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LGBT Groups and the Mormon Church Meet in the Middle in Utah
Last week, Utah enacted a new law protecting the rights of lesbians, gays, bi-sexual and transgender people against some kinds of discrimination. We hear how the so-called "Utah Compromise" got the support of the Mormon Church, which dominates Utah and continues to oppose anything other than heterosexual lifestyles.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenLast week, Utah enacted a new law protecting the rights of lesbians, gays, bi-sexual and transgender people against some kinds of discrimination. We hear how the so-called "Utah Compromise" got the support of the Mormon Church, which dominates Utah and continues to oppose anything other than heterosexual lifestyles.
Also, under Obamacare the US sees its largest drop in the uninsured in 50 years, and new evidence that shows CIA money was used to finance the same militants the CIA was fighting in Pakistan.
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3 storiesUnder Obamacare, Largest Drop in the Uninsured in 50 Years
Obamacare had a rocky roll-out, and it faces an uncertain future at the US Supreme Court. But today, Obama Administration officials reported that the Affordable Care Act has provided health insurance for 16.4 million people — the largest expansion of coverage since Medicare and Medicaid were established 50 years ago.
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It's been seven years since the Mormon Church financed the anti-gay-marriage measure Proposition 8, in California. Times have changed.
Read the story34 minHow Covert CIA Cash Flowed to al Qaeda
In the past 10 years, the US has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan — some in the form of bags full of American money. Sometimes, that cash has been used — inadvertently -- to finance the very militants the US has been fighting. In 2010, CIA drone strikes were decimating al Qaeda's high-level structure in Pakistan.
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