In Utah, party rules require you register as a Republican in order to vote in the GOP primary election. During even-numbered years, the new law imposes a deadline of March 31 for any Utah voter who is affiliated with a party and looking to switch in advance of the primary election.
In Utah, party rules require you register as a Republican in order to vote in the GOP primary election. Switching party affiliations has an earlier deadline this year, thanks to a new law.\n\n
BYU professor calls gay student a Book of Mormon term associated with anti-Christ
The school has not reacted publicly, leaving some LGBTQ students fearful and spurring others to ask for action.
(Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) A Brigham Young University student sports various rainbow-colored items on his backpack in support of Rainbow Day as he walks with his friends on the campus of BYU in Provo on Thursday, March 4, 2021. A student at the school was recently called a Mormon term associated with an anti-Christ by a professor. The school has remained silent.
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They make up most of the adult LDS membership. So why do they feel like outsiders? Because theyâre single.
Church leaders openly acknowledge this longtime trend, but single Latter-day Saints say additional shifts are needed from the pulpit and in the pews to make the faith more welcoming.
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For a church that preaches marriage, that promotes traditional gender roles and nuclear families, and that even organizes special congregations on the basis of marital status, the General Conference announcement that most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are single seemed stunning.
So what happens in an LDS temple? New guide offers first-timers real answers.
Peeling away some of the mystery may calm anxieties, but will it lessen the spiritual experience?
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The bride s room in the Hartford Connecticut Temple.
| Feb. 6, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Temple rituals in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are as sacred as ever, but they recently have become far less secret.
And the increased openness is coming not from critics or cranks but from the church itself.
And just last month, the church added a section to its General Handbook, which spells out the specific promises participants are asked to make in temples, places where members perform their religion’s holiest ordinances.