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Monday June 30, 2008
Homosexuality / Lesbianism / Bisexuality / Transgenderism • Mormonism/Mormon Church: While the Mormon church still teaches that gay sex is a sin and actively opposes gay marriage—which it will do from pulpits across California this Sunday—a first-ever meeting between Mormon officials and members of an advocacy group for non-straight Mormons, might suggest that such acceptance is more than wishful thinking.
Friday June 27, 2008
FLDS • Mormonism/Mormon Church • Polygamy:
Mormon leaders today said they are stepping up efforts to make the public aware of the differences between the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), which has recently garnered widespread national attention.Then we fill in the details the LDS leaves out.
Monday June 9, 2008
Mormonism/Mormon Church: The LDS Church now boasts more members abroad than in the U.S., where the church has its origins. About 55 percent of the world’s 13 million Mormons live outside the U.S., according to church figures.
Monday May 19, 2008
Mormonism/Mormon Church: “Wikileaks will not remove the handbooks [the Church Handbook of Instructions is a two-volume set], which are of substantial interest to current and former Mormons,” according to a Wikinews article. “Wikileaks will remain a place where people from around the world can safely reveal the truth.”
Thursday May 15, 2008
Mormonism/Mormon Church: Wikileaks has posted a confidential document from the Church of Latter-day Saints called the Church Handbook of Instructions, which is a guide for the church’s lay leadership and is not available either to parishioners or to the public.
Friday May 9, 2008
Catholic Church • Mormonism/Mormon Church: The Roman Catholic Church has recently directed dioceses worldwide not to give parish information to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The move is to prevent LDS Church members from baptizing by proxy Catholic ancestors.
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