Can Northern Uganda be expected to learn anything from this story and the experience of S. Africa?
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Walker of Utah and Mormon leaders at the > church > administration building. > > The meeting was held in a room with towering > columns, > marble walls and gilded molding. There, Illinois's > lieutenant governor, Pat Quinn, presented church > leaders a > copy of House Resolution 793, which expressed > "official > regret" for the violence and state-sanctioned > condemnation > that caused the Mormons to leave in 1846 on the trek > that > led them to Utah. > > An earlier draft of the resolution asked the Mormons > for > their "pardon and forgiveness," but the language was > weakened at the behest of Illinois lawmakers who > said they > could not ask forgiveness for acts they had not > personally > committed. > > The events that led to Wednesday's meeting began in > 1839, > when the Mormons, having fled persecution in > Missouri (and > before that in New York and Ohio), founded the > Mississippi > River town of Nauvoo, Ill. The town prospered, but > its > rapid growth and strong voting power, along with > further > religious bias, drew outsiders' antagonism. > > Smith was also besieged by dissension within the > church. As > mayor of the town, he ordered the suppression of the > dissidents and, when violence resulted, called out > the > Nauvoo militia. The Illinois authorities arrested > him and > his brother Hyrum on charges of treason and > conspiracy, and > jailed them in the town of Carthage. A mob stormed > the jail > on June 27, 1844, and killed the brothers. Expulsion > followed two years later. > > The idea for the new resolution dates from a ski > trip that > Anne Burke, an Illinois appellate justice who is the > sister > of Representative Burke, took to Utah. At a dinner > party > there, she chatted with Governor Walker's husband, > Myron, > who told her his great-grandfather had been expelled > from > Illinois because of his religion. Justice Burke had > never > heard of the expulsion. > > "I could not get over that this kind of religious > persecution happened and this was not so long ago," > she > said in an interview after Wednesday's ceremony. > "Myron > Walker knew his great-grandfather." > > When Justice Burke returned home, she learned that > Illinois > had never issued an apology to the Mormons. She > contacted > her brother, who co-sponsored the resolution with > Representative Jack D. Franks. > > "For somebody to hear my great-grandfather's story > and pick > up on it in the manner she has is very meaningful to > me," > Mr. Walker said. "I'm overwhelmed by a feeling of > good will > that has been extended by the people of Illinois." > > Illinois is now home to 50,000 Mormons. They rebuilt > their > Nauvoo temple in 2002, and more than 300,000 people > a year > visit the town. Thomas Monson, a leader of the > church, said > that with this resolution, he expected even more > tourism > there. > > "We are going to see an epic trend of people making > the > reverse trek to Nauvoo," Mr. Monson said. > > The church's president, Gordon B. Hinckley, did not > attend > the ceremony; his wife of 67 years, Marjorie, died > Tuesday > evening. He was represented at the gathering by Mr. > Monson > and another church leader, James Faust. > > "We view this resolution," Mr. Faust said, "as an > affirmation that Nauvoo is a place of peace and an > affirmation that Latter-day Saints will always have > a place > in Illinois." > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/national/08APOL.html?ex=1082468165&ei=1&en=7e20640045e783e8 > > > --------------------------------- > > Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. > Imagine > reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you > like! > Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. > Enjoy > now for 50% off Home Delivery! 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