RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on October 4, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A historic building boom of gigantic Mormon temples across the U.S. is meeting resistance. In Las Vegas, homeowners in a rural foothills neighborhood complain the size and lighting of a temple that won city approval will forever change the environment. The building will be larger than Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, with a golden steeple soaring nearly 200 feet. There’s also opposition to construction plans in Texas, Wyoming and even Utah. New temple projects could be announced at this weekend’s twice-a-year church conference in Salt Lake City.
Georgia’s Republican attorney general is appealing a judge’s ruling that the state’s abortion ban is unconstitutional. Attorney General Chris Carr’s office filed a legal motion Wednesday asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law that bars most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy while the court considers the state’s appeal. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday that the ban in place since 2022 violates women’s rights to liberty and privacy under Georgia’s state constitution.
The Ulmer Münster in southern Germany is the world’s tallest church — but not for much longer. The Gothic-style Lutheran church’s reign began in 1890 but it is expected to end next year. That’s when Spain’s La Sagrada Familia Basilica’s “Tower of Jesus Christ” is set to be completed. At an eventual 565 feet high, the Catholic basilica in Barcelona will inch out the Ulmer Münster by about 35 feet. Ironically, when the basilica reaches its final height, it will be thanks to a 55-foot cross that was made by a German company.
Lawmakers in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have approved a sweeping measure designed to limit the LGBT agenda. The bill includes bans on same-sex marriages, adoption by gay couples and public endorsement and depictions of LGBT relations in the media. It also bans sex-change operations and changing gender designations in official documents. Georgia is a largely conservative country where the Orthodox Church wields significant influence. Lawmakers in Russia recently passed a similar package of laws.
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