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• BYU students celebrate as school removes ‘Homosexual Behavior’ section from its online Honor Code

  19-02-2020 23:58
  
  As news broke across campus Wednesday that Brigham Young University had quietly deleted the “Homosexual Behavior" section from its school rules online, students called and rushed to the Honor Code Office to ask what the disappearance meant. Franchesca Lopez, delighted with the answer she said she heard “from the mouth of an HCO counselor,” posted on Twitter, “Gay dating is okay, kissing and hand holding” — adding a photo of herself kissing a female friend in f
  
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• Jana Riess: Who rescued whom?

  19-02-2020 23:50
  
  This weekend I saw a bumper sticker with the slogan “Who rescued who?” shoehorned inside an adorable paw print. It’s a fair question, I think, for anyone who has ever adopted a shelter dog.My husband and I have adopted a number of dogs over our 28 years of marriage, and all of them were refugees from one situation or another.One, a chihuahua-basenji mix, had lived with a homeless woman outdoors for at least a year before coming to us. That dog never did potty train completely,
  
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• Rich Lowry: Surviving the Bill Barr derangement syndrome

  19-02-2020 23:30
  
  Can the republic survive Attorney General William Barr?That’s the question that has seized the media and center left, which have worked themselves into a full-blown panic over an attorney general who is, inarguably, a serious legal figure and one of the adults in the room late in President Donald Trump’s first term.Some 2,000 former Justice department employees have signed a letter calling on Barr to resign. An anti-Barr piece in The Atlantic opined that "it is not too strong to say
  
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• Utah man found dead in a freezer exonerated his wife in a note

  19-02-2020 23:22
  
  The wife of a Utah man found in a freezer didn’t kill him, according to a note he left behind. On the contrary, she had “foiled my actual suicide attempts.”Tooele City Police have closed the case of Paul Edwards Mathers, whose body was found on Nov. 22 inside a freezer in his wife’s apartment. Jeanne Souron-Mathers, 75, was found dead at the Remington Park Apartments at 495 W. Utah Ave. after a maintenance worker reported he had not heard from her for some time.The state
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Look ahead: Who should the Utah Jazz try to avoid in the playoffs?

  19-02-2020 22:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  Here are some teams the Utah Jazz should avoid at all costs in the NBA playoffs. The later they can avoid these match-ups, the better success they will hav...
  
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• After close vote, Provo will allow beer brewing in some restaurants

  19-02-2020 22:50
  
  Restaurants in certain areas of Provo will soon be allowed to brew beer on-site.The City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday for a land-use change that would allow brewpubs in two separate downtown commercial zones as well as The Shops at Riverwoods and Provo Towne Centre shopping areas.Don’t expect alcohol production to happen immediately, though. The city must still adopt beer licensing regulations before a restaurant can start brewing beer or serving thirsty customers.Still the vote is a signi
  
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• Looking to ski in Utah without the crowds? Here’s where to go.

  19-02-2020 22:47
  
  During a quick swing through Utah last spring, I texted my husband a photo from a ski area of rock- and tree-lined steeps. “Is that Snowbird or Alta?” he responded. His guess was good, but he was about 70 miles off.I was at Snowbasin in northern Utah, a 45-minute drive from Salt Lake City. Most skiers from out of state head to one of the resort clusters on the city’s eastern edge, to Snowbird and Alta, or Brighton and Solitude, or Park City and Deer Valley, which draw thousands
  
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• At BSA bankruptcy case, plaintiffs’ attorneys take aim at Boy Scouts’ ‘dark history’

  19-02-2020 22:45
  
  Like millions of other Americans the 1950s and ’60s, Duane Ruth-Heffelbower spent his formative years learning to tie knots, build campfires and pitch tents with the Boy Scouts, whose wholesome, God-fearing reputation was burnished by Normal Rockwell’s magazine-cover paintings of fresh-faced Scouts, brave, courteous and cheerful.Though he’s no longer involved in scouting, the 70-year-old Mennonite minister from Fresno, California, has followed the slow deterioration of the Boy
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: The Trumpian liberalism of Michael Bloomberg

  19-02-2020 22:30
  
  Donald Trump is who he is as a politician because of his unapologetically racial vision of the American nation. Trump’s America is white, and he sees his job as protecting that whiteness from black and brown people who might come to the country or claim greater status within it. That’s what it meant to “make America great again.” And he’s delivered, using the power of the office and the force of the state to attack and stigmatize black and brown people, from outspok
  
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• Look ahead: Who should the Utah Jazz try to avoid in the playoffs?

