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Proposition 8 overturned

Feb 07, 2012 No Comments by

Proposition 8, the California ban on same-sex marriage, was ruled unconstitutional by the ninth circuit court.  A two to one vote by a federal panel out of San Francisco caused the repeal of the proposition, the Washington Post reports. It further reports that instead of investigating the entire matter of same-sex marriage, the court examined [...]

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Super Bowl vs. Sabbath

Feb 02, 2012 No Comments by

Robby Myers considers himself a sports fanatic. Growing up, he watched the Super Bowl with his family every year. After going on a mission, Myers, a senior from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, majoring in information systems, decided he was not going to watch sports on Sunday any more, and that included the Super Bowl. As Latter-day [...]

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BYU Devotional about Repentance and the Miracle of Forgiveness

Feb 01, 2012 No Comments by

Students were taught regarding their inability to be forgiven by themselves, and that repentance brings about a miracle greater than water to wine in Tuesday’s Devotional. Michael Dunn, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science directed his Devotional remarks around the necessity of proper repentance through the Atonement to obtain [...]

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Bishops’ Central Storehouse dedicated in Salt Lake

Jan 27, 2012 No Comments by

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ humanitarian mission has some growing room now thanks to a new bishops’ central storehouse that has more than 570,000-square-feet. The Bishops’ Central Storehouse, located on about 36 acres in Salt Lake City, will serve as a distribution center to five other bishops’ central storehouses located throughout the United [...]

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