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• Baptist poll finds some support for speaking in tongues | A full half of Southern Baptist pastors believe that the Holy Spirit gives some people a "private prayer language," a new survey suggests (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

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Mormonism:

• Split over the Mormon church, but maintaining some ties | Even after years away from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being shut out of a child's wedding can rekindle dormant emotions (The New York Times)
  
  
• Romney candidacy has resurrected last days prophecy of Mormon saving the Constitution | It's Mormon lore, a story passed along by some old-timers about the importance of their faith and their country. In the latter days, the story goes, the U.S. Constitution will hang by a thread and a Mormon will ride in on a metaphorical white horse to save it. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it does not accept the legend - commonly referred to as the "White Horse Prophecy" - as doctrine (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  
  
• So American, yet so foreign | Two centuries later, Mormons still battle misinformation and mistrust (St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
  
  
• Swag of true believers | Big Brother contestant and Mormon Rebecca Dent may not be popular among her housemates but chances are she is getting some help from the faithful who bombard the show's voting lines (The Courier Mail, Australia)
  
  

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Other stories of interest:

• Christian Exodus leader to call Anderson home by July | Job secured, now Burnell looking for house (Independent Mail, Anderson, S.C.)
  
  
• Americans see core moral decline | The nation is fretting over the erosion of our core beliefs and morals: 82 percent of us say it's getting worse, according to Gallup's annual "Values and Beliefs" poll released yesterday. (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Across Va., bingo calls big spenders to pony up | 'Legalized gambling' feeds community groups' budgets and fanatics' habits (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Escape from North Korea | Brave conductors on a modern Underground Railroad (Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times)
  
  
• Dance, dance, revolution | New Yorkers — as well as all Americans faced with anti-dance restrictions — should stand up and take action (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times)
  
  

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