Illinois public officials apologize to Mormons.The state of Illinois has formally apologized for its treatment of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
In April, the state House of Representatives passed a resolution apologizing for the state's treatment of Mormons, who founded Nauvoo, Ill., in 1839, and for the murder in 1844 of Joseph Smith, founder of the church. A week after the House passed Resolution 793, a group of Illinois officials visited Salt Lake City to announce the state's apology. In 1846, the new leader of the church, Brigham Young, led tens of thousands of Mormons on a 1,300-mile exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City following two years of "violent acts against the community of Latter Day Saints This is a list of Latter Day Saints who have attained at least some level of fame and/or success. This list includes adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), as well as adherents of related denominations (as labeled). ," the resolution stated. Before settling in Nauvoo, Smith and his community of some 15,000 fellow Mormons were chased from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Ohio and Missouri. Some Mormon beliefs and practices, mainly polygamy polygamy: see marriage. polygamy Marriage to more than one spouse at a time. Although the term may also refer to polyandry (marriage to more than one man), it is often used as a synonym for polygyny (marriage to more than one woman), which appears , were controversial, and opponents charged that Smith, who served as mayor of Nauvoo, was trying to silence his critics. In 1844, Illinois Gov. Thomas Ford Thomas Ford is the name of:
At the Salt Lake City ceremony, Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and a state judge met with Utah Gov. Olene S. Walker Olene Smith Walker (born November 15, 1930), Utah's 15th (and first female) governor, was sworn into office November 5, 2003. Walker was born in Ogden, Utah. She received her bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees from Brigham Young University, Stanford University, and the and Mormon leaders at a church administration building to apologize for the state's treatment of Mormons. At a press conference following the meeting, Quinn said that the people of Illinois "are tolerant" and "believe in religious freedom." |
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