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This week in Mormon Land: A temple rises in the shadow of the Vatican, the gay policy revisited, the Book of Abraham revealed

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Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Kendall Wilcox, co-founder of Mormons Building Bridges
Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Kendall Wilcox, co-founder of Mormons Building Bridges

Three years ago this month, word leaked out of a new church policy, one that deemed members who enter a same-sex marriage “apostates” and barred their children from baptism and other religious rituals until they turn 18.