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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invited a broad coalition of people working together for LGBTQ rights and religious liberty to visit the renovated Washington D.C. Temple. The coalition hopes to pass legislation supporting both issues in 10 states next year.

Elder David A. Bednar of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the week at the faith’s renovated Washington D.C. Temple. He has written an article, led temple tours and appears in a new video about the temple’s upcoming, six-week open house.

The Washington D.C. Temple was built on a prominent hill in part to show that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had arrived on the national and international stage.

Open house runs through June 11; rededication ceremony on Aug. 14

For the first time in about 50 years, the Mormon Temple that towers over the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway will open to the public again. But not for long.

For decades the towering marble edifice at our nation's capital has posed a mystery to those outside the faith. Now, after a major renovation, a public open house will welcome all to visit a building dedicated to reverence and contemplation.

Elder Uchtdorf will preside at the Oct. 16 rededication of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple. The open house begins Aug. 22.

Descendants of the pioneers who settled much of the area under the Mogollon Rim still live in the area.

So what happens in an LDS temple? New guide offers first-timers real answers. Peggy Fletcher Stack © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (File photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The brides room in the Hartford Connecticut Temple. Temple rituals in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are as sacred as ever, but they recently have become far less secret. And the increased openness is coming not from critics or cranks but from the church itse...

Memories linger a decade after the huge Provo Tabernacle fire (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Provo firefighters shoot water on the flames on the north side of the Provo Tabernacle, Friday, December 17, 2010. By Genelle Pugmire | The Daily Herald via AP   | Dec. 21, 2020, 5:14 p.m. Provo • The shadows of 2020 are about the only thing that remain of a rather unusual and chaotic year. But time passes quickly and it will soon be but a memory. That is exactly what area residents were saying a ...