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A Lynched Apostle’s Son is Haunting Us … Again

One of the darkest episodes in Utah history, an 1873 lynching and subsequent coverup in the Mormon settlement of Logan, has resurfaced with the unearthing of bones in a remote corner of the Logan city cemetery. It’s interesting that this stark case of frontier justice would come back to light right now when our nation is …

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Update: Issue 174

Same-Sex Marriage Temporarily Legalized in Utah Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby ruled on 20 December 2013 that Utah’s Amendment Three, Article 1 Section 29, which defines marriage as being solely between a woman and a man, is unconstitutional. “The state’s current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so …

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