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| LDS Church Quiet on Pocatello Gay Pride Event |
| As Pocatello, Idaho hosted a three-day Gay Pride event,
local LDS leaders were quiet and Michael Purdy, spokesman for The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, declined to comment specifically on the
event, held this past weekend. The relatively quiet reaction of much of the
city even led the event's leaders to call the predominantly-Mormon city
"tolerant." But a vocal minority, led by a local church, Calvary Chapel,
criticized the city's support as validating the gay lifestyle. |
| Will Utah send 'WW' to Washington? |
| Election year 2000 was when the letter "W" took on
new meaning in the nation's vocabulary to distinguish then-candidate George
W. Bush from his presidential father. If one current US House candidate from
Salt Lake City has his way, 2002 will be the year when a double dose of that
letter of the alphabet will be elected to go to Washington representing Utah. |
| Cannon Called Bush's Point Man on Immigration |
| The Bush administration, breaking with past
Republican opposition to immigration, plans to release a new
immigration proposal next month, one that Hispanic, immigration and
business interests are expecting to include full amnesty for the 3 to
4 million Mexicans living illegally in the US. To get its plan before
Congress, the administration has chosen Utah Republican Chris Cannon
as its "point man" to introduce the legislation and argue for its
support among his colleagues. |
| Latter-day Saint Runs For Lethbridge Canada City Council |
| Kim Siever, a member of the Lethbridge
Alberta West Stake, has announced his intention to run for one of the eight
alderman seats in the 15 October 2001 municipal election. Siever had been
contemplating running for council for over a year as he saw what seemed to
be a city council unwilling to listen to its citizens. Convinced some
citizens are unhappy with the decisions the current mayor and aldermen have
made regarding recent issues, Siever feels he can offer a much-needed voice
for the people. |
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