Tagged with "Legislation"
After more than a half century, Santa Monica Nativity display is no more
MR says: Is this a fair decision, or do you think this is a violation of freedom of speech? After nearly 60 years in picturesque Palisades Park, the religious community's traditional Christmas Nativity tableau has a new space in the industrial park of this coastal city west of Los Angeles. The new locale...
City surpluses property before sale to LDS Church for Provo temple
Another portion of 100 South around 50 West was added to the city's surplus property list on Tuesday. During its regular meeting the Provo Municipal Council gave Mayor John Curtis the authority to dispose of the property in preparation for it to be purchased by the LDS Church. The property is...
Mormon church is conspicuously absent in Md. same-sex marriage referendum
MR says: The Church is doing everything it can to show its political neutrality this election. Maryland activists working to overturn same-sex marriage have had to get used to one surprising absence from their religious coalition: Mormons. A huge amount of Mormon money and foot soldiers and the support...
LDS Church distances itself from land referendum in Layton
MR says: The Church has two options in dealing with the land, and they include selling outright to a developer or engaging in the long-range planning process. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is distancing itself from any position on a land referendum on the ballot this November, even though...
Agreement reached over free speech zones near LDS temple
MR says: This seems like a fair decision for all parties. City officials here said they will not enforce their "Free speech" ordinance while a lawsuit is pending in federal court. The Main Street Church of Brigham City and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday after the...
Hearing set for Friday in free speech case involving Mormon temple
MR says: The Main Street Church has characterizes Brigham City as “Orwellian” in restricting free speech. A federal judge will decide Friday whether to grant a Christian church’s request for a temporary restraining order so it can pass out fliers on sidewalks in front of a new Mormon temple in Brigham...
Church files lawsuit over flier ban at LDS temple open house
MR says: The LDS Church says the ban is an issue of safety, not limiting freedom of speech. A Christian church that says it was prohibited from passing out fliers on public sidewalks bordering the new LDS temple in Brigham City filed a federal lawsuit against the city Tuesday. The Main Street Church of...
Provo council rejects plan to curb MTC building
MR says: LDS Church representatives have said in the past that there was no record that anyone made the claimed commitment of keeping buildings under four stories. Residents living near the Mormon Missionary Training Center (MTC) didn’t get what they wanted Tuesday. The Municipal Council voted 4-3 to...
Deported Mormon glass artists making new life in new country
The Correa family's first few months in their home country of Argentina after being deported from the United States nearly two years ago were miserable. Buenos Aires didn't feel like home. It was too big and too busy compared with the small towns in Iowa and Utah where they had lived for 10...
Tennessee site OK'd for Mormon church building, despite critics
MR says: Many residents opposed the church due to the large parking lot and light pollution they believe will be a result. A new Mormon church was approved for Sunset Road during Nolensville’s Planning Commission meeting Tuesday night, although several nearby neighbors voiced concerns over traffic,...
Mormons in Italy rejoice, Church granted country's 'official' status
MR says: We reported on this good news a few weeks ago, but now it's official! More than 150 years since the first Italian Latter-day Saints were baptized, and after decades-long efforts and negotiations, the Italian government has granted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) official...
House OKs selling ‘Y’ mountain to BYU
Brigham Young University is one step closer to owning the land under its iconic mountainside "Y" after the House passed a bill Monday sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. The Utah lawmaker’s legislation requires the U.S. Forest Service to sell 80 acres to BYU at fair market value. Chaffetz...
Italy grants Mormon church new status
MR says: The LDS Church has moved from a charity to a church, enabling it to do things like perform marriage ceremonies among other things. All that remains is the signature of Italy's president, and the LDS Church will be recognized officially as a “partner of the state.” This week the Italian...
New York Mormon chapel finally gets approval
MR says: Although the chapel has been approved, there are a lot of people who are still unhappy about it. The city approved an application Tuesday that will allow the Mormon Church to build a chapel that exceeds zoning regulations on 33rd Avenue in Flushing, much to the dismay of civic organizations and...
Utah Mormons urged in church to support MTC high-rise near BYU
MR says: The opposition group felt comfortable opposing the high-rise plan because church leaders emphasized that the issue of zoning was secular, not ecclesiastical. But that is no longer the case and most members are happy to step down. A majority of Provo Mormons who were fighting construction of a...
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