  19-02-2020 22:26
  
  Here are some teams the Utah Jazz should avoid at all costs in the NBA playoffs. The later they can avoid these match-ups, the better success they will have in the postseason. If you’ve caught yourself watching the Western Conference standings recently, then you’re not alone. There are teams in the NBA that are so […]
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• Bernie, Biden and Bloomberg trade barbs ahead of Nevada debate

  19-02-2020 22:13
  
  Las Vegas • Sparring between Mike Bloomberg and the leading Democratic candidates erupted hours before Wednesday night’s debate, previewing what’s expected to be a tense night as the billionaire businessman meets his rivals onstage for the first time.Both Bernie Sanders' and Joe Biden's campaigns took aim at Bloomberg, the former raising questions about the 78-year-old's health and the latter pointing out reversals in Bloomberg's stances on key issues.The attacks underscore how
  
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• Utah senators OK tighter ban on disparaging vanity plates

  19-02-2020 21:48
  
  A stricter ban on vanity license plates that disparage particular groups passed the state Senate on Wednesday, after lawmakers briefly debated ending the issuance of personalized plates altogether.Discussion about the state’s process for approving vanity plates flared up with the recent controversy over a Utah plate that read “DEPORTM.” Sen. Luz Escamilla, sponsor of the bill that cleared the Senate, said a recent legislative committee meeting brought to light that State Tax Co
  
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• Emily Skill: I’m a survivor of a mass shooting — a sentence I never thought I’d say.

  19-02-2020 21:30
  
  We all say it’ll never happen to us. We always believe that we’ll be the exception. I used to think that, too.But now my story has changed. I’m a survivor of a mass shooting — a sentence I never thought I’d say.I’m originally from Dayton, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Dayton before moving out to Utah to pursue my master’s degree at Utah State University. Many of my friends and family still live in Dayton, so I was excited to visit home this
  
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• Citing costs, Aimee Winder Newton stops collecting signatures in Utah governor’s race. Could it spell trouble for her campaign?

  19-02-2020 21:24
  
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Aimee Winder Newton announced Wednesday that her campaign will stop gathering signatures needed to qualify for the primary election ballot and will focus instead on winning delegates at the Republican State Convention in April.State law provides two routes to qualify for a primary election, and some candidates have indicated they would pursue both. Winder Newton conceded she won’t reach the 28,000 signature threshold to secure her spot on the ballot witho
  
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• Uber and Lyft now command 70% of SLC airport commercial rides. The new airport will reflect their dominance.

  19-02-2020 21:18
  
  Lyft and Uber now have captured 70% of the commercial ground transportation business at Salt Lake City International Airport, its advisory board was told Wednesday.That is up from 0% five years ago when Lyft became the first ride-share company to earn official permission to operate there. Because of that, plans unveiled Wednesday will give those ride-share companies the lion’s share of the allocated pickup and drop-off curb space at the new terminal scheduled to open in September as part o
  
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• BYU appears to remove section on ‘Homosexual Behavior’ from its online Honor Code

  19-02-2020 21:16
  
  Brigham Young University appears to have quietly deleted the online section of its strict Honor Code titled “Homosexual Behavior,” which banned students and staff from “all forms of physical intimacy” between members of the same sex.The change was first noted by observers on social media and then confirmed by The Salt Lake Tribune. When comparing the previous text of the code to the updated version now on the school’s website, the most marked change was the missing
  
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• Why people who have lived in polygamy support — or don’t — a Utah bigamy bill

  19-02-2020 20:45
  
  The Utah Senate approved a bill that would remove the felony penalties for polygamy among consenting adults.Such polygamy would be an infraction, an offense on par with a traffic ticket. Polygamists who commit frauds, abuses or engage in other conduct like human smuggling could still be convicted of felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison.SB102, sponsored by Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, has evoked a mix of opinions among polygamists, former polygamists and the children of polyg
  
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• LDS Church publishes new handbook with changes to discipline, transgender policy

  19-02-2020 20:28
  
  Excommunication and disfellowshipment are out and disciplinary councils have been replaced by “membership councils.”And Latter-day Saint women exercise a kind of priesthood power, normally associated with men, when they are given a church calling.These pronouncements are among the new positions and evolving perspectives in the “General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” used to govern the faith’s policies, practices and procedures
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Hotel Monaco gives guests free access to Ancestry

  19-02-2020 20:25
  
  Hotels offer various types of amenities to attract guests — from free breakfasts and airport shuttles to laundry services and spas.But a downtown Salt Lake City hotel hopes to lure travelers with a different kind of perk — free access during their stay to billions of genealogical records.The Kimpton Hotel Monaco, 15 W. 200 South, recently announced a partnership with Ancestry — becoming the first hotel in the country and possibly the world — to offer guests free Wi-Fi acc
  
