<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - mormons</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/mormons</link><description>Newsvine - mormons</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:39:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:58:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Mormon missionaries freed in Guatemala</title>
<description><![CDATA[Guatemalan authorities say two female Mormon missionaries were kidnapped for two days before being freed by a special police anti-kidnapping unit helped by the FBI.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16072271-mormon-missionaries-freed-in-guatemala</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16072271-mormon-missionaries-freed-in-guatemala</guid><category>guatemala</category><category>kidnapped</category><category>world-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:38:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NBC gets no Romney campaign help on Mormon special</title>
<description><![CDATA[NBC News unsuccessfully went back to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to request an interview for this week's prime-time special on the Mormon faith after he began to seem more open to talking about it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13418953-nbc-gets-no-romney-campaign-help-on-mormon-special</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13418953-nbc-gets-no-romney-campaign-help-on-mormon-special</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>nbc</category><category>nbc-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:01:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea01d438-f720-46cc-97de-2665acb0d2c3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea01d438-f720-46cc-97de-2665acb0d2c3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at LeClaire Manufacturing, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Bettendorf, Iowa.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Over 300 Mormons join Utah Gay Pride Parade</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 300 Mormon church members who are not gay drew shouts of approval and tears from spectators while marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in downtown Salt Lake City.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12037526-over-300-mormons-join-utah-gay-pride-parade</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12037526-over-300-mormons-join-utah-gay-pride-parade</guid><category>us</category><category>parade</category><category>us-news</category><category>salt-lake-city</category><category>mormons</category><category>pride-parade</category><category>utah-gay-pride-parade</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2012 23:36:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mormonism: Made in America, popular worldwide</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mormonism has been in the spotlight in recent years because of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the popular Broadway satire "The Book of Mormon" and the presidential aspirations of Republican Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor, once a top Mormon leader in the Boston area, is about to become the first Mormon presidential nominee from a major party. Here are some basics about his church:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522933-mormonism-made-in-america-popular-worldwide</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522933-mormonism-made-in-america-popular-worldwide</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>winter-olympics</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 17:31:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gay Mormon students at BYU come out in Web video</title>
<description><![CDATA[Students from a strict Mormon college that prohibits "homosexual behavior" have launched a Web video aimed at reassuring other gay and lesbian youth struggling with their faith and sexual orientation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11074266-gay-mormon-students-at-byu-come-out-in-web-video</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11074266-gay-mormon-students-at-byu-come-out-in-web-video</guid><category>us</category><category>gay</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10454548-latino-mormons-speaking-out-against-romney</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10454548-latino-mormons-speaking-out-against-romney</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>romney</category><category>mormons</category><category>latino-mormons</category><category>mormon-faith</category><category>when-honduran-born-antonella-cecilia-packard</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/10e94d72-c3a0-423e-a24f-95de40d8a66c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/10e94d72-c3a0-423e-a24f-95de40d8a66c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, pauses while speaking to a group of former Salt Lake City Olympics committee members, marking the tenth anniversary of the games, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c4860a3-e9ba-4e7f-ab72-37c28eb765f9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="344" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c4860a3-e9ba-4e7f-ab72-37c28eb765f9.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, arrives with former Olympic figure skating medalist Kristi Yamaguchi to speak at the start of 'A Tribute to Salt Lake 2002 featuring Stars on Ice,' in Salt Lake City,  Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney campaign puts Mormon faith in spotlight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took time from his Republican presidential campaign to talk at length about the role of religion in America and in his life. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8292696-romney-campaign-puts-mormon-faith-in-spotlight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8292696-romney-campaign-puts-mormon-faith-in-spotlight</guid><category>mormon</category><category>church</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>mormons</category><category>lds</category><category>lds-church</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>jeffress</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:38:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Huntsman promises fellow Mormon not raise faith</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is joking that he won't bring up faith in a debate with fellow Mormon and rival for the Republican presidential nomination Mitt Romney.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8277689-huntsman-promises-fellow-mormon-not-raise-faith</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8277689-huntsman-promises-fellow-mormon-not-raise-faith</guid><category>us</category><category>debate</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>jon-huntsman</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:33:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/87b22f26-b44f-46c0-945d-b60ad75d6c35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/87b22f26-b44f-46c0-945d-b60ad75d6c35.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman responds to a question during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday night, Oct. 11, 2011, as Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Texas Gov. Rick Perry listen. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4db7dc02-08b8-4657-bd22-411250a0679e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4db7dc02-08b8-4657-bd22-411250a0679e.