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Ballot Initiative of the Day: California’s Death-Penalty Ban

Election Day 2012 will decide more than the next President and control of Congress. State ballot measures across the country will ask voters to weigh in on scores of controversial issues, from Dream Act measures in Maryland to abortion restrictions in Florida. From now until Nov. 6, TIME will spotlight a different ballot issue every day. …

Where President Romney Would Go to Church

Bishop Robert Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ in Chevy Chase, MD, isn’t exactly sure how to handle the casserole question. You see, the Mormon church is run by volunteers, and every member has a job: …

Democrats’ Favorite Biblical Passage: Matthew 25

On Wednesday night at the DNC, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren drew attention to a New Testament passage that has had increasing significance for the Democratic Party: the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25. “ ‘In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,’ ” she …

Watch: A Small Group of Mormons Rally for Obama

It is not every day that you run into a liberal Mormon. But on Tuesday, for the first time in history, Democratic members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a meeting at their party’s Convention. “We are here. We are Mormons and we support Democrats for Obama,” said Robert Taber, who leads the group Mormons for …

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