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Brigham Young

Latino Mormons’ history intertwined with Romney family

Global Politics

Mitt Romney often talks about his heritage in Mexico, and his faith in the Mormon Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a complicated history in Mexico — it’s growing rapidly today, but more than 100 years ago it was a place Mormons went to avoid a prohibition on polygamy.

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Many Latino Mormons are torn about Mitt Romney

Business, Economics and Jobs

Latino Mormons: The LDS Church’s Fastest Growing Group

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Lawn Outlaws

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Lawn Outlaws

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Lawn Outlaws

Producer Jeff Rice explores the whys and wherefores of our culture’s obsession with lawns, and Salt Lake City’s law that every house has to have one. His inquiry leads him from the savannas of humans’ early history to the homestead of Mormon pioneer Brigham Young to the front yards of some Salt Lake residents who […]

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