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In The Pipeline: One small step for a columnist
Houston, we have a problem. Or at least, we had a problem. That was until a little mystery involving outer space, the Apollo program and telephone poles was solved earlier this week. A couple of months ago, my friend, Huntington Beach Marine Safety Chief...Tags: Religion and Belief, Students, Christianity, Space Programs, Science and Technology
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YOUR WEEKEND FRIDAY: BC Playhouse presents Joseph Kesselring's comedy "Arsenic & Old Lace" Friday and Saturday, in addition to Oct. 29 and 30. All shows start at 7 p.m. on the campus of Brethren Christian High School, 21141 Strathmoor Lane, Huntington...Tags: Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Alzheimer's Disease
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Mission: Sofia, Bulgaria
They have to wear a suit and tie practically everyday and are only permitted to use the phone to call their parents, but even then only on Christmas and Mother's Day. Interaction between sexes is limited, so dating is out and even flirting isn't...Tags: Christianity, Utah, Bulgaria, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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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,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Politics, Star Wars (movie), Movies
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Mormon Church to Boy Scouts: Gay Scouts proposal OK
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: Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations, Minority Groups, Christianity, Lifestyle and Leisure
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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: Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations, Christianity, Minority Groups, Lifestyle and Leisure
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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: Religion and Belief, Stephen Breyer, Christianity, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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....
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Rituals, Jesus Christ
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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: Religion and Belief, Rituals, Christianity, Religious Events
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The Scouts and gays
Over the past 103 years, America's churches have built the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) into the nation's most successful youth group — which makes it remarkable that the BSA stands ready to let gays join Scouting, thus publicly renouncing the wishes...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Youth Organizations, Christianity, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice
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Is Pope Benedict XVI setting precedent for…the Mormons?
The Religion WorldThe Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack writes that Pope Benedicts' decision to retire, rather than die in office, has Mormons talking about whether that could happen to the leader of the Latter-Day Saints? With the resignation of... -
Fat acceptance group condemns adding kids to 'Biggest Loser'
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The National Assn. to Advance Fat Acceptance calls it "appalling" that the new season of "The Biggest Loser" will include young teenagers. Season 14 of NBC's reality weight-loss competition begins Sunday night and will include three teenagers -- two 13-...Tags: Weight Loss, Religion and Belief, NBC (tv network), Christianity, Josh Gad
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