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Show lucxU. STATE MISSIONARY (SuDuoirolni Continued from A 1 'Mackintosh 'wrote of the love he had for the Russian people. There is no animosity or 'anger for the people of Ufa or of Russia," Jose Sr. told those at the funeral services. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Mormon church has donated $1.1 million to support political battles in Hawaii and Alaska, where voters will decide proposed state constitutional amendments to ban gay marriages. Church spokesman Don LeFevre said the amount of money is among the church's largest contributions to a single political cause. The church and its members have been involved with other moral issues over the years, for example gambling Elder Holland agreed; he said no one should harbor Elder against anger Mackintosh's attacker. "Anger doesn't help, he said. The only thing that helps is "the peace of heaven." Later in the day, family members and friends braved a cold wind to say their final farewells. They were joined by of the Elder family Mackintosh's missionary companion. Dale and Myrna Borden of Mesa, Ariz., said as terrible as the attack was for both families, it has only increased their faith. described the Myrna Mackintoshes as "phenomenally strong" and said her family believes Elder Mackintosh was doing the right thing in Russia. Dale said his son wants to return to missionary work in 'Russia after he gets well. IWN. 1 til lll 111 K l U Hui. I uh and pornography contributing "significant amounts of time, effort and money," LeFevre said Advertiser, which cited church filings with the Hawaii Spending Com mission. The church also has given $5(X),000 to a similar effort in Sunday. "But as far as we can determine on a weekend, the money Alaska. given to the coalitions in Hawaii and Alaska probably amounts to the largest direct contribution the church has made on a single moral issue he said. The church gave $(MK),(KH) to the political-actiogroup Save Traditional '98 Marriage between Sept. 12 and Oct. 24, according to the Honolulu "This reflects the church's strong commitment to preserving traditional marriage, which is at risk in the Hawaii election leFevre said. Save Traditional Marriage "98 has received contributions the $845,224, totaling Advertiser reported. The group supports a proposed constitutional amendment that would n give the Hawaii legislature the power to ban gay marriage, WA state sidestepping a Supreme Court ruling that said such a bait violated the state's protections against sex discrimination. The Hawaii ballot measure reads, "Shall the Constitution of the state of Hawaii be amended to specify that the Legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to couplt s?" A "no" vote would leave opposite-se- the constitution as is and relegate the issue to the courts. A "ves" vote passes the issue to y x x fee n - WAC 1 "I don't know how long they itook to come up with that, but it's not too clever," Smith said. . "How about Diet WAC?" said Thompson, "Or WAC light? It's WAC now. the stripped-dowCall it Concentrated WAC." ,,, The gcjiools, which decided last summer they were leaving the WAC to launch the Mountain West, are Colorado State, Air Force, Brigham Young, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah and Wyoming. They cited the loss of tradi- nllrT(!)(f l&uiiifi)J)ifflg IL)M n TOMt uc oil as iloifstt ao(gI tional rivalries, rising travel costs and insufficient revenue growth as reasons for leaving the country's only conference. The new conference officially begins July 1, 1999. Craig Thompson, commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, last week was named to lead the new league, The schools staying in the WAC are Southern Methodist, San Jose State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Rice, Texas Christian, Texas-E- l Paso and Tulsa. 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