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Who wins when rights conflict?

Title: Who wins when rights conflict?
Date: Thursday, 3 September 1998
Publisher: Seattle Times
Author: Mark Trahant
Main source: community.seattletimes.nwsource.com

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The American West, like this country itself, was a refuge for religious movements. The Mormons moved to Utah - or Zion as they preferred to call it - because of its isolation from the rest of the country. But it didn't quite work out as expected. The federal government in 1857 insisted that the Mormons end the practice of polygamy - and sent a military force to occupy Utah and convert the territory and its theocracy into a secular state. The ... [Read the rest at community.seattletimes.nwsource.com]