

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Postum addicts among Mormons in Utah are looking for a new way to get a caffeine-free fix now that Kraft Foods has discontinued the cereal beverage.

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.

Organist plays final Tabernacle refrain

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- John Longhurst has played his final notes for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, after 30 years as its organist.

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.

Romney stands by his faith

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney, who is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. president, said Sunday he's fine with people asking questions about his Mormon faith.
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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