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Wash Post: Obama, Beck: Who is Christian? Who decides?
Is President Obama a Christian? Is Glenn Beck? That's the question that has been swirling in the media this week. The answer may lie in how "Christian" is defined and whether the Mormon church, to which Beck belongs, considers Protestants to be Christians. The Church of Latter Day Saints...
Slain Mormon bishop was close to the gospel
Mormon Life says: A nice tribute.
The Mormon bishop who was shot to death at the Visalia LDS Church on Sunday was the kind of man who listened to the spirit, said a family friend. Consequently, when Clay Sannar spoke, unruly youth...
Jewish, Mormon leaders issue joint statement on proxy baptism
Jewish and Mormon leaders issued a joint statement today acknowledging that concerns between members of both groups over a sensitive doctrinal issue have been eliminated. According to the statement, which was issued to news media simultaneously in New York and Salt Lake City, The American...
911 tape released in Calif. LDS Church shooting
Police in California have released the 911 call made by the man who they say gunned down an LDS bishop on Sunday. The call came minutes after Kenneth Ward killed Bishop Clay Sannar at a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Visalia then fled to a different...
Vasalia community mourns death of Mormon bishop
One day after a shooting at an LDS chapel left a Mormon bishop dead, the Visalia community mourned the loss of a hard-working family man and ecclesiastical leader. Clay Sannar, 40, was killed Sunday at the meetinghouse where he served as bishop of the Visalia 2nd Ward. The LDS building at the...
Suspect in shooting of California bishop was former member
VISALIA, Calif. — The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a Mormon church official in Central California was mentally ill and believed the church had wronged him when he was a member in the 1980s, family members said Monday. Kenneth James Ward, 47, would go through delusional spells when...
Slain Mormon bishop: Reaction from neighboring minister, alleged shooter's family
The tragic events of past 24 hours that left a Mormon bishop dead have left a neighboring minister and the family of the alleged killer with heavy hearts. KSL-TV is reporting on its website that Mike Ward, the younger brother of alleged shooter Kenneth James Ward, said his brother was mentally...
Police identify alleged gunman in shooting of LDS bishop
Police have released the name of the man who they say fatally shot an LDS Church bishop Sunday in California. They say Kenneth James Ward, 47, shot Bishop Clay Sanner, 40, before Ward was killed in a shootout with police. Investigators say a motive for the crime remains unclear. Members of The...
CNN: More teens becoming 'fake' Christians
If you're the parent of a Christian teenager, Kenda Creasy Dean has this warning: Your child is following a "mutant" form of Christianity, and you may be responsible. Dean says more American teenagers are embracing what she calls "moralistic therapeutic deism." Translation: It's a...
Bishop killed at church in a California shooting
VISALIA, Calif. — Police are seeking clues in the fatal shooting of a lay bishop at a Mormon church by a man who was killed in an ensuing confrontation with officers. Clay Sannar, a 42-year-old father of six boys, was doing administrative paperwork on Sunday between services when a man came in...
NY Times: Over Time, a Gay Marriage Groundswell
Gay marriage is not going away as a highly emotional, contested issue. Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that bans same-sex marriage, has seen to that, as it winds its way through the federal courts. But perhaps the public has reached a turning point. A CNN poll this month found...
California interfaith leaders to back ground zero Islamic center
A group of 60 interfaith leaders in California will come out Friday in favor of a controversial Islamic center near ground zero in New York City. "Christian, Jewish, Mormon and Muslim leaders will address the rapidly expanding epidemic of Islamophobia across the nation -- from Temecula to...
The buzz: Energy drinks not for kids, doctors say
As a new school year begins, health experts at the University of Utah warned parents Tuesday to keep energy drinks out of their kids’ backpacks. “How much should the pediatric population drink? None,” said Howard Kadish, chief of pediatric emergency medicine at the U. Caffeine-charged drinks...
Surviving College Without Caffeine
Fall semester is almost here, and that means days in the classroom and nights spent studying. As the first round of exams approaches, libraries will begin to fill with students cramming the night before the test, sipping coffee or energy drinks to help get them through their study session. And...
Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California
A federal judge in San Francisco decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions. U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker said Proposition 8, passed by voters in November...
