LDS Today Articles for January 16, 2007

January 16, 2007
Foundation Makes Progress in African American Genealogy (BYU NewsNet) (January 16, 2007)A foundation, whose idea came out of BYU, made progress to trace African Americans' ancestry back farther than was before thought possible at the African American Historical Genealogical Society's conference in October 2006.
BYU Actors Maintain LDS Standards (BYU NewsNet) (January 16, 2007)Actor and BYU alumnus Jon Heder had to draw the line. He was simply uncomfortable with the scene and so he gave the filmmakers an ultimatum.
Legislature begins general session (Deseret News - Utah) (January 16, 2007)Elder David A. Bednar, a member of The Quorum of the Twelve, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in his opening prayer asked that lawmakers remembers that they are all brothers and sisters in humanity, adding that they should use "judgment and wisdom" and cooperate with each other while preserving their own principles.
The New New Bigotry (Human Events) (January 16, 2007)On February 12, 2002, Denver Post columnist Woody Paige unleashed one of the most controversial columns in the history of his paper. His article blasted the Winter Olympics then underway as a "massive Mormon marketing scheme," and went on to lampoon the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a gusto that shocked—and not just Mormons....”[I]f he gets anywhere in the primaries,” Weisberg declared, “Romney's religion will become an issue with moderate and secular voters—and rightly so.”