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| Senator Smith Suggests Sanctions over Religious Restrictions in France, Europe |
| Oregon's US Senator Gordon Smith, a member of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, suggested yesterday that the US impose
restrictions on European visitors because of their country's restrictions on
minority religions. The comments came as the Senate's European Affairs
subcommittee, which Smith chairs, reviewed proposed French legislation that
the US State Department considers an affront to religious freedom. |
| Hill New Deputy Parliamentary Leader |
| Official Opposition Leader Stockwell Day,
in response to this week's resignations of House Leader Chuck Strahl
and Deputy Parliamentary Leader Deborah Grey, both former Canadian
Alliance Members of Parliament, reorganised his leadership team.
Grant Hill, a member of the Calgary Alberta Foothills Stake, was
named as the new Deputy Parliamentary Leader. |
| Cardston's Mormons Struggle With Sunday Shopping |
| Mel Tagg, mayor of the Town of Cardston
and former president of the New Zealand Wellington Mission
(1989-1992), announced that the heavily LDS town will remove its
22-year-old Sunday shopping bylaw. |
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