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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.