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May 03, 2012

AP: Mormon church girds for landmark political race, with Romney as prominent face of the faith

by Rachel Zoll
The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - As 20,000 Mormons streamed from the church conference center, a ragtag group of protesters stood across the street shouting that the Latter-day Saints were going to hell. Mormon families, who had gathered here for two days of speeches and spiritual guidance called General Conference, ignored the hecklers or laughed and kept walking.

This, after all, is a church accustomed to much worse.

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