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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: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Culture, Music, Religion and Belief
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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,...
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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: Youth Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Boy Scouts of America, Arts and Culture
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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: John F. Kennedy, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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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: Stephen Breyer, Weaponry, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Christianity
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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: Youth Organizations, Same-Sex Marriage, Boy Scouts of America, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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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: Religion and Belief, Christianity
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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: General Motors Corp., Religion and Belief, Abraham Lincoln, Christianity
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Faces from the past given new look in Kays Ward exhibit
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahHarris Adams remembers one of Davis County's pioneers. He called him Uncle Josh. Joshua Adams was born in Mount Pisgah, Iowa, in 1848, and crossed the Plains with a Mormon pioneer company when he was just 2 years old. His family settled in Layton, the...Tags: Joseph Smith, Jr., Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Museums, Christianity
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Morman group organizes cleanup for three Carlisle area parks
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.Volunteers are needed next weekend to join a statewide spring cleanup effort sponsored by the Mormon Helping Hands program that includes three Carlisle-area parks. Dwight Hurst, director of public affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Bloomfield (Staten Island, New York), Religion and Belief, Tom Corbett
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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....
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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: Religious Events, Rituals, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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