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This week in Mormon Land: When top LDS leaders backed the ERA; scholar who avoided excommunication joins splinter sect; words of holiday wisdom.

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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment rally at the Utah Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, to encourage Utah to ratify the ERA.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment rally at the Utah Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, to encourage Utah to ratify the ERA.
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It turns out that there was a time when top female church leaders supported the Equal Rights Amendment.