Read more Mormon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6735/mormon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73779/mormons-back-salt-lake-gay-rights-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Mormon church has come out in support of gay rights legislation for the first time in its history, backing a pair of Salt Lake City ordinances passed yesterday by the city council protecting gays from discrimination in housing and employment. "The church supports these ordinances because they are fair...http://www.newser.com/story/73779/mormons-back-salt-lake-gay-rights-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 4:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70765/elizabeth-smart-recounts-daily-sexual-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElizabeth Smart delivered frank testimony in federal court today on the abuse she suffered at the hands of Brian David Mitchell during a 9-month abduction, describing how Mitchell used religion to justify repeatedly raping her. Smart, 14 at the time, said Mitchell chained her leg to a tree at the...http://www.newser.com/story/70765/elizabeth-smart-recounts-daily-sexual-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 14:42:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64198/rally-slams-no-kissing-rule-in-mormon-plaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGay and straight protesters covered each other in kisses today outside Salt Lake City’s Mormon Temple, USA Today reports. The rally—inspired by a gay couple who were handcuffed and cited Friday for smooching on church property—was organized to condemn the Mormon ban on "offensive, indecent, obscene, lewd or...http://www.newser.com/story/64198/rally-slams-no-kissing-rule-in-mormon-plaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Jul 2009 16:29:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64040/mourners-hail-mormons-killed-by-mexican-hitmen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 1000 mourners yesterday honored two American Mormons who were tortured and murdered in retaliation for helping Mexican authorities nab drug gangsters, reports Reuters. Gunmen broke into Benjamin LeBaron's home in northern Mexico earlier this week, tortured him in front of his family and shot him dead along with...http://www.newser.com/story/64040/mourners-hail-mormons-killed-by-mexican-hitmen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 3:28:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62549/mormons-urge-church-to-soften-gay-marriage-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group of Mormons is campaigning to get the church to cease its aggressive activism against gay marriage, the Salt Lake Tribune reports, with the so-called Committee for Reconciliation calling for church leaders to soften their uncompromising stance on the issue. They say the church’s attitude has helped take rights...http://www.newser.com/story/62549/mormons-urge-church-to-soften-gay-marriage-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:41:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60446/gay-marriage-activists-take-the-fight-to-the-mormons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the fight over gay marriage moving east, activists in favor of legalization are aiming to discredit a primary opponent: the Mormon Church. Stunned by the effect of Mormon fundraising and canvassing in the passage of California's Proposition 8, two groups are running ads attacking Mormon involvement in the issue,...http://www.newser.com/story/60446/gay-marriage-activists-take-the-fight-to-the-mormons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 10:01:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58876/utah-drinkers-get-in-touch-with-bartenders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnder a new law that went into effect yesterday, restaurants that sell alcohol no longer need to separate patrons from the people serving them drinks, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. “Not having these barriers is going to save us a lot of time, especially with out-of-state visitors who constantly ask...http://www.newser.com/story/58876/utah-drinkers-get-in-touch-with-bartenders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 14:02:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58232/mormons-posthumously-baptized-obamas-mother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s late mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was baptized by the Church of Latter-day Saints during the campaign last year, Politico reports. The Mormons are investigating the baptism of Dunham—who died in 1995—which a Church ancestry website documents. Posthumous baptism performed without permission has raised problems in the...http://www.newser.com/story/58232/mormons-posthumously-baptized-obamas-mother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 12:04:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57426/mormon-hunks-have-church-up-in-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn entrepreneur who says his aim was to improve the image of Mormons has been excommunicated by the church for publishing a calendar with photos of shirtless members of the faith. The “Men on a Mission” calendar doesn’t “tear down the beliefs of the church at all," Chad Hardy protests...http://www.newser.com/story/57426/mormon-hunks-have-church-up-in-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:09:01 CDT