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Kate Kendell announced in a national newspaper opinion piece why she's formally left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A high-ranking Mormon leader apologized for the pain caused by the Proposition 8 campaign in a recent meeting with the Oakland, Calif., stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Marlin K. Jensen, the Church’s historian and a prominent member of the General Authorities leadership hierarchy, accepted an invitation to a special meeting with about 90 Mormons hurt by their Church’s significant role in the Prop. 8 campaign.

Screenings for a film chronicling California's same-sex marriage ban and the Mormon Church's role in Prop. 8 have sold out at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The film titled 8: The Mormon Proposition was sold out before any other Sundance documentary and all but a handful of feature films.

The birthplace of one of the greatest Mormon prophets, former LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley, is up for sale. The owners, according to the Salt Lake Tribune: a lesbian couple, Cristy Gleeve and Keri Jones (who together have a daughter named Glory).

A small group of lesbian and gay marriage supporters rallied outside the premiere of  8: The Mormon Proposition at the Sundance Film Festival Sunday. The documentary details the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints in the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Directed by Reed Cowan and narrated by Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.

Mormon moms are taking it off for charity and embracing euphemism and domesticity in a fell swoop with the upcoming Hot Mormon Muffins: A Taste of Motherhood. On the heels of the gay boys fave calendar featuring repression in a pretty package, Men on a Mission calendars, Mormons Exposedannounced it would release a 2010 calendar featuring sexy Mormon moms shot in a "playful vintage pinup style."

Tom Hanks has issued an apology after calling Mormons who voted for Prop. 8 "un-American" at a Big Love premiere party last week.

Shellfish are scary! They are scary. They have beady little eyes, like George Bush. Shellfish is an abomination. Sayeth the bible! If they can justify it for the gays! I can justify if for a lobster.

If you had asked me last week or even a month ago if the initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California would pass, I would have said no. Well, it seems I can’t say that anymore. Recent polling has shown that there is movement in California and it’s going the wrong way. This is definitely not good news.

For Mozilla, you're damned if you don't support LGBT people, while the Mormons and right-wingers say you're damned if you do believe in equality.

Writer and photographer Jenn Kennedy continues her coverage of the 2010 Sundance Film Fest with an eye toward all things gay and lesbian. She checks out 8:The Mormon Proposition, and then checks in to the Loreal tent for a makeover.