It’s very exciting times for those of us who live in northern Colorado: the Church announced at General Conference in April that a new temple would be built in Fort Collins. Today, the Church announced the location of that temple.

The site is currently a field on the corner of two large streets in the southeastern part of Fort Collins. It is across the street from a larger-than-normal chapel that many people think will eventually become a stake center of a new stake. The site is inside the boundaries of the Loveland stake, to which I belong.

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It’s possible readers will come up with some economic myths that are even stupider than the three I will mention here, but these are the three rattling around in my brain right now.

1)We need to bail out Greece to help poor Greeks. This has to be the stupidest, but it is everywhere. No, the people who are getting the bailouts are rich bankers and the European Central Bank. The people who will suffer are the poor and middle class Greeks and of course any Greek taxpayers.

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New York’s new gay marriage law is supported by the vast majority of libertarians. Libertarians do not believe in state regulation of private behavior, and they see regulating marriage as the government interfering in private behavior. One of my personal new-found heroes, Ron Paul, has said many times: “the government should not be involved in the marriage business.”

I don’t agree, mostly for what I consider to be libertarian reasons. Read on to find out why.
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First, read this.

Key excerpt:

In my research into the lives of some 75 high-achieving, clearly independent women, I knew that I would find a powerful connection between them and the first men in their lives. Many other studies have confirmed it. What surprised me was how deep (and surprisingly traditional) the bond is, how powerful it remains throughout their lives, and how resilient it can be—even when a father has caused it grievous harm.

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There are two statements today from the Church.

10 June 2011 — Salt Lake City

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today issued the following official statement on immigration:

Around the world, debate on the immigration question has become intense. That is especially so in the United States. Most Americans agree that the federal government of the United States should secure its borders and sharply reduce or eliminate the flow of undocumented immigrants. Unchecked and unregulated, such a flow may destabilize society and ultimately become unsustainable.
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