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• Citing costs, Aimee Winder Newton stops collecting signatures in Utah governor’s race

  19-02-2020 20:22
  
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Aimee Winder Newton announced Wednesday that her campaign will stop gathering signatures needed to qualify for the primary election ballot and will focus instead on winning delegates at the Republican State Convention in April.State law provides two routes to qualify for a primary election, and some candidates have indicated they would pursue both. Winder Newton conceded she won’t reach the 28,000 signature threshold to secure her spot on the ballot witho
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Coronavirus proves it’s a small world after all

  19-02-2020 20:00
  
  Nothing spreads like fear.That was the tagline of "Contagion," a 2011 movie in which the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon and Kate Winslet contend with a mysterious virus that soon decimates the globe. It earned good reviews, high marks for accuracy and $136 million in worldwide box office. Then it was more or less forgotten.Until now. Suddenly, "Contagion" is back. As reported by NPR, it briefly pierced the Top 10 list of iTunes downloads earlier this month and the numbe
  
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• Gubernatorial candidate Aimee Winder Newton abandons signature gathering effort ahead of Republican convention

  19-02-2020 19:33
  
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Aimee Winder Newton announced Wednesday that her campaign will stop gathering signatures needed to qualify for the primary election ballot and will focus instead on winning delegates at the Republican State Convention in April.State law provides two routes to qualify for a primary election, and some candidates have indicated they would pursue both. Winder Newton conceded she won’t reach the 28,000 signature threshold to secure her spot on the ballot witho
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Lookin' Live: Episode 19—Rudy & Donovan do All-Star weekend

  19-02-2020 19:14 via sportspyder.com
  
  A look behind-the-scenes of the Jazz's star players living it up in Chicago during All-Star weekend.
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Predicting NBA breakout stars for stretch run - Sports Illustrated

  19-02-2020 19:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Will CJ McCollum be able to handle the load with Damian Lillard out with a groin injury? Can Shai Gilgeous-Alexander keep the Thunder on the right track? The Crossover predicted breakout stars for the NBA's stretch run.
  
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• Utah skiing without the crowds

  19-02-2020 19:08
  
  During a quick swing through Utah last spring, I texted my husband a photo from a ski area of rock- and tree-lined steeps. “Is that Snowbird or Alta?” he responded. His guess was good, but he was about 70 miles off.I was at Snowbasin in northern Utah, a 45-minute drive from Salt Lake City. Most skiers from out of state head to one of the resort clusters on the city’s eastern edge, to Snowbird and Alta, or Brighton and Solitude, or Park City and Deer Valley, which draw thousands
  
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• [Forbes] - Can Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert Win 3rd Defensive Player Of The Year?

  19-02-2020 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Can Rudy Gobert secure a third straight Defensive Player of the Year award?
  
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• [KSL] - Rudy Gobert puts on MVP-worthy performance — but doesn't get a chance to finish it | KSL.com

  19-02-2020 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert was looking like an MVP candidate. And then he didn't play again.
  
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• Michelle Cottle: You’ve seen the ads. Now see the candidate.

  19-02-2020 18:15
  
  Today, Feb. 19, the leading Democratic candidates for president will take the debate stage in Las Vegas, three days before the Nevada caucuses. This will be the race’s ninth debate, and many voters may be tempted to skip the show. That would be a mistake.While many of the candidates and their sales pitches are by now familiar — in some cases painfully so — this will be the debate debut of Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire business mogul and former mayor of New York who has bee
  
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• Utah woman who hid baby charged in Philippines for kidnapping

  19-02-2020 18:12
  
  Manila, Philippines • An American woman charged with human trafficking for allegedly attempting to smuggle a 6-day-old baby out of the Philippines inside a sling bag was arrested on an additional count of kidnapping, authorities said.Jennifer Talbot from Utah, who was out on bail while facing the human trafficking charge, was presented to reporters in Manila on Wednesday by officials from the National Bureau of Investigation, a government anti-crime investigative agency. Talbot wore an oran
  
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• Utah powder and steeps, without the crowds

  19-02-2020 18:11
  
  During a quick swing through Utah last spring, I texted my husband a photo from a ski area of rock- and tree-lined steeps. “Is that Snowbird or Alta?” he responded. His guess was good, but he was about 70 miles off.I was at Snowbasin in northern Utah, a 45-minute drive from Salt Lake City. Most skiers from out of state head to one of the resort clusters on the city’s eastern edge, to Snowbird and Alta, or Brighton and Solitude, or Park City and Deer Valley, which draw thousands
  
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• Paul Krugman: Bernie Sanders isn’t a socialist. Saying he is hurts his campaign.