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.(AP Photo/Scott Eells, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mormons beliefs once again under attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[When one of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's supporters publicly denounced the faith of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman as a non-Christian cult, he was just the latest in a long line of people who have damned Mormonism.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Zoll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rachel Zoll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/10/8257485-mormons-beliefs-once-again-under-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/10/8257485-mormons-beliefs-once-again-under-attack</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>questioned</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>mormons</category><category>rel</category><category>jon-huntsman</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:54:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d65aec9e-97e6-47b6-89d0-6c9d143127b2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d65aec9e-97e6-47b6-89d0-6c9d143127b2.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 20, 2005 file photo, a statue by Dennis Smith representing womanhood with children stands in view of the Mormon Temple, rear, in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has struggled for acceptance ever since its founder, Joseph Smith, said in the 19th century that God told him to restore the true Christian church by revising parts of the Bible and adding the Book of Mormon as a sacred text. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a2cf2f65-2bf3-40d8-9a77-e5ef00403636.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="471" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a2cf2f65-2bf3-40d8-9a77-e5ef00403636.jpg" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file image provided by the archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr., in a copy of a daguerreotype made circa 1843-1844. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has struggled for acceptance ever since Smith said in the 19th century that God told him to restore the true Christian church by revising parts of the Bible and adding the Book of Mormon as a sacred text. (AP Photo/Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study looks at experiences of gay Mormons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Evan Clayson came out as gay to his Mormon congregation from the pulpit in Houston earlier this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/31/7210340-study-looks-at-experiences-of-gay-mormons</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/31/7210340-study-looks-at-experiences-of-gay-mormons</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>utah-state-university</category><category>gay-mormons</category><category>evan-clayson</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:49:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Activists: Mormon beliefs factor in LGBT struggles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ben Jarvis has heard a lot of coming out stories.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5346514-activists-mormon-beliefs-factor-in-lgbt-struggles</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5346514-activists-mormon-beliefs-factor-in-lgbt-struggles</guid><category>suicide</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>ut</category><category>gay-mormons</category><category>ben-jarvis</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:52:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d19905c-378c-4b9b-a22f-7a87d9cedf31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d19905c-378c-4b9b-a22f-7a87d9cedf31.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2010 photo, Gay rights activist lay on the sidewalk near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' temple  in Salt Lake City.  A sermon by a high-ranking church official on Oct. 3 denouncing homosexual attraction as unnatural and immoral exacerbated the troubled relationship with many lesbian, gay, bixsexual and transgender Mormons who have come out.  Mormon-based gay activists said the sermon was also dangerous, coming as it did in the midst of the national furor over a Rutgers University student who jumped to his death.  (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>No Scout leadership post in NC for Mormon parents</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Presbyterian church was happy to have Jeremy and Jodi Stokes as Cub Scout leaders, at least until officials there found out they are Mormons and told them they would have to step down because the church does not consider them real Christians.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Breen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Breen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5317378-no-scout-leadership-post-in-nc-for-mormon-parents</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5317378-no-scout-leadership-post-in-nc-for-mormon-parents</guid><category>us</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>scouts</category><category>cub-scouts</category><category>cub</category><category>cub-scout</category><category>jodi-stokes</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:27:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo might seem like an unlikely person to be pushing a bill to cut federal taxes on small beer-makers: A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he abstains from alcohol.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Miller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Miller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5067363-abstinent-mormon-farmers-grow-barley-for-beer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5067363-abstinent-mormon-farmers-grow-barley-for-beer</guid><category>us</category><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>today</category><category>religion</category><category>beer</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>rel</category><category>mike-crapo</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:07:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mormons abstain from alcohol, but farmers who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are some of the biggest barley growers in Idaho &#8212; and most of their barley goes to beer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5067337-abstinent-mormon-farmers-grow-barley-for-beer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5067337-abstinent-mormon-farmers-grow-barley-for-beer</guid><category>us</category><category>farm</category><category>food</category><category>today</category><category>religion</category><category>beer</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>latter-day-saints</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:03:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mormon church restates opposition to gay marriage</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mormon church leaders have restated the faith's unequivocal position against gay marriage in a letter to members in Argentina, where the government is debating whether to legalize gay unions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/12/4663607-mormon-church-restates-opposition-to-gay-marriage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/12/4663607-mormon-church-restates-opposition-to-gay-marriage</guid><category>us</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:24:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Men