Deepti Hajela and Jennifer Dobner, "Jewish group wants Mormons to stop proxy baptisms," washingtonpost.com (November 10, 2008)
Via the AP. An advocacy group for Holocaust survivors is mounting a public relations campaign against the inclusion in a LDS genealogical database the names of Jews killed in the Holocaust, presumably for possible later proxy baptism. The inclusion of these names violates an earlier agreement between the group and the church and may have been done without proper authorization.
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Protests at BYU over planned Cheney speech
Some object to Cheney on political grounds (opposition to the war, or because his activities are "sleazy"), others object because of his "dubious" moral character (e.g., telling Leahy to "go fuck [him]self" on the Senate floor).
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Nazi-hunter Wiesenthal no longer to be "vicarious" Mormon
Apparently Simon Wiesenthal's name was entered into the Latter-Day Saints' genealogical database, a first step towards "vicarious" (posthumous) baptism into the Church. After vehement protests from the Wiesenthal Center, LDS spokespeople say the name is r
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Bedrock of a Faith Is Jolted - Los Angeles Times
New DNA tests allegedly disprove Mormon claims of Hebrew decent for Native Americans. Mormons claim it's a gigantic, malicious hoax.
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