  19-02-2020 17:53
  
  Republicans have a long, disreputable history of conflating any attempt to improve American lives with the evils of “socialism.” When Medicare was first proposed, Ronald Reagan called it “socialized medicine,” and he declared that it would destroy our freedom. These days, if you call for something like universal child care, conservatives accuse you of wanting to turn America into the Soviet Union.It’s a smarmy, dishonest political strategy, but it’s hard to de
  
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• Both Gach is back and the Utes hope he returns to form quickly

  19-02-2020 17:48
  
  Both Gach spoke with a reporter late Tuesday afternoon, his first interview since Jan. 12, following a 39-point loss at Colorado. A lot has transpired in those 37 days — for the Utes and for this dynamic sophomore guard.His team remain winless on the road in Pac-12 play, but continues to play lights out at home, where they are 10-1 and hosting UCLA on Thursday evening (8:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1). Some of those road losses were blowouts, some of those home wins were exhilarating.A right knee
  
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• Video: 9 people who have lived in polygamy explain why they support — or don’t — a Utah bigamy bill

  19-02-2020 17:34
  
  The Utah Senate approved a bill that would remove the felony penalties for polygamy among consenting adults.Such polygamy would be an infraction, an offense on par with a traffic ticket. Polygamists who commit frauds, abuses or engage in other conduct like human smuggling could still be convicted of felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison.SB102, sponsored by Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, has evoked a mix of opinions among polygamists, former polygamists and the children of polyg
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Rudy Gobert is the best player on the Utah Jazz (and it’s not even close)

  19-02-2020 16:43 via sportspyder.com
  
  There’s no doubt that the future of the Utah Jazz rests largely on the shoulders of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. However, in spite of Mitchell’s h...
  
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• BYU Police arrest masked student who used campus tunnels to sneak in and steal food

  19-02-2020 16:41
  
  A Brigham Young University student has been arrested after he allegedly donned a black mask, sneaked through underground tunnels on campus and stole food.According to BYU Police, an employee at the university's Culinary Support Center was startled on Sunday night when he “ran into a male wearing a black mask and black clothing” after hours when the building was locked. The employee asked the man in black what he was doing there; the man in black ran away.“Officers … dete
  
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• LDS Church puts new handbook online for all to see with changes on transgender issues and excommunications

  19-02-2020 16:31
  
  Excommunication and disfellowshipment are out and disciplinary councils have been replaced by “membership councils.”Latter-day Saint women exercise a kind of priesthood power, normally associated with men, when they are given a church calling.And, while the Utah-based church discourages cremation, those members who choose it should be dressed in their temple clothes.These pronouncements are among the new positions and evolving perspectives in the “General Handbook: Serving in T
  
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• Clay Risen: To save scouting, the Boy Scouts may have to go

  19-02-2020 16:16
  
  Thirty years ago this summer, I spent two weeks backpacking across Philmont, a 140,000-acre expanse of northeastern New Mexico owned by the Boy Scouts of America. Most people who trek Philmont say it changed their life; it certainly changed mine. A few years later, I became an Eagle Scout — still one of my proudest achievements.On Tuesday, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy, seeking, in part, protection from mounting costs involving several hundred sexual abuse lawsuits. The fi
  
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• Plan to deregulate yurts tripped up in Utah legislative committee

  19-02-2020 16:13
  
  A proposal to deregulate yurts ran into a blockade of questions and objections in its first committee hearing Tuesday.The House Business and Labor Committee voted 12-0 to hold HB297 after questions were raised about whether it differentiated between commercial and private yurts and concerns were aired about public safety.Some members said the bill language could easily be interpreted to exempt commercial yurts — like those in Solitude — from fire safety codes and food safety rules.&l
  
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• Utah bill would prevent deadbeat parents from hunting and fishing

  19-02-2020 16:10
  
  A warning to Utah’s deadbeat parents who hunt and fish: A bill in this year’s legislative session would revoke your privileges to stalk fish and game if you fall too far behind in child-support payments.With bipartisan support, the Utah House on Tuesday advanced HB197, which seeks to use such privileges as leverage over noncustodial parents who are more than $2,500 behind in these payments.Utahns overall are $400 million in arrears on child support, affecting about 121,000 children,
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Hotel Monaco has a new perk: free access to vast genealogy site

  19-02-2020 16:09
  
  Hotels offer various types of amenities to attract guests — from free breakfasts and airport shuttles to laundry services and spas.But a downtown Salt Lake City hotel hopes to lure travelers with a different kind of perk — free access during their stay to billions of genealogical records.The Kimpton Hotel Monaco, 15 W. 200 South, recently announced a partnership with Ancestry — becoming the first hotel in the country and possibly the world — to offer guests free Wi-Fi acc
  