file abuse suits against Mormons, Boy Scouts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits Monday claiming childhood sexual abuse by youth leaders decades ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcus Wohlsen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcus Wohlsen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508639-men-file-abuse-suits-against-mormons-boy-scouts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508639-men-file-abuse-suits-against-mormons-boy-scouts</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>sex-abuse</category><category>lawsuits</category><category>us-news</category><category>boy-scouts</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:57:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abuse suits target Mormons, Boy Scouts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three brothers who claim they were sexually molested by their Boy Scout and Mormon youth leader in the 1970s and 1980s have sued both organizations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508204-abuse-suits-target-mormons-boy-scouts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508204-abuse-suits-target-mormons-boy-scouts</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>abuse</category><category>sex</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>boy-scout</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:37:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause</title>
<description><![CDATA[It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3491188-mormons-throw-support-behind-gay-rights-cause</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3491188-mormons-throw-support-behind-gay-rights-cause</guid><category>us</category><category>gays</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3487646-salt-lake-oks-gay-rights-laws-with-mormon-backing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3487646-salt-lake-oks-gay-rights-laws-with-mormon-backing</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>salt-lake</category><category>rights</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>us-news</category><category>salt-lake-city</category><category>mormons</category><category>salt-lake-city-council</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:15:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calendar pokes fun at Mormon mom stereotype</title>
<description><![CDATA[The latest installment of a calendar series that pokes fun at Mormon stereotypes is putting a twist on motherhood.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3427032-calendar-pokes-fun-at-mormon-mom-stereotype</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3427032-calendar-pokes-fun-at-mormon-mom-stereotype</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>calendar</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:47:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mormon leader: religious freedom at risk</title>
<description><![CDATA[The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3379196-mormon-leader-religious-freedom-at-risk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3379196-mormon-leader-religious-freedom-at-risk</guid><category>us</category><category>religious-freedom</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Petitioners to Mormons: Soften gay marriage stance</title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of current and former Mormons at odds with the church's position on gay marriage and its political activism to ban it has launched a Web site asking the faith to soften its stance.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Dobner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/22/2958283-petitioners-to-mormons-soften-gay-marriage-stance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/22/2958283-petitioners-to-mormons-soften-gay-marriage-stance</guid><category>us</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:00:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>California to investigate Mormon aid to Prop 8</title>
<description><![CDATA[California officials will investigate whether the Mormon church accurately described its role in a campaign to ban gay marriage in the state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2146953-california-to-investigate-mormon-aid-to-prop-8</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2146953-california-to-investigate-mormon-aid-to-prop-8</guid><category>gay-marriage</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:42:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mormon aid on gay marriage ban generates complaint</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California gay rights activist filed a complaint Thursday accusing the Mormon church of failing to report the full value of the work it did to support the state's new ban on same-sex marriage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Leff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lisa Leff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/13/2109826-mormon-aid-on-gay-marriage-ban-generates-complaint</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/13/2109826-mormon-aid-on-gay-marriage-ban-generates-complaint</guid><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>us-news</category><category>mormons</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:51:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Religion today</title>
<description><![CDATA[Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/12/2105020-religion-today</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/12/2105020-religion-today</guid><category>today</category><category>religion</category><category>us-news</category><category>backlash</category><category>mormons</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:06:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d881ee5f-57a4-4d61-a912-5d9a6d37acbd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d881ee5f-57a4-4d61-a912-5d9a6d37acbd.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Nov 6. 2008 file photo shows a police helicopter circling  overhear, a woman who identified herself as Mama Joi shouts to the crowd as Robert Oliver waves the multicolored GLBT flag from atop a wall outside the Los Angeles Mormon Temple, background, as hundreds demonstrated against the Mormon Church's support of Proposition 8, that opposed gay marriage, in the Westwood district of Los Angeles. Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eaecb5e6-d363-4e55-8fb3-d4940a60ae47.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eaecb5e6-d363-4e55-8fb3-d4940a60ae47.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Nov. 6, 2008 file photo shows hundreds demonstrating outside the Los Angeles Mormon Temple against the Church's support of Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that banned gay marriage, in the Westwood district of Los Angeles. Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/724e9308-5ab5-4371-81fc-53758aded777.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="465" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/724e9308-5ab5-4371-81fc-53758aded777.jpg" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;this Nov. 7, 2008 file photo shows people gathering before marching on the Mormon Temple in protest Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, in Salt Lake City. Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>