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Thousands in Salt Lake City protest LDS stance on same-sex marriage - Salt Lake Tribune
sltrib.com - 11/11/2008
Thousands in Salt Lake City protest LDS stance on same-sex marriage - Salt Lake Tribune
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Opponents of a measure that banned gay marriage in California took their outrage to the spiritual hub of Mormonism on Friday. More than 3,000 people swarmed downtown Salt Lake City to march past the LDS temple and church headquarters, protesting Mormon involvement in the campaign for ...

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Brian Normoyle: Prop 8 Makes Wrong Kind of History

Althouse:  "The main focus is going to be going after the Utah brand.We're going to destroy the Utah brand. It is a hate state."

newsroom.lds.org - 11/8/2008
Church Issues Statement on Proposition 8 Protest - LDS Newsroom
— newsroom.lds.org — SALT LAKE CITY 7 November 2008 The Church issued the following statement today: It is disturbing that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being singled out for speaking up as part of its democratic right in a free election. Members of ... (more) Church Issues Statement on Proposition 8 Protest - LDS ...

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Mormon leaders urge respect for foes in gay-marriage debate - Salt Lake Tribune
— sltrib.com — Posted: 2:13 PM- Now that California voters have outlawed same-sex marriage, an LDS Church leader called Wednesday for members to heal any rifts caused by the emotional campaign by treating each other with "civility, with respect and with love." "We ... (more) Mormon leaders urge respect for foes in gay-marriage ...
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Nonprofit eatery can't bring home bacon - Salt Lake Tribune
— sltrib.com — For nearly a year, Salt Lake City's One World Cafe - founded on the altruistic goal of letting customers set their own meal price - has been on a crash course with business reality. In mid-October, employee paychecks bounced and the longtime manager ... (more) Nonprofit eatery can't bring home bacon - Salt Lake Tribune
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Brian Normoyle: Prop 8 Makes Wrong Kind of History
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in San Diego, Huntington Beach, Palm Springs, Fresno, Oakland, Long Beach, Lake Forest and San Francisco--all peaceful with just a handful of arrests. Outside California, 3,000 protested in downtown Salt Lake City and a major protest is scheduled Wednesday in ...

"The main focus is going to be going after the Utah brand.We're going to destroy the Utah brand. It is a hate state."
Althouse — Said blogger John Aravosis, as 3,000 people protesting the Prop 8 vote in California marched in downtown Salt Lake City in Utah. Church officials are "disturbed" that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was "singled out for speaking up as part of its democratic right in a free election," said LDS spokesman Scott Trotter earlier Friday.... Attacking a religious organization rarely works, said Joe Mathews, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, a political think tank in southern California.... "Mormons are unpopular and the church ...

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