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• The Latino teen attacked outside of a Utah tire shop in 2018 says he’s still recovering

  19-02-2020 16:00
  
  Since he was 12 years old, Luis Lopez hung around his dad’s car repair shop, watching him work and slowly picking up some tools himself.He loved watching rims spin and tires inflate and began marking his best days by how thick the grease got on his hands. As a teen, he spent every day there after school. And at 18, Lopez enrolled in Salt Lake Community College so he could study auto mechanics.He hoped to run the family store one day.Now, he’s not so sure. Ever since a man beat him an
  
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• AP source: AG William Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets

  19-02-2020 15:25
  
  Washington • Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The Associated Press.The revelation came days after Barr took a public swipe at the president, saying in a television interview that Trump’s tweets about Justice Department cases and staffers make it “impossible” for him t
  
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• [Forbes] - Will Gordon Hayward Say No To $34.1 Million?

  19-02-2020 15:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gordon Hayward could decline his $34.1 million option with the Boston Celtics during the offseason. Would it make sense for him and how far would the Celtics go to re-sign him?
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s state flag is fine, but maybe an update wouldn’t hurt

  19-02-2020 14:59
  
  Chances are we’ve all been there, puttering around in an old car, one that maybe does its job, but doesn’t really make you proud to drive and doesn’t turn a head unless it backfires.In the eyes of a seemingly growing number of Utah legislators, that’s how they feel about the Utah flag. You know the one, the royal blue background with the state symbol — the bald eagle above a gigantic beehive (seriously, don’t mess with these bees) with a pair of American flags
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Columnist Jana Riess on where the Sunday school curriculum measures up and falls short

  19-02-2020 14:59
  
  A printed Sunday school manual for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contained a disavowed racist teaching that referred to “dark skin” in the faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon, as a “curse” from God.The church has acknowledged the error and corrected it in the online manual. But is that enough? Some Latter-day Saints say it isn’t. They want the faith’s top leaders to issue a statement to members worldwide and use the mistake
  
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• Letter: Mormons should stand up to Trump

  19-02-2020 14:00
  
  The reaction of many in Utah to the vote of Sen. Mitt Romney to convict Donald Trump is fascinating to observe.As a student of LDS Church history, I draw parallels between how the church remained silent as Hitler’s power grew in 1938, and how silent the church remains in our own time. Then, as now, a leader is seeking to impose upon a country a political philosophy that is shockingly contrary to the established values of most Mormons, both in words and deeds.As Hitler rose to power, the ch
  
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• Letter: Laws won’t stop abortion

  19-02-2020 14:00
  
  The legislative bill by Sen. Dan McCay to ban all elective abortions, arguing that life begins at conception, is a travesty to all women who should have the right to make decisions about their body.We should learn from the past that government cannot legislate morality. The 18th Amendment, prohibiting "intoxicating liquors," did not prevent people from drinking. It just sent the activity underground, where people died drinking grain and tainted alcohol. It was a disaster for families and for the
  
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• Letter: Just eliminate vanity license plates

  19-02-2020 14:00
  
  Regarding the controversy about the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles processing “vanity” license plates with potentially offensive messages, I have a modest proposal: Just eliminate vanity plates altogether.Why should the state of Utah sponsor any personal messages, especially political ones? Eliminating vanity plates creates no First Amendment problem because the policy would be content neutral, indeed, more neutral than a system relying on the discretion of individual state official
  
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• Letter: Glad to have Paratransit service

  19-02-2020 14:00
  
  We applied for UTA Paratransit Curb to Curb services. They will let us know how we did in a month. It took two hours each for the testing. We have to redo it in three years.Among other things they tested:1. Our mental competency.2. The fitness of our power chairs. We had to climb inclines, go through gravel, park the chair backwards and go about a half mile on battery power.3. Our ability to hear and follow directions.4. They want to review our medical records.5. They took us on a trip on the TR
  
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• Letter: Capable of embarrassment?

  19-02-2020 14:00
  
  I have a few questions I would like to ask Utah state Rep. Brandon Beckham about his embarrassment threshold.In a Feb. 11 Salt Lake Tribune article titled “Some in Utah GOP want to censure Romney,” Beckham is quoted as saying “a lot of us feel that it’s sort of an embarrassment to our party.”My questions for Beckham are as follows:Did you happen to see President Trump’s 4th of July speech on the Washington Mall in which he says George Washington’s Contin
  
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