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DATE: SUNDAY, October 3, 1993                   TAG: 9310030155
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SALT LAKE CITY                                LENGTH: Short

MORMON LEADER ACCEPTS ROSES AS SYMBOLIC OFFER

In an extraordinary interlude during the Mormon Church's general conference, a church leader accepted hundreds of white roses Saturday from Mormons concerned about recent ecclesiastical punishments.

The roses, bought with donations from church members throughout the world, were given by a coalition of church members in response to sanctions imposed on six Mormon scholars and feminists for abandoning the church's teachings - four of whom were excommunicated. - Associated Press 


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