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FILE - In this April 5, 2014 file photo, people walk past the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, Mormon leaders made a national appeal for what they called a &quot;balanced approach&quot; in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom, promising to support some housing and job protections for gays if they back some exemptions for religious objectors to same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mormon church appoints new leader to top post

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President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addresses the 184th Annual General Conference of the LDS in Salt Lake City on April 6, 2014. The Mormon leader died Friday, July 3, 2015, at age 90. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Packer died at his home in Salt Lake City from natural causes. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Thousands expected Friday at Mormon leader Boyd K. Packer’s funeral

By Brady McCombs - Associated Press