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Gay Activists Rally Outside Mormon Temple in NYC
By
akornfeld
New York – Carrying signs reading “Love not H8” and “Did you cast a ballot or a stone?”, a large crowd of gay-marriage supporters gathered outside a Mormon temple to protest the church’s endorsement of a same-sex marriage ban in California. The rally Wednesday night outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple…
Supreme Court Referees Religious Monument Dispute
By
nsymmonds
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court warily confronted a case Wednesday that mixes limits on free speech with issues of church-state separation. The justices engaged in lively arguments over a small religious group’s efforts to place a monument in a public park that already is home to a Ten Commandments display. The court seemed reluctant to…
Anger Over Gay Marriage Vote Directed at Mormons
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nsymmonds
Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples. For months, the Mormon church sought to portray itself as just one member of a coalition of Catholics, evangelicals, black Protestants and others supporting Proposition 8, a measure to stop…
Devotees Flock to ‘Buddha Reincarnation’ in Nepal
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nsymmonds
RATANPUR, Nepal – The teenage boy revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine. His face was still, his long hair spilled over his white robe, and he never…
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